Nancy O'Dell: "My Rear Has Been So Sore!"
Feb. 19 2009, Published 6:47 a.m. ET
(Photo: © photographer/American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. (ABC).) Nancy O'Dell is not the first contestant hurt on Dancing with the Stars. During season seven Derek Hough fell and conked himself out, Susan Lucci twisted her ankle and Olympic athlete Misty May-Treanor tore a tendon. "Oh, my Gluteus Maximus" O'Dell laughs. "I knew where it was - I just really haven't felt it this much in a long time," she laughs. "My rear has been so sore!"
But her butt isn't the only thing getting kicked. She was actually injured. "My quadriceps. I kind of pulled it the other day, but it's better now."
A waltz move was her Achilles heel. "You have to step really long, stay down and up. So that was hurting really bad the other day. I put heat on it and soaked it in the bath, drank a lot of water and it feels good now."