‘Good Morning America’ Host Lara Spencer Slammed By Gene Kelly’s Widow For Mocking Ballet

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The widow of famed actor/dancer Gene Kelly has leaped into the fray regarding Lara Spencer’s comments on ballet. Patricia Ward Kelly responded in an open letter after Spencer, the Good Mornin…

Spencer has apologized for her remarks made during a Thursday morning segment. She said during the segment that George, the eldest son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, would be studying maths, science, history, religious studies, computer programming, poetry and ballet.‘Oh, he looks so happy about the ballet class,’ Spencer said. She then claimed William said his son “absolutely loves ballet.

“I have news for you, Prince William: We’ll see how long that lasts,:” Spencer said. “I mean, he might.” After a flurry of negative comments from choreographers and others, Spencer walked back her remarks. “My sincere apologies for an insensitive comment I made in pop news yesterday,” she said. “From ballet to anything one wants to explore in life, I say go for it. I fully believe we should all be free to pursue our passions. Go climb your mountain-and love every minute of it.

Gene was a classically trained ballet dancer and believed that his training was essential to all that he did. He was schooled in Chicago by a woman named Berenice Holmes who had been the student of the great Russian dancer Adolph Bolm. Gene said that Holmes could perform many complicated turns better than a man, including a double tour en l’air, and that she instructed him to dance with great strength, particularly in his arms.

Over the years, Gene advised many professional athletes to study ballet, including former wide receivers Willie Gault and Lynn Swann. Both acknowledge that the training improved their performance on the field. Many have followed suit. Gene would be devastated to know that 61 years after his ground-breaking work the issue of boys and men dancing is still the subject of ridicule—and on a national network.

 

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