Karina Smirnoff: In Hot Water Over Playboy Shoot

She’s one of the hottest dancers out there, but Karina Smirnoff may be on the unemployment line if she shed her clothes for Playboy.

Hugh Hefner tweeted a teaser suggesting that the “Dancing with the Stars” babe is the May issue cover girl of his men’s magazine, and that could spell trouble for Karina.

An insider told press, “If Karina posed naked, she cna kiss her dancing days goodbye. I hope for her sake that this isn’t true.”

"ABC publicity department controls the image of this show with an iron fist. It's a cash cow and they are not going to allow its reputation to be soiled by a dancer who wants to do Playboy."