PureDWTS Season 28 Cast Rumors & Watchout: Bobby Bones Claims “a Friend” is Part of The Cast
Several of you have reached out about this one, and I held off on posting because I couldn’t find the exact episode where he allegedly said this – until now. As a side note: if you are reaching out to me here/on Twitter/on Instagram/etc. to tell me about something interesting/weird/suspicious that you read/saw/heard with regards to the show, PLEASE – send me a link/screen shot. “I read this article but I can’t remember where but it basically said XYZ, I think” doesn’t really help me – while I appreciate your effort and probably 2/3 of the time your instincts are spot-on, sometimes I would prefer to see the proof myself before drawing any worthwhile conclusions…and I don’t always have time to go digging. Your cooperation moving forward is appreciated 😉
Anywho…
Our *wince* reigning season 27 champion, one Mr. Bobby Bones, was doing his usual radio show last Wednesday and someone mentioned the hat he was wearing, which incidentally was sent to him by Sharna…which started Bobby down an interesting path about the upcoming season of DWTS. The talk about the show starts around the 6:50 mark, if you want to listen to it yourself; however, I’ve transcribed it below to save some time, paraphrasing where necessary…
Bobby: Ummm ok, a lot of people asking where I got my hat. It’s Woody from Toy Story. Sharna mailed me this. She was like “Saw it, thought I’d mail it to you.” Which, by the way, let me say this: Sharna, who was my partner from Dancing with the Stars, ummm…we’re engaged! Wouldn’t that be funny if I just dropped that on you guys???
*polite laughter from his cohosts*
Male cohost: And none of us knew? Hehe.
Bobby: Ummm…the show starts back, they start training again I think in September? Cause the show is September 16, that’s the day it comes back. So they start in like, late August/September, and…I’m torn, because…if you know, Amy, don’t say…but one of my friends is doing the show…
Amy: Mmmm, yeah.
Bobby: …and then, this friend will not be dancing with Sharna, so I’ve got two people on the show, so I guess I just support them both…but…
Amy: Yeah, support both!
Bobby: WHERE DOES MY LOYALTY FALL??? Friend A or Sharna, Amy??? Cause I helped Friend A get on the show…
Amy: I think you can root for both until one of them-
Bobby: Oof, I’m not someone that has two favorite teams. Only Arkansas Razorbacks or Chicago Cubs.
Amy: Well that’s hard…ugh…I don’t know. Good luck with that, I don’t wanna help you.
The conversation then segues into the cohosts asking if DWTS has “asked Bobby back” (ummm, for what???) and then some nonsense about a parody of “Old Town Road” that Lil Nas X told them to stop playing, blah blah blah…
So, let’s unpack what we just heard. Given Bobby’s penchant for hyperbole last season (“My schedule is so ridiculous, more busy than anyone else in the cast!”, “Everyone hates me because I won!”, “I’m the people’s champion, you all chose me!!!”), my first thought was “How close is this ‘friend’ of Bobby’s?” It’s entirely possible, at least in my mind, that this “friend” may be more of an acquaintance – someone that Bobby may run into at events a few times a year, but isn’t on a “come hang out at my house in the Hamptons for the weekend”-basis with. Or he could genuinely be friends with this person…so that makes it harder to pin down who it could be, because it seems to widen the pool…
Then Bobby mentions that this friend “Will not be dancing with Sharna.” Ok, I may not be completely plugged back in with the show again just yet, but I know from a reliable source that none of the pros have met their partners yet – none of the pros have even gotten hints about their partners yet, and they aren’t likely to for another 2-3 weeks. So the only way Bobby could possibly know without a doubt that his friend was not dancing with Sharna was if his friend was female or a drag queen…and I don’t get the feeling that Bobby hangs out with a ton of drag queens.
Bobby then claims he “helped this friend get on the show”. Again, with regards to Bobby’s penchant for hyperbole and occasionally borderline-delusional sense of self-importance, unless this friend is kind of a nobody (which makes me wonder why they would even cast her), I have a hard time believing that Bobby going to bat for this individual somehow helped them get signed on to the show. Could Bobby possibly mean the reverse – he helped the show book this friend? That this friend is maybe a bigger name, and Bobby may have made the introduction between the friend and the show?
Thanks to @fisharnolds on Twitter, we may have our first good theory…country singer Maren Morris, who also happened to be the guest on that same episode of the Bobby Bones show and is apparently tight with Bobby.
Maren is also on tour this fall, but coincidentally, none of her tour dates fall on Mondays…hmmm. I will add this, though: I used to work with a guy that was a roadie for several alternative bands back in the late 90s/early 2000s, and he always said that a lot of tours are “dark” (no shows) on Mondays and/or Tuesdays because a) ticket sales are usually poorest for dates on those two days of the week, and b) it gives the tour a longer window to make it to the next set of stops, which may require more than a day’s drive to reach, and it also gives the band and crew a break. Not saying that it means Maren’s not doing DWTS, just that it could be another reasonable explanation for the Monday night gaps in her tour schedule…hedging all bets here, guys 😉
My thoughts? If they did manage to get Maren, who is what I would consider a pretty big, “current” star (thought maybe not A-list), then maybe they really are putting their money where their mouth is and are going after bigger celebs with more pull. I was weary when someone told me that “a friend of Bobby’s” would be doing the show, but I guess a current country star isn’t so bad – as long as she isn’t going rogue with the floss dance or constantly reminding us that she’s “from a small town of 800 people”…*eye roll*
Thoughts about “Bobby’s friend” that’s allegedly doing the show?
If it’s true, her chances of winning would be a lot better than most of the others. He’ll get on his show and do exactly what he did to get the win for himself and unless she can dance, I don’t think the show could take another undeserving person winning the season. That’s not to say he could talk up any person doing the show, he can and he probably would. I’m saying that if another person that screwed around all season and was way below the caliber of dancing that the other finalists were in at the end of their journey, I don’t think there’s anything the producers could do to keep from losing more viewers than they already have. From what I’ve been reading, a lot of viewers are going into this season giving it the benefit of the doubt, hoping it isn’t like the last season, but if it is, they’re gone.
Oof… Bobby better just plug all the stars at this point, he plays a dangerous game that guy.
I hope she’s a ringer because Bobby would have a hard time defending that when all last season he railed against ringers and having to learn from scratch. I do agree with @Cindy, and it sounds like they are going to make sure another Bobby/Joe fiasco doesn’t happen again. What that is and whether they are successful, we will see!
I just hope he doesn’t make a million appearances this season.
Bobby Bones has many friends and connections in the country world because of his radio show. I agree that his friend doing next season of DWTS is most likely a female country star. He’s close with Maren Morris, Kelsea Ballerini, Trisha Yearwood, Lauren Alaina, Lindsay Ell, Abby Anderson, Reba, etc… Bobby also has a highly rated podcast, the BobbyCast which has many country stars on it. Thomas Rhett was on this podcast last week. He recently cohosted CMAfest with Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini which airs this weekend and don’t forget his American Idol connections.
I posted this on the other post too, but I really think it may possibly be Andy Roddick or Brooklyn Decker. Bobby has been really close friends with both of them for years. When I used to listen to Bobby’s old show yearssssss ago (back in like 2012/2013) before he crossed over to country radio and became huge, he would always talk about Andy/Brooklyn and mentioned several times how they would be good on dwts. and I know Andy was in the rumor mill in the past.
I think we’re all aware of what Bobby does, Karen. Don’t really need a press release of his achievements…
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I could handle the person if they were truly a big name with their own fanbase, and not someone Bobby would relentlessly pimp and claim their success as his own. I’d love it if it were Andy or Brooklyn, but I agree it’s probably a country music star.
Lauren Alaina came to mind immediately. She has the Idol connection and seems to be pretty close with him. Love Maren though so I hope its her.
If I NEVER hear Bobby’s name again it will be too soon. What a tool.
@Princess Heidi: Same. I’m even skipping the country music thing on ABC just because I know he is getting screen time. At least on Idol, he doesn’t talk a lot.
Agree, with Vin. Lauren Alaina is a likely candidate. She’s close with Bobby (has hung at his house, just did Family Feud together), has the Idol connection and has a fun, bubbly personality. I think it could also be Kelsea Ballerini. She called into the Bobby Bones show today to promote CMAfest which is airing on Sunday and said she is releasing a new song in a couple of weeks…. She likes to dance and was a guest of Bobby’s one DWTS show last season. Anyhow, both these ladies I think could be fun to watch.
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