Cuban Differs With Osmond On TV Incident

Mark Cuban’s chances of getting a Christmas card from entertainer Marie Osmond plummeted Saturday, when the Mavs owner and former Dancing With The Stars contestant basically called Osmond a fraud. Like Cuban, Osmond was a competitor on the ABC-TV show last fall. At one point during the contest the squeaky-clean Mormon crumpled dramatically to the dance floor after “fainting,” later blaming the episode on a combination of allergies and bad air caused by the California fires. When TMZ, quoting unnamed sources, reported that Osmond had faked the fainting spell–presumably as a sympathy ploy–her representative denied it, calling the charge “ridiculous.” Enter Cuban, pictured here, who told the crowd at this weekend’s Uncle Barky Show at Stratos Greek Taverna: “Let me just say: She did not faint. She did not faint. Are you kidding me? She came [backstage] and had a Red Bull!”