Now that Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews are no longer hosting Dancing with the Stars in the new season, reports say that the show’s team is looking to hire a person of color in order to bring more diversity to the screen on ABC.
In other words, amid the BLM movement, the producers are planning to replace the former hosts with at least one black host. This comes after Tom Bergeron was let go after no less than 15 years on the show.
Alongside the OG, Erin Andrews, who is a former contestant as well, was axed too since the dancing show is apparently going on a ‘new creative path!’ With that being said, they are obviously looking for new and just as capable replacements and would like to bring a person of color, preferably an African-American.
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