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Steroids Scandal on "DWTS"?

Posted Feb 26th 2009 11:52AM by TMZ Staff

DWTS ScandalMove over, A-Roid -- Jewel has now taken your place as the face of cheating in pro sports. Alright, it's dancing ... but still.

Jewel took to her blog yesterday to announce she is battling tendonitis in her knee as she prepares for the upcoming season of "Dancing with the Stars." But Jewel, unlike seemingly every baseball player, openly admits she is taking steroids to help her stay healthy. She writes, "Hopefully these steroids will really do the trick and I can keep bad flare ups at a bay in the future."

It is unknown what ABC's policy is on performance-enhancing drugs in reality dance competition shows. Certainly if Jewel should go on to win, "DWTS" purists will call for an asterisk next to her name....

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Tags: Dancing with the Stars, DancingWithTheStars, DWTS, injuries, injury, Jewel, knee, steroids, tendonitis

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46. I really wish people would realize the HUGE difference between anabolics, the sports steroids, and corticosteroids which are used medicinally for things like musculoskeletal injuries, severe asthma, autoimmune diseases etc. Chances are, if girlfriend has tendon or some type of musculoskeletal system injury she is taking CORTICOSTEROIDS, which anyone between newborn and the way elderly are prescribed. TMZ, you should know better. Sheesh ...

Posted at 1:52PM on Feb 26th 2009 by Arthur Itis

47. Uh, steroids actually do have some therapeutic value of all kinds. My son was on steroids several times for asthma related illnesses. It's a lifesaver to some. Baseball players were abusing it. That's the big difference, people. Stand back people. There's no story here!! Everyone can go home now, please!! Just go home!!

Posted at 2:01PM on Feb 26th 2009 by Barbery

48. Her face needs steroids

Posted at 2:04PM on Feb 26th 2009 by Opie Cunningham

49. You guys are so stupid. Way to twist things around and get a rumor started. Jewel is using cortisteroids. They reduce inflammation not pump you up. Two different things. lol.

Posted at 2:20PM on Feb 26th 2009 by EDDIEisMINE

50. Someone at TMZ should do a little more fact checking. There is a huge difference between steroidal anti-inflamatory drugs and performance enhancing anabolic steroids. Steroidal anti-inflamatory drugs are used to treat injuries not give undue advantage to someone. They are also legal. Jewel should do as her doctor orders and disregard TMZ's idiotic medical second guessing.

Posted at 3:16PM on Feb 26th 2009 by Lee

51. Are you stupid?????????????? It's time TMZ goes away forever. Do your research! There are different types of steriods. Check with a doctor.............Idiots.

Posted at 2:44PM on Feb 26th 2009 by Linda

52. IT'S MEDICAL STEROIDS FOR INJECTIONS

Posted at 3:20PM on Feb 26th 2009 by Doctor

53. Once a vet gave my cat some sort of steroid injection for his allergic reaction to flea bites (poor little guy was losing his hair in patches...). She said it would help relieve the itching. Didn't notice him bulking up, though.... No roid rages either. (His hair did grow back and he adjusted to the local flea overpopulation at the time, this was pre-Frontline miracle.) Yet another example of the medical use of steroids having nothing to do with Hulk Hogan.

Better add biochemistry to the list of what tmz staffers need to learn about in summer school (right behind Spelling for Dummies and The Joy of Proofreading).

Posted at 3:38PM on Feb 26th 2009 by jwoolman

54. HELLO TMZ!!! If you are going to report on stuff like this, get your facts straight. Tendonitis requires corticosteriods, NOT ANABOLIC steriods. DUHHHH!

Posted at 3:42PM on Feb 26th 2009 by darcyjrn

55. Jesus, you TMZ dumbasses do absolutely NO research. There's a huge difference between cortical steroids (which are used to reduce inflamation of joints, tendons, etc) and androgenic steroids (which are used to increase the amount of hormones in one's system; typically to incrrease muscle mass & aggression). One has no performance enhancing ability (the type Jewel is taking) and the other is typically used primarily for performance enhancement.

I know that the "reporters" at TMZ are 3rd grade gaaaaaayboy dropouts with IQ's under 90, but this is something that could have been easily found out with a 10 second google search. Try to at least pretend to be a reporter, TMZ chimpanzees, and do just the smallest of research before writing a totally ignorant article like this. It'll be much less embarrassing for you later on...

Posted at 3:43PM on Feb 26th 2009 by Enough already

56. For heaven's sakes, doesn't anyone at TMZ have a tiny bit of education, oh like, tenth grade? Cortico steroids injected into the knee are completely different than anabolic steroids taken orally or injected. Who wrote this bit? Come on, please find out what you're writing about.

Posted at 3:59PM on Feb 26th 2009 by Dak

57. which bay is she talking about? i think it's san francisco bay but not sure..

Posted at 4:06PM on Feb 26th 2009 by moyrullins

58. The drugs I am sure are prescribed to her. Sorry bad story. Next........

Posted at 4:33PM on Feb 26th 2009 by my 3 cents

59. Shows that you don't have to be very bright to work for TMZ...seriously, does NO ONE there know the difference between anabolic steroids and corticosteriods? You guys just saw her blog and immediately thought "OMGsteroids!!!1! Scandal!" Brilliant.

Posted at 4:40PM on Feb 26th 2009 by LJ

60. Kinda funny that TMZ will make fun of people's mistakes but yet post a big DUH! on this story. How can you mix them up? Really, how? There's no excuse to having made this mistake, it's basic.

Posted at 9:09PM on Feb 26th 2009 by Lycan

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