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"Following in the rhinestone capezios of his former&amp;#160;&lt;strong&gt;Dallas Cowboys &lt;/strong&gt;teammate&amp;#160;&lt;strong&gt;Emmitt Smith &lt;/strong&gt;-- legendary QB&amp;#160;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/troy-aikman/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Troy Aikman&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; told us last night that he's officially on board for the next season of \"&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/category/dwts/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dancing with the Stars&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.\" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{{tmz_video_0}}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Troy was leaving&lt;strong&gt; Red O&lt;/strong&gt; restaurant in L.A. when he broke the news. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's pretty unusual for a celeb to spill the beans before &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/category/abc/\"&gt;ABC&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;makes its official announcement ... so if he was being serious, there might be some hell to pay down the line. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Calls to ABC have not yet been returned. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE: &lt;/strong&gt;Apparently, Troy was kidding ... and posted the following message on his Twitter page -- \"I will not be on DWTS ... interferes with American Idol auditions.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2009/03/06/1733-dwts-injuries\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0729_dwts_footer\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2010/07/29/0729-dwts-footer-credit.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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