Ryan Seacrest is on good phrases with Dancing With the Stars choose Derek Hough, whose sister, Julianne Hough, is certainly one of Seacrest’s exes. However the Wheel of Fortune host did have to offer his pal a talking-to when Derek acquired somewhat rambunctious on the set of the Superstar Wheel of Fortune spinoff.
“Within the industrial break, [Derek] was leaping on the middle of the wheel and having [fellow DWTS judge] Bruno [Tonioli] spin it, very like the highest of a cake decoration,” Seacrest advised USA Right now in a current interview. “We did say, ‘Please don’t do this. That will break it, and there’s solely a kind of wheels. If that breaks, we’ve an actual drawback.’”
Leaping on the rostrum, as Derek did as nicely in his September 26 episode, is one factor. However leaping on the two,400-pound wheel is one other. “We needed to kind of say, ‘Stick with the ledge,’” Seacrest added. “[The DWTS guests are] very bodily, and that makes for enjoyable.”
However Seacrest loved having acquainted faces on the present. “Figuring out somebody, or being associates, is certainly useful,” he mentioned. “You possibly can form of tease them greater than any person you don’t know.”
In a single humorous change from the identical episode, Seacrest ribbed Tonioli after the latter appropriately guessed “WE DON’T TALK ABOUT BRUNO” as the reply to at least one puzzle.
“The irony is, you solely need to be talked about,” Seacrest mentioned to Tonioli.
“He is aware of me,” Tonioli advised the viewers.
Ultimately, Derek beat each Tonioli and Dancing With the Stars professional dancer Jenna Johnson to make it to the Million Greenback Bonus Spherical, however he didn’t guess “HUGS ALL AROUND” to win that puzzle.
The DWTS-themed Superstar Wheel of Fortune episode additionally made headlines after Wheel of Fortune co-host Vanna White adopted up on her promise to crochet Derek and his spouse, Hayley Erbert, a blanket for his or her incoming child.
White delivered that current on the set of Further, the newsmagazine Derek is now internet hosting.
“I can’t wait to indicate this to my spouse, and I can’t wait to swaddle — oh, I’m going to get emotional,” he mentioned.
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