Was David Alan Grier given a fair shot? DWTS Bruno weighs in on Bonnie Hunt

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By April MacIntyre Apr 19, 2009, 19:22 GMT

Following every episode of "Dancing with the Stars," the judges, in my opinion, gave David Alan Grier an overly harsh critique and scoring. He is light years a better dancer than Lawrence Taylor, and his dismissal from the show seemed wrong to me. 01/23/2009 - David Alan Grier - Dear DAG, You were wronged. I miss Chocolate News too. Love April
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01/23/2009 - David Alan Grier - Dear DAG, You were wronged. I miss Chocolate News too. Love April © Tony Lowe / PR PhotosGrier was eliminated alongside professional partner Kym Johnson and later gave an expletive-laden rant to Access Hollywood that night after his dismissal; he admitted he was furious over the comments from the judges throughout the season, particularly those from former “In Living Color” Fly Girl, Carrie Ann, whom he worked with.“There’s several people that can kiss my a**, but she’s definitely the first in line…” he said.“To stand up week after week and be humiliated by people who have no right to talk to me [like that]… I am proudest that I didn’t climb across that table and slap the **** out of every one of those judges and that’s my proudest accomplishment.”Grier didn’t call out any particular comments by Carrie Ann and her fellow panelists, but rather their collective criticisms of his dances with Kym throughout the five weeks he was on the show.“I spent so much time trying to bring class into, what for me, was a classless situation, so it shouldn’t be like that, but that’s the way it is,” he said.

Now, talk show host Bonnie Hunt sits down with “Dancing with the Stars” judge Bruno Tonioli who responds to David Alan Grier’s controversial outburst after being eliminated from the hit reality show, on “The Bonnie Hunt Show,” airing Monday, April 20 (syndicated/log on to bonniehunt.com for stations and times).

Bonnie asks Bruno what his reaction was after David Alan Grier bashed the three judges to the press after he was eliminated from the show last week.

Bruno tells her that since he leaves immediately after the show he didn’t hear about it until the next morning, “There is a line I think you can push to but you should never go over and I think it was a little bit of a mistake of judgment. I think it was pushing it a little too far. I don’t think it was necessary. We all make mistakes and I’m sure he is aware of it.”

Bonnie hails from a big Chicago family and takes her real-world experience as an oncology nurse, delivering a straight-talk, fun chat show that is like no other.

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CaleApr 21st, 2009 - 03:31:05

He ought to let it go - it's just a stupid show, and he's just a poor loser.

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