Kate Gosselin made a guest host appearance on The View this week, during which she took time to deny a story in the NY Post that she was “frosty” and a “diva” on the set of Dancing With The Stars. Kate’s main excuse was that she was primarily training for the show from her basement, but she did say that she was in LA on set for five days, calling it “a huge honor” and saying that she “met everybody [and] had a great time.” One person Kate met, professional ballroom dancer and Dancing with The Stars regular, Mark Ballas, agrees with the Post’s story that she’s not the easiest person to get along with. He told US Weekly that he did meet Kate on set and called her “standoffish.” He also made a hilarious dig at her dancing ability. He said that Kate’s trainer and partner, Tony Dovolani, is a friend of his, and he’s sure he’ll “whip her into shape. Whatever you can get out of that!” I love it!

Kate Gosselin may be able to laugh off rumors of her diva behavior on the set of Dancing With the Stars — but her new colleagues aren’t so sure.

“I’m not the type of person to judge…” dancer Mark Ballas told UsMagazine.com of Gosselin at Wednesday’s Drai’s Hollywood grand opening event in West Hollywood. “And I’m not going to be like ‘I don’t like [Kate]…”

But?

“But, I mean, she’s pretty, you know, standoffish, which is kind of weird.”

Ballas, pro partner to Shannen Doherty this season, told Us about meeting the reality mom for the first time.

“I don’t really know her, but when I met her she wasn’t kind of like, ‘hello’ or anything. I say ‘hey,’ and she was like ‘oh hey.’ I was like, ‘Okay!’”

Ballas added, “She has a great partner, Tony [Dovolani] who is a dear friend of mine, so I’m sure he will whip her into shape. Whatever you can get out of that!”

During her Wednesday appearance on The View, Gosselin poo-poo’d the New York Post’s report that she “sets herself apart” from other DWTS contenders and “wants to be queen bee.” “I’m 3,000 miles away! I was out [L.A.] once for five days and met everyone and had a great time.”

[From US Weekly]

If the guy who is partners with Shannen Doherty is calling Gosselin standoffish, you know she is! In other news about semi-famous people dissing Gosselin, Kendra Wilkinson is being widely quoted as saying that, unlike Kate, she wouldn’t do DWTS with young kids at home. Kendra’s statements aren’t as bad as they’re being made out to be, she just says it’s not for her. I don’t think she’s really going after Kate like some are making out. I dislike Kate as much as the next person, but Kendra’s son is just a few months old and Kate’s youngest are five. She does have eight kids at home, though! There’s a very valid point to be made about mom’s working out of the home and how it’s not a big deal when everyday people do it, but Kate gets bashed for it. She isn’t “just like moms everywhere working” though as she claims, and she doesn’t publicly acknowledge all the help she has. She just bugs, and she’s a snotty media-hungry person. That’s why she’s being called out for trying to act like an average working mom.

To focus on something more positive, what a cutie Mark Ballas is! He hasn’t been on my radar before, but he definitely is now!

Photos below from Fame Pictures, taken 3/17/10