'Dancing With the Stars': Celebs Who've Turned Down the Show

Betty White

Speaking of the former "Golden Girls" star, Betty White has no desire to spend her golden years on the dance floor. In 2010, she told CNN host Larry King, "I have been asked [to do 'Dancing With the Stars']." And I've thanked them very profusely. And I said, 'No, thank you.'"

The "Hot in Cleveland" actress added that her former "Mary Tyler Moore Show" co-star Cloris Leachman already set the senior-citizen bar when she competed on ... more 

Betty White

Speaking of the former "Golden Girls" star, Betty White has no desire to spend her golden years on the dance floor. In 2010, she told CNN host Larry King, "I have been asked [to do 'Dancing With the Stars']." And I've thanked them very profusely. And I said, 'No, thank you.'"

The "Hot in Cleveland" actress added that her former "Mary Tyler Moore Show" co-star Cloris Leachman already set the senior-citizen bar when she competed on the show back in 2008.

"I think Cloris Leachman took care of that whole department," White told Larry King. "It would be fun, and I would love it. But I think there comes a time when ... I don't want to embarrass the audience. But Cloris did it, and she did fine. So I think she's taken care of our age bracket."

To date, Cloris Leachman -- who was 82 when she took on the TV tango -- is the oldest contestant to compete on "Dancing With the Stars." less