Bobby Bones Said he returned his dancing with the stars After being slighted by the former host of the show, he won the mirror ball trophy. Tom Bergeron.
Bones, 45, revealed the news to his family. Tik Tok On Wednesday, November 12, his followers claimed that Bergeron, 70, had hurt him with his comments. procession earlier this week. The former host of the ABC dance competition told the outlet he was “shocked” by Bones’ 2018 victory, saying it was ” The first time it was like, ‘Ouch. ‘”
The day after the outlet published the story, Bones took to social media to express his vulnerable reaction.
“I try not to get my feelings hurt, especially on something like this, but it hurts,” Bones said Wednesday. “Not because of what was said, but because of who said it.”
The radio personality said he liked and admired Bergeron but felt he was belittling him.
“I didn’t even want to be on the show,” Bones recalled. “I had no intention of joining dancing with the stars. I was working on a different show at the station and they asked me to come on the show to promote it. Can’t I just show up and work hard? Shouldn’t I give it everything I have? Should I throw it away and not win? “
Tom Bergeron, Shanna Burgess and Bobby Bones
Eric McCandless/Disney Universal Entertainment via Getty ImagesHe continued, “Like, it’s crazy how much hate I get, even from people like Tom Bergeron who I respect” Julianne Houghone of the show’s new hosts.
Bones said he felt “like a sixth grader and all the ninth graders” Dance The kids shoved me into a locker. “
He thought sadly: “Like, what did I do? I had a great attitude. I worked hard, and here we are, about six years later, and I’m still catching bums out of nowhere. So, I sent the trophy back. Obviously, they didn’t want me to be a part of the program. So I didn’t want to go to a place that didn’t want me there.”
He repeated: “So I sent the trophy back to ABC. I don’t have the mirrorball trophy anymore.”
While he “loves” being on the show, he acknowledges the continued negative comments from show members Distributed WTS The universe ‘stole all the joy out of my time’ [as a contestant]”.
Bones remembers the time as “a great, happy time. Even though I was the only one on the dance team who also had a full-time job.”
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Bergeron has since apologized to Bones. On Wednesday, he took to his Instagram Stories to share a screenshot of a direct message he sent to the scorned winner.
“Bobby, I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings,” Bergeron said. “My ‘ouch’ is based on my honest feeling that your victory demonstrates the need to address the balance between judges and audience votes.”
He added, “I always feel bad for you& Shanna [Burgess] Having to deal with the aftermath of that win, I certainly regret rubbing salt into old wounds. “
