The sickness is spreading on Dancing with the Stars.  Usually it's injury that causes stars and professional dancers to get sidelined, but shortly after Derek Hough stepped aside due to illness, now comes news that Lacey Schwimmer will NOT be dancing with Mark Dacascos tonight on Dancing with the Stars.

Lacey tweeted that she has the flu and will be sitting week 7 out, meaning her partner will have to dance with Anna Trebunskaya instead.  In a double elimination week, any little stumble could cause a star to go home, and after Joanna Krupa tripped with Maksim Chmerkovskiy as Derek's fill-in, this could spell the end for Mark.

He and Lacey have been on a roll on Dancing with the Stars, and this minor setback could stop all that momentum.  We'll see soon enough whether they can come back from the flu.



-John Kubicek, BuddyTV Senior Writer
Source: Lacey's Twitter
(Image courtesy of ABC)