*Tyra Banks could soon be out as co-host of “Dancing with the Stars”.
There have long been rumors that the show’s producers want to give the former supermodel the boot due to her diva-like antics, such as not promoting the show, not warming up colleagues and contestants, and not showing up at times to perform her duties as host an executive producer of the series.
One Hollywood insider claims Banks hates hosting the show and is fully aware that the network wants her gone, but she is going to continue to do things her way and make them pay her entire salary.
According to The Sun, DWTS producers may replace Banks as they feel “[she] has had struggles warming up to the team, contestants and certainly the audience.”
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“There seems to be a disconnect again with viewers which always raises concerns,” the show insider revealed. “We still get emails and comments about her performance and it is upsetting.”
“The team works extraordinarily hard to deliver the best series every year, but the main focus of fans’ upset is the host,” the source continued.
“There are also concerns that she has not been out and about promoting the show as much as we’d like,” the source said. “Other hosts do a wealth of interviews and promotion for their shows, but she has not been out at all in the public eye.”
The insider noted, “If she did not have her executive producer role, some of us believe she would have already departed.”
Over the summer, Alfonso Ribeiro returned to “Dancing with the Stars” to serve as co-host alongside Banks.
At the time, we reported on the rumors that producers are slowly pushing Banks out and paving the way for Ribeiro (or someone else) to take over Tyra’s role. Ribeiro’s return to DWTS comes eight years after he won the Mirrorball Trophy on the celebrity dance competition series.
“Dancing with the Stars has been such an important part of my life for so many years, and I am ecstatic to officially re-join this tight-knit family as co-host,” Ribeiro said in a statement at the time. “Tyra and I have a longstanding friendship that I hope will resonate with all of the fans at home as we kick off this new season on Disney+.”
Banks added, “Having such a fun-loving, longtime friend as co-host warms my heart. Plus, he’s won the competition before, so he knows exactly what the stars are going through. Bantering back and forth with him live is going to be so much fun!”
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