Kirstie Alley: Dancing With the Stars Is "Really Cathartic"

Reality hoofer turns up with partner Maks on The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss what the competition has meant to her

We know. It's hard to concentrate on what Kirstie Alley is saying to Oprah Winfrey, what with Maksim Chmerkovskiy standing there with no shirt on. But concentrate! Because it's really quite sweet.

"It's actually been really cathartic for me because I felt like I was a little broken for awhile, so it gave me confidence back," she said of her (accident-prone but ongoing!) Dancing With the Stars experience. "It's amazing."

Her clothing-averse partner, meanwhile, clearly feels the same, saying that he's "never got a star of this caliber before." Uh, we're guessing Mel B ain't gonna be too happy with that statement.

So, will the duo make it to the finals? Time will tell. But we're gonna have to side with Tom Bergeron on this one.