{"id":7499,"date":"2024-04-29T14:48:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T14:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbiz.thongtinluat.com\/?p=7499"},"modified":"2024-04-29T14:48:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T14:48:16","slug":"former-dwts-host-samantha-harris-recalls-producers-asking-her-to-gain-weight-i-was-too-tan-and-too-toned-uyenn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbiz.thongtinluat.com\/former-dwts-host-samantha-harris-recalls-producers-asking-her-to-gain-weight-i-was-too-tan-and-too-toned-uyenn\/","title":{"rendered":"Former \u2018DWTS\u2019 host Samantha Harris recalls producers asking her to gain weight: I was \u2018too tan and too toned\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
Former \u201cDancing With the Stars\u201d co-host Samantha Harris claims she was told to gain weight before she was booted off the show.<\/p>\n
The television personality \u2014 who starred on the ABC series from Season 2 in 2006 to Season 9 in 2009 \u2014 spoke out about her time on the ABC series alongside Tom Bergeron during Sunday\u2019s episode of the \u201cSex, Lies, and Spray Tans\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n
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Harris alleged she was once called into a meeting with executives to discuss a complaint that she was \u201cgetting too tan and too toned.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was my interpretation they said to me, \u2018You need to be pasty and pudgy,’\u201d she told podcast host and \u201cDWTS\u201d pro<\/p>\n
She further claimed the higher-ups told her that viewers were mistaking her for a professional dancer, which was\u00a0\u201cconfusing for them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLittle did they know . . . I was pregnant so I wasn\u2019t going to be tanning . . . and I was going to be gaining weight. So there ya go,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n
Shortly after, Harris, 50, was allegedly called into another meeting with the show\u2019s executive producer Conrad Green, who let her know she wouldn\u2019t be returning for another season.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said, \u2018Look, we\u2019re going into Season 10 and the network executives have decided that they need something to look different on the show,\u201d Harris recalled.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey need something really different to keep eyeballs watching. So, the thing that the network came up with is, \u2018Well, the first thing you see when you turn on the TV are the hosts. So let\u2019s change one of them.’\u201d<\/p>\n
At the time, Harris also worked at Entertainment Tonight\u00a0as a correspondent and decided along with ABC to tell viewers she was leaving the show to focus on reporting.<\/p>\n
Page Six reached out to reps at ABC for comment, but we didn\u2019t receive an immediate response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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