April MacIntyre
MonstersAndCritics.com
Yesterday at the NBC summer press preview, I had a moment to talk to new mother-to-be, Laila Ali, one of the hosts of “American Gladiators” and the daughter of boxing legend, Muhammad Ali and his third wife Veronica Porsche Ali.
In mid-2007, Ali was a participant in the fourth season of “Dancing with the Stars.” Her professional dancing partner was Maksim Chmerkovskiy. The two were audience favorites, receiving the first "10" from judge Len Goodman for a rumba. Ali came in third place in the competition, losing to Apolo Anton Ohno and Joey Fatone.
Of all his nine children, it is Laila Ali who has achieved the most fame. She revealed she made her father very upset when she delivered the news she was to follow in his footsteps to be a professional boxer.
“My dad is a male chauvinist, and he was not happy, he did not want to hear that his little girl was going into boxing,” she revealed at the Gladiator breakfast. Laila did say that her Father was now living in Arizona and watched her show religiously, and was very proud of her.
Ali is five months along, and shared her pregnancy has been uneventful and free of morning sickness and cravings. “I was worried about that because I like to eat, so far that hasn’t happened,” she laughed.
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