“It was really because Conrad is there, and it shows,” he admitted. “Just look at what the show is doing. It’s having a resurgence. It’s doing things that I can’t imagine many, if any, 20-year-old shows have done. They’ve had a big decline in viewership.”
He added: “You’re more likely to see a zebra playing the piano than you are to observe its success.”
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Tom left the series after 15 years, following the network’s decision to cast the president. Donald Trumpthe former press secretary of Sean Spicer as a contestant for season 28.
“In the summer of 2019, I had lunch twice: one with this showrunner and another with his boss,” Tom explained during his October 2023 appearance on Colleague. DWTS alum Cheryl Burkethe podcast, Sex, lies and spray tans. “I said, ‘Well, look, 2019 is the threshold for an election year in America, we’re a very divided country. No one, regardless of party, is going – just give us a wonderful escape from all that division for two hours a week.’
