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>> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now" with t.j. holmes and reena ninan. >> could you get "dancing with the stars" in london? >> no. unfortunately, we were not, no. >> you weren't able to. >> no, but i did see some british television. that was not necessarily abc. >> was it comparable? they have dancing shows and singing shows and -- >> they do, they have the show called "east enders." >> how was that? >> that was interesting. >> reena just back today. she's been gone on london duty. for the past couple weeks. it's good to have you back. speaking with a bit of a british accent, just hints of it here or there. >> tomorrow we have a very interesting package we're going to show you from my time there. so stay tuned for that. >> that's all you're going to give them. because you gave me a better tease than that. >> i'll give you can the tease i gave tj during the commercial break. i brought him back a bikini. >> got your attention now, right.
>> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with t.j. holmes and reena ninan. >> could you get "dancing with the stars" in london? >> no. unfortunately, we were not, no. >> you weren't able to. >> no, but i did see some british television. that was not necessarily abc. >> was it comparable? they have dancing shows and singing shows and -- >> they do, they have the show called "east enders." >> how was that? >> that was interesting. >> reena just back today. she's been gone on london duty. for the past couple weeks. it's good to have you back. speaking with a bit of a british accent, just hints of it here or there. >> tomorrow we have a very interesting package we're going to show you from my time there. so stay tuned for that. >> that's all you're going to give them. because you gave me a better tease than that. >> i'll give you can the tease i gave tj during the commercial break. i brought him back a bikini. >> got your attention now, right. >> it's good to have you back.
>> i think unfortunately for many of these guys, they believe it. they wake up in the morning, the things they obsess about, whether it's keeping gay people from doing certain job, keeping them out of the military and keeping people like chaz bono off of dancing shows, that's their calling in the morning when they wake up, it's sad. i believe in a lot of these cases, these guys actually believe the insanity that they spew which in the end creates real hard for all gay, lesbian, transgender and bi americans. >> does it lead to gay bashing and hate speech? >> i think these guys do contribute to it. they'll make fun of it or say things are seriously wrong or people shouldn't be doing things. they want to strip their right to full participation in society. it kind of validates the feelings of some of the people who do more of the attacking, some of the violent attacks. it gives them the kind of leeway, permission to say, i'm not the only one.
off of dancing shows, that's their calling in the morning when they wake up, it's sad. i believe in a lot of these cases, these guys actually believe the insanity that they spew which in the end creates real hard for all gay, lesbian, transgender and bi americans. >> does it lead to gay bashing and hate speech? >> i think these guys do contribute to it. they'll make fun of it or say things are seriously wrong or people shouldn't be doing things. they want to strip their right to full participation in society. it kind of validates the feelings of some of the people who do more of the attacking, some of the violent attacks. it gives them the kind of leeway, permission to say, i'm not the only one. there's these guys on tv who claim to be full-fledged legitimate psychiatrists when they're spewing rhetoric from 30
there you go. he won't do it in america. he's done it in italy and argentina. he was once the baddest man in the planet but now showing his lighter side and fun side trying to win it first in south america, then in europe for a while. i think he's doing pretty good. look at that. he's really coming into his own. >> real footwork. >> are you saying he's been invited to do the united states version and has turned down the -- >> i'm going to look to pursue that story. but i would think they would get him in a second. >> that's because a lot of celebrities go on these dancing shows. right now, joining us live in new york is chris o'donnell, star of "ncis los angeles." >> is this the minor leagues of "dancing with the stars". >> thank you for stating the obvious. >> one of the girls on the show is on portuguese "dancing with the stars" and i always bring up the you tube videos to give her a hard time. >> i would think celebrities want to do that, chris o'donnell, they want to maybe make some money over there and don't want to be in the american spotlight. >> maybe. i don't know. it's amazing how popular these