Kelly Monaco plays "Sam" on ABC's "General Hospital" but she was also the ... - Madison.com
LOS ANGELES | “Dancing with the Stars” didn’t just give Kelly Monaco a mirror-ball trophy and a higher TV profile. “It taught me that you could speak without saying anything,” the show’s first celebrity winner says. When she signed on for the show – 10 years ago – no one had any idea what it was or what it was going to be. “I was just hoping to dodge a bullet and get out of there quickly,” Monaco says. “After the fourth episode – which was seen by 25 million viewers – I knew what a beast it was,” Monaco says. ” “A nice portion of people have gone on to do wonderful things – from talk shows to movies to whatever -- but I’m just really happy where I am. I loved ‘Desperate Housewives,’ but I didn’t want to be a part of it. ”. When “Dancing” producers... “It was starting from zero,” Monaco says. With Alec Mazo, her partner during that first, winning year, “I was taught a dance, not how to dance. With Val Chmerkovskiy, her partner during the all-stars competition, “I learned how to dance…not just this song, not just this minute-and-a-half, and that was the biggest difference for me. ”. While she and Chmerkovskiy were considered real... Back for the 10th anniversary celebration, Monaco says she wonders how she might do if she. Source: host.madison.com
