Dancing with the Stars: Jewel defends criticism of Melissa Rycroft

Dancing with the Stars: Jewel defends criticism of Melissa Rycroft

A new drama has been unfolded in the stage of Dancing with the Stars.  Less than a day after Jewel told injured Dancing With the Stars finalist Melissa Rycroft that she needs to compete or face elimination, the singer got enough negative comments for being "catty" . After that Jewel took to her blog to clear the air.

"I can't believe my comment on Ty [Murray her husband]'s website got so mangled." On Friday Jewel wrote on her blog just one day after she blogged that Rycroft and fellow DWTS competitor Steve-O unfairly benefited from the rule that gave allowance to the injured contestants to be judged on rehearsal footage if they could not dance on the live show.

Jewel wrote, "I like Melissa and think she's gifted (and a real Texas sweetheart), and I adore Steve-O ,"  "My comment had nothing to do with either of them. My comment was on a sports website about a rule I have never seen in any type of competition before."

She continued,"Name another sport where if you cant compete, they use your score from practice. Can you imagine an Olympic diver who cant compete for any reason, and so they let them use their practice dives from that day? Or a chess match, for that matter."

Although in her original post titled "Setting the Record Straight," Jewel joked that she might not have a problem with the rule if she were an injured competitor, she wrote that she would hold the same judgment on her husband, who is one of the final four celebrity dancers on the Fox show.

She added, "If Ty were in the same position, I'd still ask the same thing,"  "I am not a mean-spirited person, and I think all my fans know that. Ty and I have fallen in love with all the contestants and are in awe of how hard they all work. I can tell you that whoever wins this competition will have earned it, as I see firsthand how incredibly hard they all work."

Jewel gave assurance of  her fans that she meant no harm to Rycroft.

"This isn't a catty girl versus girl thing [the media] are trying to make it into," "Neither I nor Melissa are like that," added Jewel.