Sometimes things that sound like a fantastic opportunity end up being pretty lousy, even if you are a celebrity. The Bold & the Beautiful's Katherine Kelly Lang recently found that out when she decided to join the cast of the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars. Lang decided to take a three-month leave from the soap she has been on for more than 25 years in favor of trying something completely new and out of her element.
Lang recently talked to TV Guide's Michael Logan about the experience and, as it turns out, she might wish that she had passed on what seemed like a great opportunity.
"I thought it would be fun to go over and compete on a dance program. [Laughs] Well, I was wrong! It turned out to be more of a reality show with dance involved and they really want to provoke you. They want to see your reactions. They want to see tears and anger. And they really want to see you fire back some retorts, which is so not my style. I don't like reality shows at all so, when I realized what was really going on, I was taken aback. I think maybe they thought they'd hired my character. They kept calling me Brooke. I kept saying, 'My name is Kelly!' They had cameras on us during rehearsal at all times but they didn't show my injury on the air — in fact, they wanted to pretend it never happened. So when I was talking to the judges, I had to bring up my injury myself, which made it look like I was playing the pity card. [Laughs] I was, like, 'This is not happening!' said Lang of the experience.
Luckily, Lang has returned to the CBS sound stage and has been filmng scenes for B&B. Her character, Brooke Logan, will be back onscreen, no doubt stirring up some trouble again within the next few weeks. As for the actress's stint on DWTS, well, it sounds like the Italian version really is a reality show, doesn't it?
At least the U.S. version seems to really focus on the dancing first, right? It seems that doing the Italian version only solidified in Lang's mind the reasons why she is not a fan of reality television.
As for her work on daytime TV, are you glad to hear that Lang's return to B&B is finally right around the corner? Comment below.
