'Dancing With the Stars' pro thinks Tyra Banks is 'doing a great job' hosting despite viewer criticism
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- "Dancing With the Stars" professional dancer Alan Bersten stated Tyra Banks is "doing an excellent job."
- Some followers of the present have criticized Banks and in contrast her to former host Tom Bergeron.
- Bersten stated Banks is "actually clearly making an attempt her greatest."
"Dancing With the Stars" professional Alan Bersten defended Tyra Banks amid viewer criticism about her internet hosting expertise.
Banks replaced long-time hosts Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews on the present in 2020.
Since then, a vocal contingent of "DWTS" followers have repeatedly criticized the former supermodel for her hosting skills and in contrast her to Bergeron, particularly for having discussed contestant Suni Lee's health problems on air in a current episode.
In a current interview with Insider, Bersten, who's paired with Amanda Kloots this season, stated it's "actually exhausting to please individuals" whenever you're in Banks' place.
"I really feel like Tyra is doing an ideal job and she or he's actually clearly making an attempt her greatest," Bersten stated. "And Tom was nice and Erin was nice."
Bersten continued that "there's a lot happening" within the "DWTS" ballroom, "in the event you're on the lookout for one thing, you will discover the negativity in something." Nevertheless, he defined that everybody sitting contained in the theater is "so constructive" and "supportive."
"It's actually essential to only cheer one another on and that features the judges and Tyra and the producers — we're one massive household," he added.
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Bergeron beforehand stated on the podcast "Bob Saget's Here for You" that he had "fun being fired" from "Dancing With the Stars" in 2020. Bergeron cohosted the ABC present for 28 seasons and 14 years.
"The present that I left just isn't the present that I liked," Bergeron advised Saget, according to People. "So on the finish of the season that turned out to be my final season, I even knew. I took every thing out of my dressing room that I actually needed."
Bergeron and Andrews (who began internet hosting alongside Bergeron in 2014), exited "DWTS" in July 2020, with Bergeron announcing on Twitter on the time that he had been "simply knowledgeable" that the present "can be persevering with with out me."
Wanting again at his departure from "DWTS," Bergeron informed Saget: "I wasn't stunned that that was my final season. So, there was no blue interval. Erin and I had extra enjoyable being fired than nearly anyone."
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