Julianne Hough will be co-hosting Season 32 of “Dancing With the Stars,” taking over the role from Tyra Banks. “It is such an honor to be rejoining ‘Dancing With the Stars’ as co-host. The show holds such a special place in my heart from the many years and different roles I have had the privilege of being a part of,” Hough told Variety in a statement when the news was made public in March. Hough will be joined by co-host and former Mirrorball winner Alfonso Ribeiro as they join forces for an all-new season.
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And while Hough has gone back to the “DWTS” well many times over the past several years, she’s admitted that the show wasn’t her first choice of career paths. In an interview with Kelly Clarkson, Hough revealed that being on a reality television show just wasn’t on her bingo card. “I was like, ‘You know, I want to be a respected actress and singer. I don’t want to be on a competition show, you know, dancing,'” she explained. “I was like, this is what I want to do. This is my path,” she added, but admitted that once she really thought about it, she decided it wouldn’t be a bad idea. “I was like, well I guess it’s kind of a good thing to be able to have that as my day job,” she told Clarkson. And after her first season? The show “blew up,” which Hough says was “wild.”
