A controversial Dancing With the Stars champion revealed he was offered a hosting role on the ABC series after Tom Bergeron left the show.
Bergeron appeared on The Bobby Bones Show, where the Season 27 mirrorball winner revealed that he was approached by producers to host the series.
The former host told Bones, "Before they went to Tyra Banks to replace me, they went to you." The radio personality responded, "Yes but in full transparency, I was told you were leaving."
Bergeron laughed, "I had to, they fired me." Bones responded, "That was not the conversation they had with me. It was, 'Hey, Tom is leaving at the end of this season. Would you want to come and host 'Dancing With the Stars?'"
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The mirrorball winner continued, "Again, I respected you so much I asked, 'Hey, can I talk to Tom and get advice on this decision?' They were like, 'contractually we don't think you should do that.'"
"Then it didn't work out and I was on a driving range one day and then I see a tweet come through, that Tyra Banks signed on as host and I went, 'what?'"
The men also buried the hatchet after Bergeron told Parade his surprise over Bones' win alongside pro-Sharna Burgess. Bones expressed his hurt by sending his mirrorball back to ABC.
View this post on InstagramBergeron told Bones, "The way I phrased my honest surprise at your win. I was asked, 'What's the most shocking elimination?' and I couldn't remember one. And I wish I had said, 'This wasn't a shock. But it was a surprise when Bobby Bones won.'"
"The fact that it hurt your feelings and that you sent your trophy back, I felt terrible about that."
View this post on InstagramThe former Dancing With the Stars host took to Instagram to publicly apologize. He captioned his remarks, "Sorry, Bobby. Sometimes I should fall back on my mime training."
Fans responded to Bergeron's apology. "It’s takes a strong and decent man to apologize especially to someone’s face and in a public way. Hopefully everyone can heal and move forward. Sending love to both of you guys," wrote one fan.
A second Instagram user penned, "A long overdue apology, I'm happy he manned up and made things right. Love you and the show."
Dancing With the Stars is currently on hiatus. The series airs on ABC and Disney+.
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