New
York
(ANI):
A
representative
for
Ellen
DeGeneres'
wife
Portia
de
Rossi
has
confirmed
that
she
has
turned
down
hit
ABC
show"s
'Dancing
with
the
Stars'
offer
to
become
half
of
the
series'
first
lesbian
dancing
couple
in
season
12.
"If
Portia
had
agreed
then
it
would
have
been
a
done
deal," the
New
York
Daily
News
quoted
sources
as
telling
popeater.com.
But
with
Rossi
sitting
this
one
out,
the
show's
producers
told
the
gossip
website
they
aren't
hustling
to
find
another
same-sex
couple
to
join
the
show.
"She
was
the
only
star
that
could
have
pulled
this
off
without
completely
offending
the
program's
conservative
viewers," the
source
added.
ABC
approached
de
Rossi
after
an
Israeli
version
of
the
popular
dancing
show
added
a
lesbian
couple
to
their
lineup.
But
the
show's
producers
reportedly
don't
want
to
"rush
into
creating
a
same-sex
dancing
couple
just
to
get
attention
and
publicity."