Tom Bergeron is out, and Tyra Banks is in at ABC’s Dancing With the Stars.
That a lot we have identified for a number of days now.
Banks has been added because the solo host, with Bergeron, who spent 15 years on the present, getting the boot alongside co-host Erin Andrews.
Bergeron took to Twitter Wednesday with a intelligent joke as a result of he and Tyra have the identical initials.
“I suppose I will not be getting again my monogrammed towels,” he Tweeted.
This response bought a response out of Andrews, who wrote:
“You bought towels [Tom Bergeron]?”
Replied Bergeron, “I’m sorry that is the way you needed to discover out. #TerryCloth.”
Bergeron has been identified to crack a whole lot of jokes throughout his time on the sequence, and that is what followers will miss essentially the most.
“Simply knowledgeable @DancingABC can be persevering with with out me,” Bergeron tweeted, saying his departure earlier this week.
“It has been an unbelievable 15 yr run and essentially the most sudden reward of my profession. I am grateful for that and for the lifelong friendships made. That mentioned, now what am I presupposed to do with all of those glitter masks?”
“Tom Bergeron will endlessly be a part of the Dancing with the Stars household. As we embark on a brand new inventive route, he departs the present with our sincerest thanks and gratitude for his trademark wit and appeal that helped make this present a hit,” a joint assertion from BBC Studios and ABC learn, confirming his exit, but it surely additionally dropped the bombshell that Andrews was not being requested again.
“Erin may also not be returning, and we recognize all that she delivered to the ballroom. Followers have been rooting for her since she initially competed as a contestant again in 2010, and her signature humorousness has turn into a trademark of the present.”
Andrews broke her silence a day later, writing, “Thanks ABC and your entire Dancing With the Stars household for six memorable seasons.”
“These years would not have been as particular with out my loving host, Tom Bergeron, the gifted dancers, and witty judges,” she continued.
“I’ll all the time cherish my days on that set, even when I wasn’t the very best at strolling on heels.”
Whereas followers took to social media to blast ABC for the choice, it was introduced mere hours later that Tyra Banks could be stepping in to host the sequence.
She’ll even be serving as an govt producer alongside showrunner Andrew Llinares.
“I have been a fan of Dancing With the Stars since its starting,” Banks mentioned in an announcement.
“The enjoyable blended with uncooked emotion, seeing celebrities push previous their consolation zones, the scorching dance performances … it is all the time transported me to my days of turning it up 10 notches on the catwalk.”
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