Brooke Burke Calls Out ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Host Tyra Banks for Being a ‘Diva’: ‘It’s Not About You’
usmagazine.comDancing With the Divas? Brooke Burke shared her unfiltered thoughts about how Tyra Banks is adjusting as host of Dancing With the Stars — and she didn’t hold back.The 50-year-old fitness guru spoke about her experience on the ABC ballroom competition series during the Wednesday, April 13, episode of David Yontef’s “Behind the Velvet Rope” podcast.
Burke took home the mirrorball trophy on season 7 of DWTS with pro partner Derek Hough before she cohosted the show with Tom Bergeron from season 10 to season 17.
Banks, 48, began the gig during season 29, replacing Bergeron, 66, and Erin Andrews.Burke called the former America’s Next Top Model personality’s first season on the job a “tough transition” for both viewers and the cast, claiming Banks is “a diva” — and “everybody knows” it. “There’s nothing wrong with that, and I’m not saying anything bad about her.
Be a diva,” Burke added. “It’s [just] not the place to be a diva. Your pros are the diva[s], your winners, your perfect 10 score dancer who’s never done it, that defines diva in the ballroom.”The Rock Star alum noted that being on DWTS “requires a lot of compassion and kindness, especially as the host,” and reflected on the major differences in the show’s reception since Bergeron and Andrews’ departures.“Change is hard for everyone.
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