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?

>> WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY SPENT A

LOT OF TIME TOGETHER OVER

THE LAST 48 HOURS.

IT'S BEEN SO HEART-WARMING

TO HAVE PEOPLE SAY HEY, I

WOULD REALLY LIKE TO LEARN

MORE ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND

AND I READ ABOUT THIS OR

HEARD ABOUT THIS.

I'M SAYING THE SAME THING

ABOUT THEM.

TELL ME ABOUT THIS

EXPERIENCE.

SO, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE

A REALLY GREAT CAST AND, AS

I SAID, I THINK THAT WITH

THE DIVERSITY THAT'S IN THAT

CAST, WE ACTUALLY COULD BE A

GREAT EXAMPLE OF YOU WHO YOU

CAN DO THINGS GOING FORWARD.

STEVE: THEY ARE NOW IN THE

28TH SEASON, TOM DELAY,

PROMINENT REPUBLICAN WAS

FEATURED ONE TIME.

HAD YOU RICK PERRY AS WELL.

>> YEP.

>> SO IF THEY LOOK AT

POLITICS, THERE HAVE BEEN

SOME VERY PROMINENT

REPUBLICANS.

>> AND A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE

DONE VERY WELL.

SO, AGAIN, I THINK I'M

LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING

AWAY FROM POLITICS FOR A

WHILE.

A COUPLE HOURS EVERY WEEK

AND HOPEFULLY ENTERTAINING A

LOT OF FOLKS AND NOT

EMBARRASSING MY FAMILY AND

MY DAUGHTER.

>> WHO IS YOUR PARTNER GOING

TO BE?

>> I DON'T KNOW YET.

IF AINSLEY WORKS OUT, MAYBE

WE CAN MAKE A DEAL.

>>

THEY DON'T TELL YOU.

THIS YEAR IS VERY DIFFERENT

THAN YEARS' PAST.

EARLY NEXT WEEK YOU GO TO

WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO

REHEARSE AND THEY SHOW UP

AND IT'S A SURPRISE TO EACH

ONE OF THE CAST MEMBERS.

STEVE: BOOT CAMP?

>> YEAH.

BRIAN: THIS GUY CARAMEL

BROWN ON QUEER EYE?

HE CAME OUT AND SUPPORT.

I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE

CAST.

I WILL TELL YOU THIS I'M

EXCITED TO SIT DOWN WITH HIM

MEANING YOU AND ENGAGE IN A

RESPECTFUL CONVERSATION.

THE ONLY WAY THINGS GET

BETTER IS IF WE TRY TO

EDUCATE THOSE WHO HAVE

DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW

THAN US.

AND BECAUSE HE SAID

SOMETHING POSITIVE, HE GOT

BLOW BACK.

>> YEAH.

AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A GREAT

CONVERSATION WELL BEFORE THE

STATEMENT CAME OUT THE FIRST

TWO NIGHTS.

HE IS A REALLY INTERESTING

GUY.

A THERAPIST BY TRAINING.

GOES OUT AND TRIES TO HELP

PEOPLE.

WE CLEARLY DON'T AGREE

POLITICALLY.

BUT I THINK IS HE ABSOLUTELY

RIGHT.

SITTING DOWN AND HAVING A

CONVERSATION WHERE YOU CAN

TALK ABOUT, A, OTHER THINGS

THAN POLITICS IS GREAT, BUT,

B, EVEN WHEN YOU DO, DO SO

IN A WAY THAT WE ARE TRYING

TO UNDERSTAND THE OTHER

SIDE.

I MEAN TO AINSLEY'S POINT.

50% OF THIS COUNTRY FOR THE

MOST PART ARE ON ONE SIDE

AND ROUGHLY 1%

AND ROUGH 5 1%

AND ROUGH 50%%

AND ROUGH 50% ARE ON THE

OTHER.

WHAT WE NEED TO DO MORE OF

LISTENER TO WHAT MAKES THESE

PEOPLE -- YOU ARE NOT BAD

BECAUSE YOU ARE ONE SIDE OR

THE OTHER.

YOU HAVE CERTAIN VALUES OR

RACHESSED A CERTAIN WAY.

I THINK WHAT WE NEED MORE OF

IS EXACTLY WHAT HE IS

TALKING ABOUT.

TELL ME WHY YOU THINK THE

WAY YOU DO OR HOW ARE AND

WHY YOU BELIEVE IT.

WE LEARN AND GROW AS PEOPLE

WHEN WE DO THAT.

AINSLEY: ALL RIGHT.

ARE YOU READY?

ARE YOU READY TO SHOW WHAT

YOU HAVE GOT?

COME ON.

>> I KNOW BRIAN IS JEALOUS.

[LAUGHTER]

♪ LET'S GET LOUD.

AINSLEY: OKAY.

SHOW ME HOW TO DANCE.