ABC will assist in the rehabilitation of former White House Press Secretary and known liar Sean Spicer by allowing him to compete on Dancing With the Stars.
Spicer served as President Donald Trumps press secretary for the first six months of his presidency, during which he lied about Trumps inauguration crowd size and repeated Trumps false claim that Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower. He also infamously claimed Adolf Hitler didnt even sink to using chemical weapons, and upon the release of the Mueller Report, it was revealed that Spicer also lied about who made the decisions to fire Michael Flynn and James Comey.
After leaving the White House, Spicer began trying to ingratiate himself back into popular culture, going on Jimmy Kimmel Live and in September 2017, making a cameo during Stephen Colberts Emmy monologue, which was roundly criticized. After the show, Late Late Show host James Corden elicited a mini backlash of his own when he was photographed jokingly kissing Spicers cheek.
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On Twitter, longtime Dancing With the Stars host Tom Bergeron expressed dismay with the decision to include Spicer in the cast. He claimed that in a conversation with the shows new executive producer, he suggested DWTSought to be a joyful respite from our exhausting political climate and free of inevitably divisive bookings from ANY party affiliations. While Bergeron said he thought he and the producer were in agreement, he quipped, Subsequently (and rather obviously), a decision was made to, as we say in Hollywood, go in a different direction.
Bergeron acknowledged that casting decisions are ultimately up to the producers, saying, We can agree to disagree, as we do now, but ultimately its their call. Ill leave it to them to answer any further questions about those decisions. He added, For me, as host, I always gaze into the cameras lens and imagine you on the other side, looking for a two hour escape from whatever life hassles youve been wrestling with. Thats the connection, and a responsibility, which I take very seriously, even if I occasionally season it with dad jokes.
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Tom Bergeron (@Tom_Bergeron) August 21, 2019
Interestingly, ABCs decision to tap the former mouthpiece for the Trump administration for Dancing With the Stars comes amidst reports that its parent company, Disney, has been wringing its hands over the political leanings of its various subsidiaries. In August alone, Variety reported that a Disney executive was worried that Taika Waititis World War II satire, Jojo Rabbit, might alienate Disney fans, while ESPN host Dan Le Batard ripped the Disney subsidiarys no politics policy while discussing the racist send her back chant a Trump crowd broke into at a recent rally.
Anyway, along with Spicer, the new season of Dancing With the Stars will also feature James Van Der Beek, Christie Brinkley, Queer Eyes Karamo Brown, former NBA star Lamar Odom, country singer Lauren Alaina, ex-Fifth Harmony member Ally Brooke, former NFL star Ray Lewis, Mary Wilson of the Supremes and comedian Kel Mitchell. The new season will premiere September 16th on ABC.
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