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  • BRIAN: MORNING SHOW ON

  • ANOTHER CHANNEL?

  • I HAD NO IDEA.

  • STEVE: WE ARE BUSY AT THE

  • TIME.

  • HEY, LOOK, SEAN SPICER,

  • FORMER WHITE HOUSE PRESS

  • SECRETARY AND SENIOR ADVISOR

  • AND SPOKESMAN FOR AMERICAN

  • FIRST ACTION PAC JOINS US

  • LIVE.

  • CONGRATULATIONS, YOU ARE

  • GOING TO BE ON THE NEW

  • SEASON OF "DANCING WITH THE

  • STARS."

  • >> I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ARE

  • SAYING THAT.

  • AINSLEY: ARE YOU NERVOUS.

  • >> OH GOD, YEAH.

  • AINSLEY: IT'S GOING TO BE

  • REALLY HARD IT?

  • >> IS GOING TO BE REALLY

  • HARD BUT IT'S GOING TO BE

  • FUN.

  • STEVE: ARE YOU GOOD DANCER?

  • >> NO, A HORRIBLE DANCER.

  • I GOT APPROACHED WHEN I LEFT

  • THE WHITE HOUSE IT DIDN'T

  • WORK OUT FOR A LOT OF

  • REASONS BOTH PLY POLITICAL

  • BUSINESSES AND CONSULTING

  • FIRM ARE TAKEN OFF.

  • BRIAN: AND WROTE A BOOK.

  • >> THANK YOU.

  • I FINALLY HAVE TIME IN MY

  • LIFE.

  • I THOUGHT YOU KNOW WHAT?

  • IT'S GOING TO BE FUN.

  • IT'S THE KIND OF

  • ENTERTAINMENT THAT I CAN

  • ACTUALLY ENCOURAGE MY KIDS

  • AND FAMILY TO WATCH.

  • AND IT'S WHAT WE NEED MORE

  • OF, WHICH IS GOOD WHOLESOME

  • ENTERTAINMENT AND I GET WAY

  • OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE AND

  • DO SOMETHING THAT'S TOTALLY

  • NEW TO ME.

  • BRIAN: DOES REINCE PRIEBUS

  • HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON IT?

  • >> I DON'T THINK HE WOULD

  • HAVE, NO.

  • STEVE: YOU ARE ACTUALLY

  • GOING TO DANCE A LITTLE WITH

  • AINSLEY AT THE CONCLUSION OF

  • THIS SEGMENT IN ALL GOES

  • WELL.

  • >> OKAY.

  • AINSLEY: LORD HELP US.

  • GOSH.

  • YOU HAVE TO SHOW ME SOME

  • MOVES.

  • >> THIS IS MY FIRST LESSON.

  • STEVE: LISTEN, SO AFTER YOU

  • WERE NAMED AS ONE OF THE NEW

  • DANCERS, THE LONG-TIME HOST

  • TOM BERGERON CAME OUT ON

  • TWITTER AND HE PUT OUT A

  • STATEMENT.

  • AND IT READS THIS AND WE

  • WOULD LIKE YOUR REACTION.

  • HE SAYS A FEW MONTHS AGO

  • DURING A LUNCH WITH "DANCING

  • WITH THE STARS" NEW

  • EXECUTIVE PRODUCER I OFFERED

  • SUGGESTIONS FOR THIS NEW

  • SEASON.

  • CHIEF AMONG THEM WAS MY HOPE

  • THAT THE SHOW WOULD BE A

  • JOYFUL RESPITE FROM OUR

  • EXHAUSTING POLITICAL CLIMATE

  • AND FREE OF INEVITABLY

  • DIVISIVE BOOKINGS FROM ANY

  • PARTY AFFILIATIONS.

  • I LEFT THAT LUNCH CONVINCED

  • WE WERE IN AGREEMENT.

  • SUBSEQUENTLY AND RATHER

  • OBVIOUSLY, A DECISION WAS

  • MADE, TO AS WE OFTEN SAY IN

  • HOLLYWOOD, GO IN A DIFFERENT

  • DIRECTION.

  • IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS NOT

  • HAPPY THAT YOU ARE THERE.

  • >> WELL, IT COULD HAVE BEEN

  • CHRISTIE BRINKLEY.

  • [LAUGHTER]

  • I'M KIDDING.

  • YEAH, LOOK, HE IS ENTITLED

  • TO HIS OPINION.

  • TOM HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, THIS

  • IS 28 SEASONS.

  • I ALWAYS THOUGHT HE DID A

  • GREAT JOB AS HOST.

  • AND I SHARE HIS SENTIMENT.

  • THIS SHOULD BE TWO HOURS OF

  • POLITICS-FREE.

  • MORE THAN THAT, AND I HOPE

  • WHAT THIS SHOW IS AT THE END

  • OF THE SEASON IS AN EXAMPLE

  • OF PEOPLE OF A BUNCH OF

  • DIFFERENT BACKGROUND GETTING

  • TOGETHER, LEAVING POLITICS

  • ASIDE AND HAVING A GOOD TIME

  • IN A CIVIL AND RESPECTFUL

  • WAY.

  • AND SO MY HOPE AND GOAL IS

  • THAT AT THE END OF THE

  • SEASON, TOM LOOKS BACK AND

  • SAYS YOU KNOW WHAT?

  • WE NEED MORE OF THIS, NOT

  • LESS OF IT.

  • WE NEED MORE BRINGING PEOPLE

  • TOGETHER OF DIFFERENT

  • BACKGROUND AND SAYING HEY,

  • COME TOGETHER, SHOW HOW MUCH

  • YOU ACTUALLY CAN ENJOY EACH

  • OTHER'S COMPANY, HAVE A

  • CONVERSATION, BE TOGETHER,

  • DANCE AROUND, ENJOY EACH

  • OTHER BECAUSE I THINK TOO

  • MUCH OF WHAT WE HAVE IN THIS

  • COUNTRY RIGHT NOW IS EVERY

  • CONVERSATION HAS TO TURN

  • INTO POLITICS.

  • AINSLEY: YES.

  • >> AND AS MUCH AS I HAVE

  • ENJOYED THAT MOST OF MY

  • LIFE, THINK THERE IS TIMES

  • WHEN WE WANT TO AS A FAMILY,

  • AS AN ORGANIZATION, AS

  • FRIENDS, SIT DOWN AND HAVE

  • AN ENJOYABLE POLITICS-FREE

  • CONVERSATION.

  • AINSLEY: HE GOT POLITICAL.

  • 50% OF THE COUNTRY IS GOING

  • TO BE WATCHING AND THEY ARE

  • CONSERVATIVE AND THEY

  • SUPPORT THIS PRESIDENT AND

  • THIS ADMINISTRATION.

  • >> I NEED THEIR VOTE.

  • [LAUGHTER]

  • AINSLEY: WHAT ARE YOU GOING

  • TO SAY TO HIM YOU SEE HIM

  • THE FIRST TIME?

  • >> I'M FOCUSED ON WORKING

  • HARD AND LEARNING HOW TO

  • DANCE AND THEN DOING THE

  • BEST JOB THAT I CAN.

  • SO THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING TO

  • FOCUS MY TIME AND EFFORT ON.

  • BRIAN: IT'S UP TO HIM, TOO.

  • MY GOODNESS.

  • HE DOESN'T HAVE TO TALK TO

  • YOU ABOUT POLITICS.

  • HE CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT

  • WHAT YOU DO IN SPARE TIME.

  • TALK ABOUT TRAINING FOR THE

  • ACTUAL EVENT?

  • IS SOMEBODY ON ABC GOING TO

  • DO A FEATURE ON YOU AND THE

  • HISTORY OF THE REPUBLICAN

  • PARTY AND SPICER UNCOVERED?

  • >> IF IT'S NICE, I WOULDN'T

  • BE OPPOSED TO THAT.

  • LOOK, I HAD A CHANCE TO GET

  • TOGETHER WITH THE CAST AND

  • THE CREW AND THE DANCERS,

  • AND THEY ARE JUST SOME

  • AMAZING PEOPLE WITH VARIOUS

  • AND DIFFERENT BACKGROUND.

  • STEVE: SO SOME OF THEM HAVE

  • REACHED OUT TO YOU?