Pastore Out of Step

March 01, 2007

Vincent Pastore, the big cherubic 60-year-old actor that played mobster “Big Pussy” on “The Sopranos” has dropped out of “Dancin With The Stars” after just one week of training.

"I didn't realize just how physically demanding it would be for me. Unable to put forth my best effort, I felt it appropriate to step aside and give someone else the opportunity," Pastore said in a statement Wednesday.

Still we are anticipating the return of “Dancin” on March 19th, which will feature the likes of former 'N Sync member Joey Fatone, country singer-actor Billy Ray Cyrus and Paul McCartney's estranged wife, Heather Mills.

It’s Mills who especially fascinates us since most of what we’ve heard about her has been through the unfriendly (toward her) English press. Seeing her dance -- with her prosthetic leg -- can only help the public’s impression of Mills who has been going through that divorce from Sir Paul McCartney.

We’re pretty well on record around here about our feelings on celebrity reality television, but still, watching an old dude dance around with a one-legged lady would have been something.