Meghan McCain, daughter of the late, great Senator John McCain, has a dance floor confession that would leave even the cha-cha-cha stunned. Despite multiple invitations (we’re talking three times, people!) to join the glittery chaos that is Dancing with the Stars, Meghan has firmly said “thanks, but no thanks.”
Why, you ask? Is she saving her best moves for some secret political salsa? Nope. It’s because, and I quote, she doesn’t want to “publicly humiliate” herself. That’s right, Meghan, 39, revealed on her Citizen McCain podcast that her dance skills are more “interpretive flailing” than graceful waltzing. “I’ve been asked to do Dancing With the Stars three times,” Meghan said, probably while doing the funky chicken off-camera. “And I said no each time because I don’t want to publicly humiliate myself.” Her words, not ours.
“I’m a terrible dancer,” she continued, cementing what we’ve all feared. Meghan’s best moves are reserved for dodging reality TV offers, not for spinning across a glittering ballroom. “The amount of reality TV I’ve been asked to do would blow your mind,” she said, while we imagine a stack of Big Brother, Survivor, and Nailed It! contracts gathering dust on her kitchen table.
“I’m pretty shy in person,” she added, modestly, as millions of TV viewers remember the time she verbally body-slammed co-hosts on The View. Clearly, she’s confusing “shy” with “not in the mood to tango on national television.”
And what’s more, Clay Aiken, reality TV veteran and Meghan’s BFF, tried to woo her into the biz by revealing the Masked Singer was his personal golden ticket. “The Masked Singer is a paycheck,” Meghan teased, which makes us wonder: Is the next best career move hiding behind a giant avocado costume while belting out Livin’ La Vida Loca? Apparently, The Masked Singer pays so well, Meghan’s considering it if the whole “being-a-McCain” gig dries up. Who knew dressing as a singing cupcake could secure financial freedom?
However, Meghan’s still keeping a foot in the political door. She admitted she’s avoiding reality TV in case she decides to run for office. After all, it’s tough to be taken seriously in a debate when your political opponent pulls out a clip of you dressed as a giant pineapple singing off-key.
“I do not do reality TV, because there’s still a tiny little window in my life that I want to run for office at some point,” Meghan shared, reminding us she’s more about filibusters than foxtrots. But if things go south financially, well, she’ll know where to find that sparkly paycheck.
