“Dancing with the Stars” judge Carrie Ann Inaba revealed that she was crying over the news that the show’s presenters will not be returning next season.
ABC announced Tuesday that Tyra Banks will be the new solo presenter for the upcoming 29th season of the competition series after the news that Tom Bergeron and co-host Erin Andrews were not asked to return.
Inaba will appear in the Tuesday episode of “The Talk” to discuss the shake-up that occurs in “DWTS” amid ABC’s decision to take things in a new direction.
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“I feel like it was such sudden news,” Inaba shares in a preview of the episode (via Entertainment Tonight). “My heart breaks for Tom and Erin.”
Carrie Ann Inaba shared her thoughts on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ replacing Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews with Tyra Banks.
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She adds: “I cried when I heard the news, and I think many of our fans did.”
However, just because she’s sad about going through with the show without Bergeron and Andrews doesn’t mean she’s upset that her replacement joined the team as presenter and executive producer. However, she disagrees with a recent interview Banks did with “Good Morning America” in which she was called the show’s first black presenter.
“I like to knock down those doors so we don’t have any more news,” Banks said, noting that he hadn’t thought of the “DWTS” award in those terms. “But it is good to be the first, right? So you can open that door and let many other people follow you. I’m excited, yes. “
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Season 1 we had Lisa Canning [co-host with Bergeron]”Inaba told the hosts of” The Talk “.” Also, I don’t think this is how we should label it. [Banks is] Our new host. Period. It has nothing to do with the color of your skin. “
She adds: “I think it has to do with everything Tyra Banks is. All the energy she has. She is like a visionary, she is a strong and powerful woman. I think we are in good hands. It is different, the fans are going to having to get used to it, I get it, but I think we should welcome it. “
Tyra Banks answered a question about being the first black presenter of ‘Dancing with the Stars’.
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Fortunately for the nervous “Dancing with the Stars” fans, Inaba said there are currently no plans for a similar shakeup to occur on the judge’s panel.
“That is the plan, we will return. But they will make the official announcement in a few weeks. They will just keep letting us know all the details, “he explained.” I don’t want people to worry. It seems everything is right “.
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Due to the coronavirus pandemic, it is currently unknown when “Dancing with the Stars” next season will go into production.
