Cheryl Burke Drops Out of the Miss USA Pageant Due to NBC’s Position on Donald Trump
The headline says it all, but here is Cheryl’s official statement. Go, girl!
MISS USA
In light of the recent statements made by Donald Trump and the subsequent decision by NBC to cut ties with Mr. Trump, I cannot in good conscience move forward with participating in this year’s Miss USA Pageant as its co-host. Effective today I have withdrawn from my duties with Miss USA. Although I will not be there in person, I wish all of the contestants much luck as I know how hard they’ve all been working over the last year to try and realize their dreams.
Variety has also picked up this story.
Burke’s departure comes on the same day that NBC would air an “American Ninja Warrior” special on the night it was originally scheduled to air Miss USA. The three-hour July 12 special will be the show’s second annual “USA vs. the World” extravaganza, in which top competitors from the hot Monday series “American Ninja Warrior” go head to head with competitors from Japan and Europe. Last year’s “USA vs. the World” special in mid-September delivered a potent 1.9 rating in adults 18-49 despite facing tough reality show competition, including the season premiere of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars.”
I love how perfect her response was….it was literally the best. Trump really has lost his mind (sorry if that offends anyone). At some point he will look back when this disaster of a presidential run is over and will see he has no show and not a lot of support in general and realize his mistakes. Sidenote, if he posts something about Cheryl on Facebook like he did when the TV channel dropped out I’m 100 sure dwts fans will defend her but she might be the one to answer him back. Anyways, go Cheryl!….and please come back to dwts 🙂
Good for her! I wouldn’t want to be associated with Trump either.
Vin — I think Mr.T.Rump is more of a megalomaniac than you give him credit for. He will never realize his mistakes, because in his view, he doesn’t make any. He is similarly not likely to see this “presidential run” as a disaster, even looking back at it. He will have a year+ of his name in the news and have loads of opportunities to shoot his mouth off (clearly a favorite pastime). But there is no way in this world that this is a genuine run. For him being the President of the United States is a step down. After being the lord of his ever expanding realm, he would never settle for being one of three co-equal branches of the government. Plus, I don’t think he’d be allowed to put the Trump brand on the White House. And for him, that’s a deal breaker.
Good for her!
@Suzy – I agree with you. Trump took a step down. He traded in his title as lord of his realm… to Joke of the Land.
Yea Cheryl!
I agree with Vin. Cheryl’s response was thoughtful and intellegent. Which probably means Trump won’t understand a word of it.
I hope trump sees his mistakes (too optimistic?) but I do agree with Suzy in the sense that he probably won’t lol. As for this “run”, I honestly feel like it’s one giant joke on us. I half expect Ashton kutcher to pop out and be like “you just got punked.”