Dancing with the Stars host Tom Bergeron puts producers on blast for booking Sean Spicer

Tom Bergeron.
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Tom Bergeron isn't dancing around how he feels about Sean Spicer's Dancing with the Stars booking.

The former White House press secretary on Wednesday was announced as one of the contestants on the dance competition show's newest season, prompting host Bergeron to release a statement expressing his disapproval. Bergeron writes that he met with the new executive producer of the ABC series a few months ago and specifically asked for the 28th season to be a "joyful respite from our exhausting political climate and free of inevitably divisive bookings from any party affiliations." Evidently, he left that meeting under the impression an agreement had been reached, but this was not to be.

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Brendan Morrow

Brendan worked as a culture writer at The Week from 2018 to 2023, covering the entertainment industry, including film reviews, television recaps, awards season, the box office, major movie franchises and Hollywood gossip. He has written about film and television for outlets including Bloody Disgusting, Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Heavy and The Celebrity Cafe.