Chelsea Green Says She’s Lobbying Hard for Dancing with the Stars

Chelsea Green wants it known she isn’t sitting back and hoping Dancing with the Stars comes calling — she’s actively working the phones, or more accurately, her inbox, to make it happen.

Appearing on TMZ’s Inside The Ring, the WWE star was asked which reality competition she’d most want to join. Green said that a few years ago the answer would have been easy: Total Divas. But her priorities have shifted, and now Dancing with the Stars is squarely in her sights.

“At first I would have said Total Divas because hello, that’s like a shoo in,” Green said. “But now I’m going Dancing with the Stars. Come on.”

She wasn’t shy about detailing just how much effort she’s putting into landing a spot. Green said she’s been reaching out to virtually anyone with a connection to the show, emails and texts and DMs included.

“When I tell you I have been, I have been sending emails, sending texts, sending DMs,” she said. “I have been milking everyone for all they’re worth if they know anyone at NBC Universal.”

When the hosts mentioned they had their own contacts tied to the program, Green didn’t hesitate to recruit them to her cause, asking them to help get the word out.

Green was refreshingly candid about her actual dancing ability, admitting she’s no ringer for the ballroom floor. “I’m not top tier, but I try really hard,” she said. “So I think, you know, that’s good.” She also brushed off the recurring fan complaints that pop up every season about contestants who come in with prior dance training, arguing the show’s real purpose is entertainment above all else. “Who cares? It’s just entertainment,” she said. “So I’m here to entertain in whatever way that works on Dancing with the Stars.”

Green’s crossover ambitions are nothing new for a performer who has long leaned into a larger-than-life, showbiz-friendly persona inside WWE. She’s built her character around a mix of comedy, glamour and self-aware camp, the kind of personality that tends to translate well to mainstream reality formats. WWE has a long history of talent parlaying in-ring fame into stints on shows like Dancing with the Stars, and Green publicly campaigning for a shot fits that pattern of talent using their platform to push for opportunities rather than waiting for a call.

Before any ballroom aspirations can move forward, though, Green has unfinished business in the ring. She’s slated to take part in the ladder match to determine an interim WWE Women’s Champion at SummerSlam, a high-stakes multi-woman spot that could meaningfully shift her standing in the women’s division depending on how it plays out.

Whether or not Green’s DM campaign eventually pays off, it’s clear she isn’t leaving her reality TV future up to chance — and knowing her personality, if Dancing with the Stars comes calling, she’ll be more than ready to make the most of it.