Sean Spicer reacts to Tom Bergeron saying his ‘DWTS’ casting made him feel ‘screwed’ over

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“screwed” him over. “I’ve always thought Tom was a great host,” Spicer, 52, told The Post Tuesday adding that he “loved being a part of Season 28” and is “thoroughly enjoying the current season.” Spicer, who served under President Donald Trump, made the exclusive statement following Bergeron’s, 68, declaration on Cheryl Burke’s “Sex, Lies, and Spray Tans” podcast on Monday. “I said, ‘Guys, this is exactly what we said we wouldn’t do,’ ” Bergeron told the former “DWTS” dancer.” ‘Don’t go there.

This is, you know, not the right time, play to our strengths, be the show that gives people a break from all this bulls–t.’” Despite the former host’s warnings, it was clear to him that both the showrunner and producer were determined to cast Spicer.

Bergeron, who claimed that he would have issued the same statement had the contestant been a high-profile Democrat, told executives that he would “take the season off” while Spicer was on the show.

However, ABC countered the ex-“America’s Funniest Home Videos” host’s offer and told him that they could release him from his contract. “That’s how strongly they felt,” Bergeron said, while adding that it “really pissed me off.”In a fit of rage, Bergeron released a statement on his now deactivated Twitter that did little to conceal his distaste of Spicer’s casting by blasting ABC and how the show had deviated from a “joyful respite from our exhausting political climate” free of “inevitably divisive bookings from ANY party affiliations.”According to the TV personality, he didn’t warn ABC about the statement because “they didn’t deserve to know.”“They had screwed me.