“Dancing With the Stars” host Tom Bergeron has entered the political debate surrounding ABC’s casting of Sean Spicer.
Perspective: So long, Spicey: Why Sean Spicer’s brief but vivid career as White House press secretary was great TVThe 16-time Emmy Award-winning show, though years removed from its heyday, has long been considered a place for veteran celebrities to burnish their dulling stars, young ones to find a new claim to fame, or disgraced folks to seek redemption for some transgression.
The upbeat show has over the years enlisted partisan not-quite-celebrities: among them, former Rep. Tom DeLay , Bristol Palin , Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Tripp Johnston Palin . Bristol Palin’s third-place finish, despite her average dance skills and the regular presence of former vice presidential candidate Gov.
“I honestly have no idea,” Bergeron said of Spicer’s voting reception. “My preference — it’s not my call, other people book the show — would have been to avoid any political lightning rods. Dancing, at its best, is an oasis away from all the divisiveness and all of the stuff we’re all wrestling with right now. That was a call they made. My job as host, to the best of my abilities, is to be Switzerland for those two hours a week.
This season, Spicer will be competing against country music star Lauren Alaina, supermodel Christie Brinkley, pop star Ally Brooke, “Queer Eye” star Karamo Brown, “The Bachelorette” star Hannah Brown, “The Office” alum Kate Flannery, NFL hall of famer Ray Lewis, Nickelodeon veteran Kel Mitchell, former NBA star Lamar Odom, actor James Van Der Beek and the Supremes singer Mary Wilson.
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