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What the Move to Disney+ Means for Dancing with the Stars
You haven't seen the past of Tom Bergeron.
The erstwhile Dancing With the Stars host told E! News exclusively that though he's been taking clip disconnected since his 2020 exit from hosting the show, helium wouldn't see himself retired. Instead, he's conscionable been "enjoying being a antheral of leisure."
Although he's progressive successful "the unusual task present and there," Bergeron revealed helium loves "the thought of not having to beryllium beholden to a regular amusement connected a play basis."
"I didn't recognize however overmuch sloth I was susceptible of," helium quipped connected the Cool Comedy, Hot Cuisine: A Tribute to Bob Saget red carpet, which is simply a gala benefitting the Scleroderma Research Foundation.
Bergeron parted ways with DWTS in 2020 on with co-host Erin Andrews, with ABC sharing that they were acceptable to "embark connected a caller originative direction," but the big would "forever beryllium portion of the Dancing with the Stars family."
However in 2021, Bergeron shared that "the amusement that I near was not the amusement that I loved."
"There were unit changes down the scenes," helium explained to Saget connected the comedian's podcast successful Oct. 2021. "And those radical and I did not spot oculus to oculus astir however champion to contiguous the show, peculiarly erstwhile we were astatine a constituent wherever it was connected lone erstwhile a year."
Just 3 months later, Saget passed away from head trauma. He was 65 years old.
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On the reddish carpet, Bergeron remembered his friend—who hosted America's Funniest Home Videos from 1989 to 1997 earlier Bergeron took connected the relation successful 2001—calling him a "video brother" from "another mother."
Recalling erstwhile Saget returned for the show's 25th anniversary, Bergeron revealed he "wanted [Saget] to travel backmost connected AFV to observe the 25th day of the show, but besides to observe him."
"It was conscionable the best," helium said. "The best."
Both Dancing With the Stars and America's Funniest Home Videos are present disposable to watercourse connected Disney+.
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