ACTOR LOPEZ SAYS SINGER MARIO ‘RESPECTFUL’ OF SMIRNOFF

It wasn’t exactly a love-fest — more like a respect-off — when Mario Lopez and R&B singer Mario, a contestant on the current season of "Dancing with the Stars," got on the phone to speak with Ryan Seacrest on his On Air radio show.

Singer Mario, who’s been steaming up the ballroom with Lopez’s girlfriend Karina Smirnoff while denying rumors of a romance, had plenty of kind words for the former "Saved By the Bell" star.