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The former Trump press secretary tells The Hollywood Reporter he aims to show that castmembers with different political viewpoints can still enjoy one another.

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00:00Straight from the briefing room, it's Sean Spicer!

00:05The announcement that Sean Spicer would be on this season of Dancing with the Stars

00:09sparked serious backlash. Now, the former White House press secretary is speaking out.

00:13Spicer will join the 28th season of the ABC reality competition show,

00:17alongside James Van Der Beek, Christie Brinkley, Bachelorette star Hannah Brown,

00:21and former NBA All-Star Lamar Odom, among others.

00:24The nice thing is Sean will be in charge of assessing audience size throughout the entire season.

00:29The Wednesday cast reveal on Good Morning America spawned major criticism of Dancing with the Stars,

00:34including a statement from host Tom Bergeron. He wrote on Twitter that he hoped the coming season

00:39would be free of inevitably divisive bookings from any party affiliations.

00:43Now, Spicer has responded. He told The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday,

00:59other, engage in a real civil and respectful way, and maybe show millions of Americans

01:03how we can get back to that kind of interaction.

01:06ABC's only statement on the matter came from a show executive producer, which read,

01:10We've got a great and diverse cast. We are excited about the season.

01:13For more on this story, go to THR.com. Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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