Cougar Shannon Elizabeth from American Pie caught kissing 22 year old dance partner!

**ingi** · April 21st, 2008, 03:25 PM

Dancing With the Stars Romance Photos: Shannon Elizabeth & Derek Hough Caught Kissing

By Lynda Johnson
Apr 21, 2008

This smoldering pic of the sizzling twosome was allegedly taken just after "Dancing" cameras left the scene.
The chemistry between partners on Dancing With the Stars has resulted in at least two off-screen couples and many romance rumors. The latest is Shannon Elizabeth and Derek Hough. The buxom actress and her shirtless partner were photographed on the beach sharing a kiss and now all eyes will be on them tonight as they perform.

Shannon Elizabeth & Derek Hough
Is this a cougar alert? She is only thirty-four years old so that might be a stretch but the hunky Derek is just a baby at age twenty-two. Is there anything going on between the two? It seems unclear at this point but earlier she addressed the possibility.

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A link to the red-hot beach kissing scene is here. In Touch reported earlier that Shannon admits the whole idea of her dancing on the show made her boyfriend nervous. "He was worried before he knew who my partner was," Shannon tells In Touch. "People were saying I should get Maksim [Chmerkovskiy] as my partner, so I showed him a picture of Maks and he got a little concerned."

Luckily for her boyfriend, Maksim took the season off - and the America Pie actress was paired with Derek Hough. "My boyfriend say Derek walk through the door and it was okay," she says. "He knows I've never dated a blonde guy. Plus, Derek's 22 and I'm a few years older!" Check out all of our Dancing with the Stars coverage here including results, analysis and of course the romance gossip. While the math teacher might have based his worries on hair color, Shannon certainly seemed quite taken with the "blonde guy" on the beach. National Ledger - Dancing With the Stars Romance Photos: Shannon Elizabeth & Derek Hough Caught Kissing

**SpookyGirl** · April 21st, 2008, 03:29 PM

Wow. Cheating. Big surprise.

**happy8** · April 21st, 2008, 03:31 PM

PopFiction show anyone?

I take offense to a 34yo being called a 'cougar'

**ingi** · April 21st, 2008, 03:33 PM

I was gonna say pop fiction too. Shannon is a semi-good professional poker player on the side...

**nycgirl** · April 21st, 2008, 04:00 PM

she's not old enough to be called a "cougar"

**celeb_2006** · April 21st, 2008, 07:27 PM

34 year olds are cougars now? I thought it was for 40 year olds. Anyhow it is a 12 year age difference.

**GaPeach** · April 21st, 2008, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by celeb_2006

34 year olds are cougars now? I thought it was for 40 year olds. Anyhow it is a 12 year age difference.

He's a Mormon

I say b/s it's a PR ploy to get people to watch. They say the same stuff about his sister and her dancing partners... say what you will but this cougar would have banged Apollo Ono in a heart beat.

**Bellatheball** · April 21st, 2008, 09:35 PM

Please. Her dance partner uses more product and makeup than she does. And, and he looks like he's 12...ok so a 12 year old who likes to play in his mom's closet, but 12 nonetheless.

**Fluffy** · April 21st, 2008, 09:36 PM

Is it just me or does anyone else think he might be gay now?

**DoveFeatheredRaven** · April 21st, 2008, 09:38 PM

I always thought he was gay.

**Laurent** · April 21st, 2008, 09:39 PM

I think I might believe this one. I was watching DwtS a week or two ago, and they were laying it on pretty damn thick. I remember thinking then that if they weren't swapping bodily fluids yet, they would be soon.