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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,256 posts)
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 01:35 PM Aug 2019

Sean Spicer to Compete on 'Dancing With the Stars'

ABC will assist in the rehabilitation of former White House Press Secretary and known liar Sean Spicer by allowing him to compete on Dancing With the Stars.

Spicer served as President Donald Trump’s press secretary for the first six months of his presidency, during which he lied about Trump’s inauguration crowd size and repeated Trump’s false claim that Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower. He also infamously claimed Adolf Hitler “didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons,” and upon the release of the Mueller Report, it was revealed that Spicer also lied about who made the decisions to fire Michael Flynn and James Comey.

After leaving the White House, Spicer began trying to ingratiate himself back into popular culture, going on Jimmy Kimmel Live and in September 2017, making a cameo during Stephen Colbert’s Emmy monologue, which was roundly criticized. After the show, Late Late Show host James Corden elicited a mini backlash of his own when he was photographed jokingly kissing Spicer’s cheek.

On Twitter, longtime Dancing With the Stars host Tom Bergeron expressed dismay with the decision to include Spicer in the cast. He claimed that in a conversation with the show’s new executive producer, he suggested DWTS ought to be “a joyful respite from our exhausting political climate and free of inevitably divisive bookings from ANY party affiliations.” While Bergeron said he thought he and the producer were in agreement, he quipped, “Subsequently (and rather obviously), a decision was made to, as we say in Hollywood, ‘go in a different direction.’”

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/sean-spicer-dancing-with-the-stars-874565/

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Sean Spicer to Compete on 'Dancing With the Stars' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2019 OP
Bad idea on a few levels... MontanaMama Aug 2019 #1
Ha! He must be one of the dancers FakeNoose Aug 2019 #2
FUCK Eliot Rosewater Aug 2019 #3
A few years ago when spicer was invited to appear at the Emmy Awards FM123 Aug 2019 #4
He STILL supports and defends Trump. nt tblue37 Aug 2019 #15
:) billymerk Aug 2019 #5
Wonder how hel'll stack up next to Tucker Carlson! 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2019 #6
Here ya go... Zoonart Aug 2019 #7
Why on earth would they allow a sniveling, lying asshole on that show? He should be unemployed. kysrsoze Aug 2019 #8
OK, now I see the Tucker Carlson video. I guess Sniveling Spice fits right in. kysrsoze Aug 2019 #9
So glad i've quit watching it all together. Ugh...... a kennedy Aug 2019 #10
That's about all former Trumphumping employees are good for. Vinca Aug 2019 #11
It's not as if he doesn't have experience Danascot Aug 2019 #12
i'll watch if he wears a hedge costume 0rganism Aug 2019 #13
And once again... this shitshow gets normalized. maxrandb Aug 2019 #14
Can the women refuse to dance with him rurallib Aug 2019 #16
i refuse to watch any abc show anymore rdking647 Aug 2019 #17
Hmmm. Someone is getting desperate for $$? To bad he Luz Aug 2019 #18
The chairman and president of Walt Disney Television which owns ABC came from Fox. dalton99a Aug 2019 #19
I remember a Vonnegut book... Wounded Bear Aug 2019 #20
Now that should be funny! smirkymonkey Aug 2019 #21

MontanaMama

(23,337 posts)
1. Bad idea on a few levels...
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 01:39 PM
Aug 2019

One, Spicer lied to his fellow Americans daily for a long time. He should not be rewarded for this with celebrity. Two, nobody wants to see Spicy in sequins. Just say no.

FM123

(10,054 posts)
4. A few years ago when spicer was invited to appear at the Emmy Awards
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 01:42 PM
Aug 2019

Kal Penn tweeted a comment that comes to mind again today:
@seanspicer can normalize himself in good fun, but he still passionately advocated against human rights, health care, & American values

50 Shades Of Blue

(10,058 posts)
6. Wonder how hel'll stack up next to Tucker Carlson!
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 01:44 PM
Aug 2019


Bruno's especially priceless and humiliating critique starts at 4:29.

Vinca

(50,313 posts)
11. That's about all former Trumphumping employees are good for.
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 01:56 PM
Aug 2019

And just think. Dancin' Rick Perry is now in charge of the nation's nukes. Maybe Spicer will become head of Space Force.

maxrandb

(15,360 posts)
14. And once again... this shitshow gets normalized.
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 02:29 PM
Aug 2019

Don't you remember when the media rushed to get Hitler on "What's My Line"?

Luz

(772 posts)
18. Hmmm. Someone is getting desperate for $$? To bad he
Thu Aug 22, 2019, 10:29 AM
Aug 2019

pissed away his career for the 40 pieces trump promised.

dalton99a

(81,626 posts)
19. The chairman and president of Walt Disney Television which owns ABC came from Fox.
Thu Aug 22, 2019, 10:35 AM
Aug 2019
Disney ABC Television Becomes Walt Disney Television
Posted on March 20, 2019 by Roger Palmer

With Disney completing its purchase of 21st Century Fox, there have been some juggling around by the Walt Disney Company with its departments including the Disney-ABC Television Group since it has obtained FX, National Geographic and Fox Studios 21.

The television division has gone back to its original name “Walt Disney Television” and includes the following units:

Disney Channel
Disney Junior
Disney XD
ABC Studios
ABC News
Freeform
FX
Fox Television Studios 21
National Geographic
Radio Disney
ABC Controlled Channels
FXX
Fox Studios

Peter Rice, who was the CEO and president of Fox Networks Group will serve as the chairman and president of Walt Disney Television.

https://whatsondisneyplus.com/disney-abc-television-becomes-walt-disney-television/

Wounded Bear

(58,726 posts)
20. I remember a Vonnegut book...
Thu Aug 22, 2019, 10:43 AM
Aug 2019

in one of the vignettes he introduced a set of alien characters who communicated by farting and tap dancing.

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