Bobby Bones revealed he sent his Mirror Ball trophy “back to ABC” after Tom Bergeron criticized his winning season 27 of Dancing with the Stars.
The podcaster took to his TikTok page to address the “hurtful” comments the OG DWTS host told Parade.
Tom’s words hurt Bobby:
Bobby responded to Tom telling Parade the elimination that his win “shocked” the TV host the most. Tom said, “Bobby Bones was the first time I kind of — it was like ouch.”
In his response, Bobby Bones shared, “I try not to get my feelings hurt, especially about stuff like this. But this was hurtful.” He added that it wasn’t “because of what was said, but really who said it.”
Bobby Bones wondered what he was supposed to do in his situation, saying, “I didn’t even wanna be on the show. I had no intention of being on Dancing with the Stars. I was working on a different show at the network, and they asked me to go on the show to promote. Am I supposed to not show up and work hard?”
The aftermath still hits hard:
Bobby called the “amount of hate” he still gets years later “crazy.” People he respects, like Tom Bergeron and Julianne Hough, who also “strongly disagreed” with his win, continue to bring up his time on the series.
“Like what did I do?” Bones wondered. “I had a great attitude. I worked hard, and here we are, like six years later, I’m still catching strays out of nowhere. So, I sent the trophy back. They don’t want me to be a part of the show, obviously. So I don’t wanna be somewhere that doesn’t want me to be there.”
He reiterated, “So I sent the trophy back to ABC. I no longer have the Mirrorball trophy.”
Enough!
While Bobby “loved” his time on DWTS, he’s not a fan of people like Tom or Julianne and others “taking random shots” at him. In fact, they “have taken all the joy away from my time on that show.”
“Which is crazy because it was such a great, joyous time. Even though I was the only one in the whole crew that was dancing that had a full-time job at the same time,” he said.
Bobby ended his video telling his followers to “go where you’re celebrated, not where you’re tolerated.”
