Former DWTS host Tom Bergeron recently admitted his fault for passing a remark at Simone Biles in 2017. The 68-year-old explained his intention behind commenting on the gymnast after her performance and how he regretted it a minute later.
In 2017, Simone Biles participated in the 24th season of the celebrity dance reality show, Dancing With The Stars. In one of the episodes, the four-time gold medallist delivered a Paso Doble performance with her dancing partner, Sasha Farber. However, her dance routine did not receive good feedback from the judges.
While judges Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman were extremely critical of her performance, judge Carrie Ann Inaba was appreciative of the gymnast’s efforts.
However, Simone Biles was not at all smiling while listening to any of the judges’ comments including Carrie Ann Inaba. This made Bergeron pass a remark on Biles saying:
Refusing to step back, the then 20-year-old gymnast retorted at the host replying,
Remembering that episode, Bergeron explained his reason for passing such a comment on the gymnast in his recent interaction on Cheryl Burke’s “Sex, Lies and Spray Tans” podcast.
He shared that while Simone Biles was receiving feedback from the judge, she was not smiling at all. This was one of the DWTS producers saying, “‘Wow, she’s not even smiling at Carrie Ann’s compliments,’” which was heard by Tom Bergeron. He said on the podcast:
However, remembering Biles’s hard-hitting reply, Bergeron told in the podcast,
