Tom Bergeron Details The “Betrayal” That Led To His ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Exit

Spoiler warning: Showtime‘s The Circus launched eight years ago with a title that suggested politics infused with a bit of crazy spectacle, but it ended tonight with anxiety, angst and even a sense of dread for what’s ahead.

James Austin Johnson returned as Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live, this time with the former president offering a critique of each of his rivals as they participated in the most recent Republican debate.

Vivek Ramaswamy used his opening question at the third Republican debate by turning to an old standby: Attacking the media.

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are closer to living in their dream home. The couple purchased a $24 million dollar mansion in Miami and have been constructing it over the past couple of years. The estate is now finalized and is one of an exclusive few that are located on Miami’s Indian Creek Island, dubbed “Millionaire’s Bunker” due to the expensive prices and the fact that celebrities like Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, Tom Brady, and more have homes there.

BreAnna Bell “The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth” will conclude with its eighth season, Showtime announced on Tuesday. The series finale episode is scheduled to arrive on Nov. 12 at 7 p.m.

Well, this is awkward…

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic In the early days of the culture war, science stood on one side and religion on the other. In 1925, the so-called Scopes Monkey Trial hung on whether a Tennessee high-school instructor had violated state law by teaching human evolution. He was on trial, but it was really Charles Darwin who was on trial.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), who House Republicans unanimously voted for last week, has scrubbed his personal website, apparently deleting all 69 weekly podcasts he and his wife Kelly began recording last year.Kelly Johnson’s business website, Onward Christian Counseling, has also been scrubbed. HuffPost reports she “runs a counseling business that advocates the belief that homosexuality is comparable to bestiality and incest, according to its operating documents.” Attempts to access both websites now result in an “Error” message, although those web addresses have been archived.Speaker Johnson has been described as a far-right Christian nationalist and Christian dominionist.Last week, after Johnson was elected the third-most powerful official in America, Politico published a profile on “the Christian nationalist ideas that shaped House Speaker Mike Johnson.” The New York Times wrote, “The new House speaker has put his faith at the center of his political career, and aligned himself with a newer cohort of conservative Christianity that some describe as Christian nationalism.”An MSNBC columnist last week wrote, “Mike Johnson’s Christian nationalist track record isn’t a mystery — it’s a tragedy,” and added, “The new speaker cut his teeth trying to erode the separation of church and state and abortion and LGBTQ rights as a lawyer for the Alliance Defense Fund.”On Thursday, in a Daily Beast opinion piece, David Rothkopf wrote, “Here’s Why Mike Johnson Is More Dangerous Than Donald Trump.”“In interviews he has spoken of the fact that ‘We don’t live in a democracy’ we live in a ‘Biblical republic,'” Rothkop said.

System Of A Down drummer John Dolmayan has claimed he has lost friends as well as “hundreds of thousands of fans” due to his controversial opinions.Dolmayan first courted controversy for his opinions when he became a vocal supporter of Donald Trump before and while he was in the White House in stark contrast to the band’s frontman Serj Tankian, who staunchly crticised Trump and even called for his resignation. Dolmayan insisted, however, there was “no danger whatsoever” of him being fired from System Of A Down.He drew further ire for saying Black Lives Matter “never had legitimacy” and was a “propaganda tool” for the Democrat Party, and for arguing that the COVID-19 pandemic “has always been about money”.Now, Dolmayan has reflected on what his “unwillingness” to accept the “narratives” those close to him believed in have cost him in a new Instagram post.“I lost people that I thought were friends over the last few years primarily due to my unwillingness to accept the narratives they are now questioning the validity of,” he wrote.

System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian will publish his debut memoir, Down With the System: A Memoir (Of Sorts) in 2024. The book will be published by Hachette Book Group on May 14 and is described as "a memoir that is far more than just a rock’n’roll fable.

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) is seeking to escape the fate of three of his predecessors and win over almost all of the 221 Republican House majority to win the speakership today, bringing to an end a three-week crisis that has halted all work in the lower chamber.

Emily Longeretta “Dancing With the Stars” is honoring their forever head judge. During the show’s “Most Memorable Year” week, multiple former pro dancers reunited with current pros for a number dedicated to Len Goodman. The dance was choreographed by married duo and current pros Val Chmerkovskiy and Jenna Johnson.

“screwed” him over. “I’ve always thought Tom was a great host,” Spicer, 52, told The Post Tuesday adding that he “loved being a part of Season 28” and is “thoroughly enjoying the current season.” Spicer, who served under President Donald Trump, made the exclusive statement following Bergeron’s, 68, declaration on Cheryl Burke’s “Sex, Lies, and Spray Tans” podcast on Monday.

Dancing With The Stars was a low point in American culture, but for Tom Bergeron, it was the last straw.Bergeron, who hosted the for fifteen years, tried to stop it. As he recalled on former Dancing With The Stars dance pro Cheryl Burke's podcast, per , in the run-up to the 2020 election, Bergeron argued that the show should refrain from bringing on contestants aligned with either political party so that viewers could forget about the contentious state of politics while watching.So when he got a call from the then-showrunner and a producer telling him Spicer, who'd recently left Trump's White House, was on the list of potential “stars,” Bergeron was staunchly opposed.

Sex, Lies, and Spray Tans” podcast. “‘Don’t go there. This is, you know, not the right time, play to our strengths, be the show that gives people a break from all this bulls–t.'”The Post has reached out to Bergeron and Spicer for comment.According to Bergeron, both the showrunners and producers were determined to bring Spicer, 52, on the show.

House Minority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) won the Republican nomination to be the next speaker of the House, but he now faces the uphill challenge of garnering the 217 votes needed to be elected in a floor vote.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Former “Dancing With the Stars” host Tom Bergeron reunited with dancer and franchise veteran Cheryl Burke on the latter’s “Sex, Lies, and Spray Tans” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly) and reflected on his tumultuous exit from the long-running ABC reality competition series. Bergeron was the original host of the program and led the show for 28 seasons. He parted ways with “DWTS” after the 2019 season because the show executives did not listen to his advice about staying out of politics and cast Sean Spicer, the hugely controversial former press secretary for President Donald Trump, to compete.

Tom Bergeron is opening up about his Dancing with the Stars exit.

An exclusive list of past pros have been invited to celebrate former head judge Len Goodman on Tuesday — but Cheryl Burke wasn’t one of them.

Dancing With The Stars” wouldn’t be the same without former professional dancer Cheryl Burke. The podcast host appeared on the reality TV dance competition series for several years and won two Mirror Ball Trophies in the process.