It was a casting decision that no one saw coming.
I’m grateful for that and for the lifelong friendships made."
Don’t go there.
Bergeron felt so strongly about the Spicer situation that he posted a statement on X voicing his displeasure.
It was that public statement that Bergeron said really sealed the deal for his firing.
While he wasn’t let go immediately, he felt like it was only a matter of time.
“I was miserable the whole season,” he told Burke.
Bergeron thought the decision was bad for the country as a whole.
“This to me felt like a darker period of our history and we were fueling that fire.
I felt it was wrong; I felt it was a disservice to the show.”
Bergeron wasn’t the only one who was angered by Sean Spicer’s casting for Season 28.
“DWTS” replaced Erin Andrews and Bergeron with Tyra Banks.
