Shirtless DWTS Star Maksim Chmerkovskiy Gets Wet for Charity

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 Shirtless DWTS Star Maksim Chmerkovskiy Gets Wet for Charity
  The Ellen Show gets dancer wet to fight cancer.
 
 Diane Anderson-Minshall 
          
          Oct 13, 2012
          
Diane Anderson-Minshall
Diane Anderson-Minshall is the CEO of Pride Media, and editorial director of The Advocate, Out, and Plus magazine. She's the winner of numerous awards from GLAAD, the NLGJA, WPA, and was named to Folio's Top Women in Media list. She and her co-pilot of 30 years, transgender journalist Jacob Anderson-Minshall penned several books including Queerly Beloved: A Love Across Genders.
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Ellen Degeneres and Betheny Frankel managed to get Dancing With the Stars' Maksim Chmerkovkiy nearly naked on The Ellen Show to raise money for breast cancer research. Chmerkovkiy donned Ellen briefs and waited as the two women threw balls at a target to unleash water on on the buff dancer. Watch the video and just try to remember it's for charity.
 
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