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 "You can't confuse movement with dancing," said head judge Len Goodman. "There was no hip action, there was no footwork and it was no good."
Steve-O said he believed it was his best dance yet and was surprised by the low scores. Still, the "Jackass" star was upbeat about his experience on the show.
"I met a lot of challenges, I made a lot of mistakes and the fans kept me around long enough to learn from it all," he said. "It's forced me to grow as a person and for that I'm very grateful."
Open about his ongoing recovery from substance abuse, Steve-O said early in the show that handling its demands made him "feel like a complete champion."
"I'm not used to dealing with high-pressure situations without drugs and alcohol," he said.
He thanked Schwimmer Tuesday for her patience, saying, "Sometimes I tend to manstruate."
The funnyman faced some rough times on the dance floor. He strained his back during training, then exacerbated the injury with an ill-fated flip during a salsa performance last month. But fans kept him afloat for weeks.
Tuesday's results show also featured two songs by Rascal Flatts, a song-and-dance number from "West Side Story" and a provocative, Pussycat Dolls-inspired dance performance by Carmen Electra.
Seven celebrities remain in the competition: Rapper Lil Kim, rodeo champ Ty Murray, former football star Lawrence Taylor, Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson, country singer Chuck Wicks, "Bachelor" star Melissa Rycroft and actor Gilles Marini.
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