Tom Bergeron Reacts to ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Boss Exit: ‘Karma’s a Bitch’
Tom Bergeron’s leaving it all on the dance floor. After it was revealed this week that Dancing With the Stars executive producer Andrew Llinares is leaving the show after five seasons, fans turned to the former host for his reaction — and Bergeron didn’t mince words.
When one Twitter user asked Bergeron how he felt about Llinares’ exit, the former host replied, “Karma’s a bitch.”
Llinares came to Dancing With the Stars in 2018, just before Season 26 — the all-athletes season — kicked off. He was the one who decided to replace Bergeron and Erin Andrews with Tyra Banks as a host in Season 29, even though Bergeron had been with the show from the beginning of its run on ABC. The network is reportedly already looking for Llinares’ replacement. Season 31 has not yet been confirmed.
Karma’s a bitch 😉
— Tom Bergeron (@Tom_Bergeron) March 17, 2022
Llinares explained his decision to fire Bergeron and Andrews in October 2020.
“Any show like this that has been on for many, many seasons needs to continue to evolve,” he said, per ET. “So I think changing that host is all about evolution. It was all about making the show feel fresh, making it feel new and make it reach out to a new audience — as well as the audience that’s been there for years.”
Neither Bergeron nor Andrews wanted to leave the show, and many fans still prefer their hosting styles over Banks’. The professional dancers on the competition series also didn’t like the changes Llinares made to the show’s structure, like replacing the episode opening numbers with a grand entrance for the former America’s Next Top Model host.
“We’re not a music video,” one of the veteran dancers told Deadline. “We’re not the MTV music awards. We’re a ballroom dance show. The screensavers behind us are swallowing us. Like, this is not what ballroom dancing is. It’s an intimate sport. You’re missing the actual feeling from what we’re supposed to be giving the audience. You’re supposed to tap into our story and we’re supposed to tell it through movement. You lose the essence.”
It seems Dancing With the Stars could be facing some big changes yet again.
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I watched 5 minutes of the first season with T.B. as host and never watched it again. It's supposed to be a show about sophisticated, Ballroom dance NOT whatever you call that. That introduction of her in the first show was sad.
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I stopped watching when she took over hosting. It's not a fashion show, nor the red carpet for her. Refuse to watch it again until Tom and Erin agree to come back.
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I'll start watching again when Tom and Erin are back on.
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Have not watched since they put Tyra on. I didn't watch Agt when she was on that. She wants to have it all about her and fashion.
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When began TB hosting, I watched a few times. I didn't like the direction the show had taken and stopped watching. Her outfit entrances are ridiculous and certainly, not what the show's about. It's about the dancing and the dancers, NOT Tyra's outfits or Tyra.
Clearly, she knows little or nothing about ballroom dancing. I have nothing against Tyra and have watched her on different show but She's a but she's basically, boring in this position. DWTS just isn't where she belongs.
I miss the show's previous format and really miss Tom and Erin. They were great on the show. They had chemistry with each other, the dancers and judges. They certainly, weren't boring.
I agree with the saying, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Well, DWTS wasn't, Andrew Llinares tried and he broke it.
I don't really have a reason to watch unless, it's put back together.
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Okay, but the one that really needs to go is Tyra. She's awful.
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I stopped watching it as soon as Tom and Erin got fired
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I agree with the other comments about Tyra Banks grand entrance and over the top gowns being ridiculous and she’s an annoying host. I loved Tom Bergeron as host so not sure why they let him go. They lost me after the first couple of episodes.
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I watched from season one!
Loved Tom and Erin as hosts.
Watched, sadly, the Tyra Banks era.
One show was enough, I have NOT watched it since. Sadly the show lost focus of Dancing With the Stars charter .....Too Bad to ruin A great show!
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Tyra Banks is awful as a host. She comes out looking like the whole circus. She makes several blunders during hosting. The show is not about her. She should concentrate towards why the fans watch. Her display on her attire is rather
disgusting. BRING Tom B back. Or someone who concentrates show.
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I couldn't stand TB in the last show she was the host - America's Got Talent. She wears the most off the wall outfits and always wants the cameras on HER. DWTS is about the PRO dancers teaching non-pros. NOT having to listen to dumb remarks from TB would be wonderful!!
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Don’t care for Tyra! She is joke on that. We stopped watching when she came on the show
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I can NOT stand Tyra Banks as host!!!!! It’s ridiculous!
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Many of these comments are so accurate. Tyra didn't need the grand entrance or the outfit changes. Half the time I couldn't see the dance because the visual color effects in background were so distracting. Bring back Tom and Erin!!!
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