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"Sarah Palin is sticking up for her daughter Bristol.\r\n&amp;quot;Ah yes...Bristol-the-diva! Silly critics! See her diva-ish-ness,&amp;quot; Palin Tweeted Thursday, as web chatter continued to mount over her daughter&amp;apos;s controversial placement in the final three of Dancing with the Stars.\r\nThe former Alaska governor isn&amp;apos;t the only one in Bristol&amp;apos;s corner.\r\n\r\nDWTS alum and other celebs gave plenty of sympathy to the 20-year-old single mom at Us Weekly&amp;apos;s Hot Hollywood: Stars Who Care bash at the Colony Club in Hollywood Wednesday.\r\n&amp;quot;You can find ten reasons why she deserves it and why Brandy deserves it,&amp;quot; Louis Van Amstel told Us. (Brandy was famously shown the door on Tuesday and told Us Thursday she&amp;apos;s feeling &amp;quot;better.&amp;quot;)\r\n&amp;quot;Brandy is the better dancer,&amp;quot; Amstel admitted. &amp;quot;But then again, Bristol had to fight for several weeks to be accepted as Bristol and not Sarah Palin&amp;#x2019;s daughter.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nSaid former DWTS champ Kym Johnson: &amp;quot;She&amp;apos;s had a different journey [from] Brandy -- she had no dance experience, so I think Bristol&amp;apos;s what the show&amp;apos;s all about.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;You&amp;apos;re talking about a girl who had a regular job, worked in some office and...suddenly you throw her in front of millions of people,&amp;quot; argued Sharon Osbourne.  &amp;quot;She might as well be naked!  People are really harsh on that young girl. It&amp;apos;s not fault. [It&amp;apos;s] her family, where she comes from.  Give her a break!&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nSharon&amp;apos;s famous daughter, one-time DWTS finalist Kelly, says she and Palin  have had &amp;quot;very similar&amp;quot; experiences on the show.\r\n&amp;quot;I had no dance experience coming onto that show, and I feel like we were both equally scared and equally insecure,&amp;quot; Kelly told Us. Does Kelly think Bristol deserves to be there?\r\n&amp;quot;Of course I do,&amp;quot; the 25-year-old said. &amp;quot;She come [onto the show] so raw.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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