Cameron Mathison News (Page 5)

As Cameron Mathison prepares to go Dancing with the Stars again tonight, one of his co-stars talked to Soap Opera Digest about Mathison's opening performance and more.

Here's what All My Children star Thorsten Kaye had to say:

What did you think of Cameron last night?
Thorsten Kaye: I think the guy was outstanding. With my dance background I look for performance on a much higher level. Cameron and I talked on Sunday night. He asked my opinion and I said, "The best way to start this thing is to lower the bar for yourself where people don't expect a lot from you. When you start this on Monday, your quest for the cup, you should slip down the stairs when you walk in.

Because then people will not think you've got it in you." He said he was not sure he could do that. I said, "You can. Act it and do it." So he did. People think, "Here's a guy who can't even walk down the stairs," and now he has a chance to surprise them. Dance is all about tight pants and strategy. That's how you win this thing.

How about Cameron's taped package?
Kaye: I liked it. It makes you think about how far he's come when you see that picture of him as a kid in leg braces. I wore an ass brace when I was a kid so I can relate to him.

How about the competition?
Kaye: I wasn't too sure about that model guy with the Barbie bathing suit. What was that? I thought it was a little much. This is ballroom dancing — what kind of ballroom can you wear that stuff in?

Did you give Cameron any advice for next week?
Kaye: Yes. I told him to stay with the black on black because it is slimming. He dances like I do: the music will tell him what dance to do. Wait for it to start and just feel it and go.

Here's a picture of Cameron Mathison during his Dancing with the Stars debut last night.

He and Edyta Sliwinska were received favorably by the judges and the crowd. Now... go vote for him!

Tonight, All My Children star Cameron Mathison takes the dancing floor.

The Dancing with the Stars floor, that is.

“I’m ready to do it,” Mathison told People magazine. “I think I’m good under pressure with things that I’m familiar with. I am not a dancer, but we’ve put a lot of work into it and I’m ready.

Here's something you don't know about Cameron Mathison:

The soap opera star was diagnosed with a degenerative hip condition (called Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease) at the age of 2. He spent six months in the hospital and the next three and a half years in steel-framed leg braces and crutches.

And now, at age 38, he's on Dancing with the Stars, reports TV Guide.

"I think I'm ready," said Mathison, who has played Ryan Lavery on ABC's All My Children since 1998. "I think I'm in decent shape. But my hips are very tight. And my hamstrings. Between the traveling and juggling two jobs, I know that this is really going to kick my rear end."

The actor will be spending three days every week in New York taping the soap (and rehearsing for Dancing), then flying back to L.A. to compete with his pro partner, Edyta Sliwinska.

Despite the tricky logistics, this is exactly the scenario the All My Children star was yearning for. Last season, he says, he wanted to dance in the worst way.

"But it was obvious that All My Children wouldn't be able to work around the schedule," he said, "so there was no serious offer. I know they talked to Susan Lucci from our show, too."

So, why the change?

"Because the offer came so early, AMC was completely on board and unbelievably accommodating. From their perspective, it's only going to help their show to see me dancing."

The soap opera world has already given Mathison a taste of the ballroom-dance world. Dancing with the Stars pro Louis Van Amstel was brought in to choreograph a wedding dance between Mathison and his soap wife, Melissa Egan, when they married on the show.

"We spent a couple of hours with Louis learning the rumba," he said. "I think I do have a bit of a natural way of dancing, but there are some things that just feel awkward."

We'll see soon enough. Dancing with the Stars premieres on Monday!

Cameron Mathison is the busiest man on daytime television.

He's the host the reality competition, I Wanna be a Soap Star. And he'll be in charge of the first-ever Soap Cruise in November.

Now, we're also excited to report that the All My Children star has been cast on the latest version of Dancing with the Stars! Get ready to vote for Cameron now.

"It's a lot of fun and clearly it's a good challenge and I figured I have so much extra free time on my hands," the popular star said.

The last daytime actress to win the competition was Kelly Monaco from General Hospital. Dancing with the Stars debuts Monday, Sept. 24 at 8 p.m. on ABC.

Here's his competition:

• Melanie "Scary Spice" Brown
• Sabrina Bryan (The Cheetah Girls)
• Helio Castroneves (Indianapolis 500 champion, 2001, 2002)
• Mark Cuban (owner of Dallas Mavericks NBA team)
• Jennie Garth
• Josie Maran, model
• Floyd Mayweather Jr., champion boxer
• Wayne Newton
• Marie Osmond, singer and actress
• Albert Reed, model
• Jane Seymour (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman)

The All My Children cast is known for being tight.

But Cameron Mathison recently told Soap Opera Digest about a particularly good friend of his on the set: Susan Lucci.

Away from the camera, Mathison often spends time with this daytime legend and her husband Helmut Huber. They try to squeeze in golf, skiing, or just hanging out at Lucci and Huber’s home during their rare hours of free time.

“She’s still like a mom, a total sweetheart,” Mathison said of Lucci.

Mathison - pictured here, topless, wet, handsome - also raved about Lucci and Huber’s long-lasting, loving marriage, as well as Huber’s amazing, commanding, funny personality. Sounds like Susan may need to watch her back!

Wanna sail the beautiful Western Caribbean with famed daytime drama star Cameron Mathison (Ryan Lavery) of All My Children?

Fans will have just this chance on the first annual Soap Cruise.

Ten of the most beloved personalities from Days of Our Lives, All My Children, The Young & the Restless, General Hospital, As the World Turns and The Bold and the Beautiful will also be on board.

The vacation will take place over four days aboard Carnival Cruise Lines’ luxurious Imagination, commencing on Thursday, Nov. 15 through Monday, Nov. 19, 2007.

Also appearing on the cruise liner, which you can read more about at the Soap Cruise website, will be:

• Tyler Christopher
• Alicia Minshew
• Don Diamont
• Winsor Harmon
• Julie Pinson
• Ronn Moss
• Christian LeBlanc
• Brandon Beemer
• Austin Peck