Tom DeLay

DeLay Offers Official 'Dancing' Farewell With A Texas Two-Step

Christina Bellantoni | November 25, 2009, 9:12AM

Tom Delay on Dancing with the Stars

Tom DeLay promised he'd be back after dropping out of Dancing with the Stars last month.

Last night, he delivered, performing a Texas two-step on the finale.

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Tom DeLay

DeLay's Moment Of Truth: Will He Be Booted Tonight?

Christina Bellantoni | October 6, 2009, 10:54AM

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay

"What's a little pain when you can party?" Tom DeLay told the judges who cooed over his dual foot fracture last night on ABC's Dancing with the Stars.

Clad in a bedazzled shirt featuring an elephant, DeLay tried his hardest to push through the pain, but still he and partner Cheryl Burke (in a sparkling dress with a donkey applique) only managed to earn 15 out of 30 possible points from the judges.

DeLay's daughter Dani told supporters in an email right before the show that he was planning a "sassy" Samba that was a political spoof choreographed by Cheryl. It wasn't quite sassy, as they "danced" around the stage to the tune of "Why can't we be friends."

As we noted last week, injuries have hurt DeLay with the judges, and he revealed last night he now has stress fractures in both feet.

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