Tom Bergeron revealed that Dancing With the Stars once blindsided him — not by firing him, but when they cast Sean Spicer for season 28.
Getty Host Tom Bergeron arrives at the 2019 «Dancing With The Stars» Cast Reveal Former Dancing With the Stars host Tom Bergeron recently spoke with author Vicki Abelson about how he was not surprised that the show fired him. But something that did leave him feeling “blindsided” actually happened almost a year prior to when the show let him and co-host Erin Andrews go. Here’s what Bergeron had to say about it. Some thoughts about today pic.twitter.com/aCQ4SHrGCI Tom Bergeron (@Tom_Bergeron) August 21, 2019 In a LoveStop podcast episode with Vanessa Marcil and her son Kassius, as part of a running bit they do, Bergeron was asked to talk about three P words (they choose different letters every time they do this). His first word was “principles” and it sparked Bergeron to talk about the statement he issued when the show cast former White House press secretary Sean Spicer on season 28. Bergeron said he felt that he had to take “a principled stand” when his principles “didn’t necessarily mesh” with the goals of the Dancing With the Stars producers and the network.
