'Dancing with the Stars'' Tom Bergeron returning as guest judge after firing

Tom Bergeron returning to ‘Dancing with the Stars’ after forced exit

Updated: Nov 6, 2025 / 05:36 AM CST

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 08: Tom Bergeron attends MPTF’s “Lights, Camera, Take Action!” Telethon at Sunset Bronson Studios on December 08, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

(NewsNation) — Former “Dancing with the Stars” host Tom Bergeron is making a special return to the show, five years after his shocking exit.

Bergeron will appear on the dancing competition’s 20th anniversary show on Nov. 11.

Bergeron was on “Good Morning America” on Wednesday, saying, “It feels really good. I’m really looking forward to it.”

He will serve as a guest judge on the episode where pro dancers will also make an appearance, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

DANCING WITH THE STARS – “Boy Band & Girl Group Night” – Six celebrity and pro-dancer couples return to the ballroom to compete on the ninth week of the 2019 season of “Dancing with the Stars,” live, MONDAY, NOV. 11 (8:00-10:00 p.m. EST), on ABC. (Eric McCandless/ABC via Getty Images) TOM BERGERON, ERIN ANDREWS

The original “DWTS” host was fired from the show in 2020 after openly criticizing producers for casting Sean Spicer, President Donald Trump’s then White House press secretary.

Bergeron was reportedly against casting political figures on the show.

“Make us the wonderful escape from all that divisiveness for two hours a week,” he said on the “Sex, Lies, and Spray Tans” podcast in 2023.

He said producers decided to cast Spicer anyways.

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