Bobby Bones Says Tom Bergeron’s Comments Over ‘DWTS’ Win Gave Him a ‘Minor Meltdown’

Bobby Bones is sharing his reaction to Tom Bergeron‘s comments about his time on Dancing with the Stars. 

The TV personality, 45, admitted that Bergeron’s comments over his win on the dance competition show gave him a “minor meltdown” while chatting with Kaitlyn Bristowe on the Friday, Nov. 22 episode of his Bobbycast podcast.

Bones said appearing on DWTS in 2018 with pro dancer Sharna Burgess was “one of the greatest experiences of my life,” but it has since been “soured” by “hardcore fans” and Bergeron due to their criticism.

The podcast host continued to say that he “had a minor meltdown” over the comments Bergeron made in an interview with Parade.

Bergeron, who hosted DWTS from 2005 to 2019, was asked about the elimination that “shocked” him the most and he named Bones. “Bobby Bones was the first time I kind of — it was like ouch,” he said. 

Bones, in his podcast episode, said that he was “so surprised” at Bergeron’s reaction because “they didn’t even ask him about me.”

“Now had they said the question of, ‘Who won that is surprising?’ I’m all here. I’m the most surprising ever. I know that. I have total awareness of my entire situation. But it wasn’t. He was like, ‘Well, I won’t answer that question, but I will tell you what is the most surprising win,’ ” Bones said, adding that Bergeron’s expression when he said “ouch” was also insulting. 

“It hurt my feelings so much,” he said. “I have a job where I give opinions all the time. Whenever I create controversy, which I do at times, sometimes manufactured, sometimes not, I’m good because I’ve signed up for this. When he did that, it hurt my feelings, because that was somebody [who] was so helpful to me during the show, because he knew I was struggling.”

“I still love Tom, but that hurt my feelings so bad,” Bones added. 

The season 27 winner responded to Bergeron’s comments in a Wednesday, Nov. 12 TikTok video, which he has since admitted was created when he was on pain pills following a foot surgery. In the clip, he said that he returned his Mirror Ball trophy to the network.

Speaking about parting with the trophy in the previous episode of his podcast, Bones said Bergeron comments were “reflective of me in a negative way, and I was like, my feelings are hurt, so I mailed the Mirror Ball back.”

“It’s a little dramatic. I was on pain pills. And I thought, if I’m gonna get on and say this, I should at least show it. Not just be a video. I’ll just send the trophy back. And so I sent the trophy back as a gesture, like, ‘You guys don’t want me to be there, here’s the trophy.’ But I loved my time on the show. I love everybody associated with the show,” he added.

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Bones claimed that the network “has reached out” to apologize for Bergeron’s comments. 

Bergeron has since issued an apology for his comments, telling Bones “it wasn’t my intention to hurt your feelings.”