Situation, Karina Smirnoff 'haven't met yet'

Karina Smirnoff has reportedly said that she still hasn't met her Dancing With The Stars partner Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino.

Speaking to MTV News, the professional dancer said that while other couples have begun rehearsing, she might not come face-to-face with Sorrentino until much nearer the show's premiere.

"I think we're literally the only couple who will only have about five days to get ready for the premiere on national television. Everyone else is going to have three and half weeks. We're gonna have maybe five days, so that part I'm very nervous about," she said.

"I know I have to be very clever in the choreography, because five days is just not enough. Even if you're a professional dancer, it would be really, really tough to get ready. So we might try to implement the fist-pumping for the first episode."

She added that she hopes they can show the audience a "different side" to the Jersey Shore star, famous for baring his abs: "I think it'd be nice to still have Mike as Mike that we know, but also show some more insight into him wearing a tuxedo, wearing something we've never seen."

It is thought that The Situation has not begun rehearsals yet because of commitments to filming the third season of Jersey Shore. He reportedly celebrated wrapping production with his fellow castmembers at a party in Seaside Heights last night.

Dancing With The Stars premieres September 20 on ABC.