Tom Bergeron Praises DWTS Cast Despite Believing Major Change Is Needed
Tom Bergeron has been praising the current “Dancing with the Stars” cast following his triumphant return to the show last night. The former host of the series, 70, appeared as a guest judge on the “20th Birthday Party” episode on Tuesday, November 11, as the show celebrated two decades on air.
Bergeron was generous with his scoring. He scored actress Elaine Hendrix a 9, conservationist Robert Irwin a 10, comedian Andy Richter a 7, reality television star Dylan Efron a 10, Olympian Jordan Chiles a 9, social media star Alix Earle 10, and reality television star Whitney Leavitt a 10.
The beloved television personality seemed to enjoy his return and has posted multiple times about it on his Instagram account, showing what a great time he had. He’s also been having his say about his thoughts on the current state of “Dancing with the Stars.”
Tom Bergeron Believes DWTS Is Doing ‘Exactly What It Should Do’
In an exclusive interview with Parade, Tom Bergeron showered praise on the current “Dancing with the Stars” setup, telling the publication, “I think that the show is doing exactly what it should do at 20 years old. I think that they’ve got the right team and it feels young and it feels refreshed, and I think you can see that in the total audience numbers.”
Bergeron had only good things to say about the line-up of hosts and judges. He said, “Derek is there, sort of filling Len’s central judge role, and you’ve got Alfonso and Julianne. It’s a younger-feeling show. They’re casting it with influencers and people that I wouldn’t know from a hole in the wall, but are obviously charismatic and [make] very good television. As much as I appreciate all of the lovely reactions I’m getting to coming back, I don’t think a 70-year-old guy should be hosting that show.”
It was high praise indeed from such a respected and experienced figure from the television world — and it showed a lot of humility, given that he was unceremoniously fired from the show ahead of its 29th season in 2020.
However, there was one significant change Bergeron would make to the current format of “Dancing with the Stars.”
Bergeron Wants the DWTS Results Show to Return
Tom Bergeron believes there should be a separate results show, like there used to be, and thinks ABC should reinstate it — something he pleaded with the network to do while he was live on the show last night. He told Parade, “I do miss the results show.”
He gave his insight into why he has that opinion, saying, “Based on the ratings success that they are having now, [I hope] that ABC brings back the results show and enables the voting to carry over to the next day.”
Bergeron added further justification to his reasoning, saying, “By the time it’s replayed on the West Coast, they don’t have a chance to vote. It’s already done. If I was at ABC in a position to call the shots, I’d put the results show back on. There’s nothing that the network has that’s doing as well as Dancing with the Stars.”
They’re undoubtedly valid reasons, and bringing back the results show would emulate the existing formats of other successful shows like “American Idol.” It’s certainly food for thought for ABC, because nobody knows “Dancing with the Stars” better than Tom Bergeron.
VIDEO: RHONJ’s Luis Ruelas Blames AI for Clip of Profanity-Laced Rant Against Ex After Allegedly Threatening Her as Fans React to Disturbing Clip
Luis Ruelas was featured in a recently shared video online, in which he was seemingly seen going on a profanity-laced rant against an ex and declaring that he’d hit them “if it was legal.” But is the video real?
Following news of the dismissal of a court case, the 50-year-old Real Housewives of New Jersey star and husband of Teresa Giudice, 53, brought against his former fiancée, Vanessa Reiser, who he attempted to have thrown behind bars, a clip of Luis “going off and threatening an ex” was posted on Instagram, prompting him to speak out.
“They don’t have a woman out there that’s gonna tell me what to do the way you tell me. You deliver things with an iron fist, b*tch, and that’s why you get it back verbally to you,” Luis seemingly began in the recording, which was obtained by Bravo Boo on Instagram.
He then appeared to grow irate.
“I don’t f*cking care. I’m pissed. I’m f*cking angry! Angry!” he yelled while wearing a black hoodie and sunglasses. “I watched my children bleed in anger and pain. I’ve watched them scream and cry. They go to school, and I go to their bed and grab their pillow. As I sat here alone, dealing with all that sh*t when you made yourself important or about you. F*ck you! F*ck you!”
As he continued against the unnamed ex, Luis appeared to admit to wanting to hit her.
“If it was legal, I swear to God I’d go over there right now with a nine-iron and I’d smack you right over the f*cking head, you f*cking c*nt,” he declared. “You have no idea what the f*ck you’ve done. You don’t know every step you’ve made that you’ve crossed my path, that you’ve insulted me, that you’ve degraded me. Degraded me. That’s why I would call you a c*nt. That’s why I would tell you you’re a dime a dozen. That’s why it’s easy to look away. That’s why I ignored you.”
“I didn’t go out with other women. I stayed home with my f*cking children every day. Every f*cking day. And it was worth it. It was better than being with you, you f*cking c*nt b*tch. B*tch!” he concluded.
WARNING: The video below contains profanity.
Unsurprisingly, following the sharing of the clip, fans had a lot to say.
“I wonder what his sons and Teresa’s daughters think about this one. May the real Louie finally stand up! So disturbing!!!” one person declared.
“Teresa, take note,” another advised, along with a red flag emoji.
Someone else suspected that Bravo was distancing itself from Teresa due to her husband‘s shocking antics, which have been leaking online since they began dating in late 2020.
“Is this why Bravo is taking a break from Teresa?” they wondered.
Another said, “This is so cringey, it pained me to watch. And his theatrical performance … everything was off-putting.”
Then, after someone else wrote, “This is scary,” another agreed, “This dude is unhinged.”
Meanwhile, in response to the shared clip, Luis reportedly reached out to Up and Adam‘s Adam Newell, insisting that the video in question was created by artificial intelligence (AI) and was definitely not him. He also told the YouTube creator that he was “disappointed” that the video was circulating online.
Although there’s no real way of knowing for sure whether the video was AI or not, Adam did his due diligence and ran it through AI, which said that, based on the lighting, they didn’t feel like it was AI. However, they also said they couldn’t confirm that it wasn’t.
Following Adam’s post, some signaled a court appearance in which the clip was allegedly shown.
“That’s him. They showed that video 6 years ago in court,” one person alleged, claiming they asked Kim DePaola, 64, about the clip.
“Lol. AI, eh? From six years ago. Now, that’s funny,” another replied.
