Louis van Amstel: Margaret Cho’s rainbow ruined our ‘Dancing With the Stars’ parade

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‘Dancing With the Stars’ pro Louis van Amstel isn’t shuffling around his feelings over being eliminated: He thinks partner Margaret Cho‘s rainbow costume, and its accompanying association with gay pride, did them in.

‘I had a breakdown the next day. I called my friends, I felt horrible,’ the dancer told PopEater.

Cho donned a colorful mini, representing the colors of the pride flag (a.k.a. Roy G. Biv), with Van Amstel in a matching belt.

‘That was not my message. Maybe it was Margaret’s message, but not mine. The minute it was about gay pride, I knew we were gone. I knew it. But if I would have said something then and there, I would have looked like [a jerk],’ he said. ‘The damage was done.’

Cho is a longtime advocate for LGBT issues, as well as women’s rights and body image struggles.

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