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Sean Spicer could well win his day if he wins "Dancing With the Stars".
According to several sources, participants in the ABC competition series earn $ 125,000 for the rehearsal period of the show and their first two weeks of broadcast. If they arrive at the third week and beyond, they start to earn extra fees each week. Sources say the maximum number of potential winners is $ 295,000. In comparison, Spicer earned just under $ 180,000 during the Trump administration's tenure, according to a White House report released in 2017.
According to reports at the time, competitors from previous seasons could win up to $ 345,000, but the potential gains this season will be less than that figure. Of course, the potential benefits of "Dance with the Stars" go beyond the fees charged on production. Many have used their time on the series to boost their careers and land new lucrative jobs. Alfonso Ribeiro, for example, won season 19 of the series in 2014 before being named host of ABC's restart of America's Funniest Home Videos, launched in 2015.
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Joining "DWTS" is Spicer's latest attempt to break into the media sector. He was in talks turn a pilot for a talk show for Debmar-Mercury in 2018, but this project has not yet succeeded. In February, he joined the TV show "Extra" as a special correspondent. He also made a brief appearance at the 2017 Emmy Awards on stage with host Stephen Colbert, and was performed wonderfully by Melissa McCarthy in "Saturday Night Live".
Spicer's brief tenure as press secretary for the Trump administration in 2017 was marked by conflicting relations with the White House press and the media in general, as well as by repeated instances of Spicer making false and misleading statements on behalf of the president.
There has been a torrent of online reactions since Spicer was announced as a candidate for the next season of the series. Host Tom Bergeron made a statement Wednesday after the announcement. Without explicitly mentioning Spicer, Bergeron said that he and the producers "agreed not to agree" on the possibility of making political discord a place in the series.
"It's the prerogative of the producers, in partnership with the network, to make the decisions that, in their opinion, are in the best long-term interest of the franchise," he wrote.
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