After replacing Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews as the host of “Dancing With The Stars,” Tyra Banks is now hinting that judge Len Goodman may not be coming back to the reality television show.
Banks told Entertainment Tonight that producers are still trying to figure out a way to make Goodman part of the new season, given the fact that he is overseas amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
“Carrie Ann is definitely back, and Bruno, who I can’t wait to vibe with because he is just as crazy as I am,” Banks said. “At the moment, we’re trying to figure out how to incorporate Len Goodman because he is in England and there’s all these travel restrictions because of COVID-19. So we’re trying to figure that out.”
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Banks, who has previously been the host and judge of “America’s Next Top Model,” added that simply sitting back and watching the dances won’t be so easy.
“That’s going to be the hardest thing in the world. I’m not a professional dancer but I still know performance and I know it well,” the 46 year-old supermodel explained. “So to have to hold back and not be able to [critique], like, that’s not my role. My role is to be the cheerleader, to be the champ, to be that ringmaster and to be, I call it, the hype-man DJ. To keep the room pumped.”
However, Banks joked that she “might have to cuss out a judge every now and then” though.
“I’m going to so get with the judges,” she said. “And it’s live TV, so you just never know what’s going to happen.”
“I’mma be like, ‘Bruno, sit yo a** down, right now, OK? Because you are saying that they needed to twist and turn and dip more but I think that it was amazing, so why don’t you dip, baby, dip back into that seat,'” Banks joked. “I love you, Bruno!”
As for what Banks plans to bring to the show, her top priority is making sure there’s something for everyone.
“I think it’s important to continue to make sure that younger people are watching the show with their older family members, that co-viewing, of bringing everybody together,” she said. “So I have some ideas on having a little popular dance mixed [in], we have some ideas, we’ll be testing that and seeing how people are feeling that.
“And there’s some other things I’m not supposed to share, but, trying to turn it up a notch!” Banks added. “But not too much, because the show is a hit. I’m not coming here with a sledgehammer… that’d be dumb. So just adding some sprinkle pixie dust to it.”
This piece originally appeared in UpliftingToday.com and is used by permission.
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