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"I can't believe my comment on Ty [Murray her husband]'s website got so mangled," she wrote on her blog Friday -- one day after she blogged that Rycroft and fellow DWTS competitor Steve-O unfairly benefited from the rule that allows injured contestants to be judged on rehearsal footage if they can't dance on the live show.
"I like Melissa and think she's gifted (and a real Texas sweetheart), and I adore Steve-O ," Jewel wrote. "My comment had nothing to do with either of them. My comment was on a sports website about a rule I have never seen in any type of competition before."
She added: "Name another sport where if you cant compete, they use your score from practice. Can you imagine an Olympic diver who cant compete for any reason, and so they let them use their practice dives from that day? Or a chess match, for that matter."
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Although in her original post titled "Setting the Record Straight," Jewel joked that she might not have a problem with the rule if she were an injured competitor, she wrote that she would hold the same judgment on her husband, who is one of the final four celebrity dancers on the Fox show.
"If Ty were in the same position, I'd still ask the same thing," she wrote. "I am not a mean-spirited person, and I think all my fans know that. Ty and I have fallen in love with all the contestants and are in awe of how hard they all work. I can tell you that whoever wins this competition will have earned it, as I see firsthand how incredibly hard they all work."
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Jewel assures her fans that she meant no harm to Rycroft.
"This isn't a catty girl versus girl thing [the media] are trying to make it into," she wrote. "Neither I nor Melissa are like that."
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ele sMelissa is great, Why oh why do people have to always have something bad to say about people. Everyone on that show has been hurt and the botton line is the people voted for Melissa to stay,so all of you have a problem with this ,than you should take the time to vote. or just shut up,and watch something else. Remeber its just a fun show to watch,you can either dance or you cant and Melissa can.report abuseposted May 4, 2009 8:38 PM PDT
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__A_YAHOO_USER__I agree with Jewel! Fair is fair.. I do think Melissa's been shown enough sympathy.report abuseposted May 4, 2009 1:49 PM PDT
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Staci_4UOK JEWEL, your not on the show anymore so stop talking... who cares?report abuseposted May 4, 2009 7:53 AM PDT
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Tracy Wactually jewel is an amazing singer. I'm sorry she doesn't do much of it anymore. It was a simple comment! You people get a life. I like Melissa too but I don't think she meant it as a personal shot towards her. True statement! However if we kicked all the people off that had been injured this year on Dancing we'd have no one left. I'm done with that show anreport abuseposted May 4, 2009 4:32 AM PDT
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DollyOMG Get a life..........Everyone is so quick to be judgemental! Everyone has an opinion, it is a free country (for a little while yet) and we still have free speech. Jewel simply stated a fact. This is the only competition I have ever seen this type of rule. I love Melissa and hope whe wins but back off, Jewel didn't say anything wrong!report abuseposted May 3, 2009 6:21 PM PDT
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speedSOUR GRAPES anyone - just because she couldn't compete, who is she to judge who stays and who goes. She's probably jealous of her own husband because if she dances like she sings ... well ... I rest my case......report abuseposted May 3, 2009 5:56 PM PDT
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Lady LJewel makes a great point. It's crazy to score someone by their practice performance.report abuseposted May 3, 2009 1:31 PM PDT
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Shannon DJewel can sing but Melisa can dance...I thinks Melissa deserves a break. She is the best on the show so really does it matter?report abuseposted May 3, 2009 11:42 AM PDT
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AdamAit is a a ABC show. You might want to clarify that one. It is not on FOXreport abuseposted May 3, 2009 7:45 AM PDT
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stachiomelissa is fine a winnerreport abuseposted May 3, 2009 5:32 AM PDT
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