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Bobby Bones Presents: The BobbyCast

#585 - Tom Bergeron on Repairing His Friendship with Bobby & His DWTS Exit

Bobby Bones Presents: The BobbyCast

Nashville Podcast Network

Music, Music Interviews

4.84.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Tom Bergeron joins Bobby to clear the air after comments he made about Bobby winning Dancing with the Stars caused tension between them last year. He talks honestly about that moment, how they worked through it, and what it was like to reconnect and address it directly. Tom also opens up about his long run on DWTS, the behind-the-scenes changes that led to his exit, and why Bobby’s season was one of the wildest he ever experienced. Plus, he shares stories about replacing Bob Saget on America’s Funniest Home Videos, close calls in his career, and some of the funniest and strangest moments he's seen in his career in television.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:10.8

Before they went to Tyra Banks, to replace me, they went to you, right?

0:16.6

Yes, but in full transparency, I was told you were leaving.

0:22.2

I had to. They fired me.

0:26.0

All right, today on the Bobbycast, I'm talking to Tom Bergeron, who was the longtime host of Dancing with the Stars.

0:31.9

We have a bit of a history. As I was on Dancing with the Stars, I won the show. It was cool.

0:36.4

I love Tom Bergeron.

0:38.4

And there was a clip of him in an interview, and the interviewer asked him, hey, who's the most surprising elimination? And he said, I don't have that, but I'll tell you the person that I was surprised to won. And then he mentioned me. And then I got all hurt. I got my feelings hurt. Sent the Mirabal Trophy back. It was the whole thing. But I never stopped loving Tom Bergeron. And this is the first time that we had spoken since then. We waited and had the conversation right here for you guys. He's a two-time Emmy winner. Again, long-time hosted Dancing with the Stars. America's funniest videos. You know, he did radio way back in the day, and then he's that guy now on

1:11.8

television. So I do love him, even if he went, Bobby Bonds. Here he is, the great Tom Bergeron.

1:19.9

I want to lead with the first question. Why do you hate me? Now, here's the thing. I don't know if you

1:24.5

give, I don't know if you give titles to these podcasts, but in my mind,

1:28.8

the title for this one is friendship cleanup on aisle two.

1:33.5

Yeah.

1:33.8

I love you.

1:35.0

I never have stopped loving you.

1:36.2

You know, and I feel the same about you.

1:39.8

And I felt terrible that the way I phrased my honest surprise at your win,

1:48.8

I think the question to me was,

1:51.7

what's the most shocking elimination that you remember?

1:55.3

And I honestly, I'm at the point where I hide my own Easter egg,

1:58.9

so I couldn't remember a shocking elimination.

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