Tom Bergeron revealed that there was a certain moment he knew his “Dancing with the Stars” job had come to an end.
Bergeron hosted the series starting in 2005 and left the show in 2020. He told former “DWTS” pro Cheryl Burke on her “Sex, Lies and Spray Tans” podcast that his departure came down to politics. In 2019, Bergeron said that he suggested to the show’s executives that they should stay away from casting any politicians to avoid the divisiveness of the time. Bergeron said they agreed, but then when they told him who was cast, he was shocked.
When Bergeron suggested he could take the season off, producers offered to let him out of his contract, leaving him “pissed off.” “That’s how strongly they felt,” Bergeron said. Bergeron recalled being “furious” and issued a statement on Spicer’s casting. “So I wrote the statement that I wrote, that did not name anybody, that did not name a political party,” he said. “It merely said, ‘I was told certain things when I was asked my opinion, they agreed, and now they’ve thrown a curveball.
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