Tom Bergeron detailed what exactly went down ahead of his exit from Dancing with the Stars in 2020 after coming into conflict with the show's producers over Sean Spicer's casting.
—in 2019, despite Tom's urging against casting anyone with political affiliations ahead of what would likely be a contentious election year, the television personality knew his time on the show was coming to an end.
"In the summer of 2019, I had two lunches—one with that showrunner person and another one with his boss," Tom remembered during his Oct. 23. "I said, 'Well look, 2019 is the threshold to an election year in America, we are a very divided country. Just nobody, of any party, don't go there—just make us the wonderful escape from all that divisiveness for two hours a week.""And then a few weeks later, I get a phone call," he continued.
"And that really pissed me off," Tom noted, explaining it was this move that led him to releasing his 2019Tom remembered, "My phone started blowing up. People were outraged. At that moment I knew, this was probably my last season. Because of that one betrayal. Because I'd been lied to by people who were in charge. Up until that point, there were people of character there."] will be continuing without me.
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