Tom Bergeron, former longtime host of Dancing With The Stars, is opening up about his exit from the reality competition series.
After hosting DWTS since its launch in 2005, Bergeron was dismissed in 2020 after being publicly critical of the show’s choice to cast Donald Trump’s White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer in Season 28.
He divulged the details that led up to his departure in a conversation with DWTS alum Cheryl Burke on her Sex, Lies and Spray Tans podcast Monday.
He told Burke he sat down with showrunners in 2019 and discussed potential contestants for the upcoming 28th season. At that time, he and showrunners agreed that the show would be a “wonderful escape from that divisiveness” of the 2020 election cycle.
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