Why Tom Bergeron Wasn't Invited Back To Host Miss America

Why Tom Bergeron Wasn't Invited Back To Host Miss America

For one fleeting year, Tom Bergeron helmed the annual Miss America pageant. A massage and an inappropriate offer later, Bergeron found himself out of the gig.

In a HuffPost Live interview Wednesday, Bergeron — who hosts "Dancing With The Stars" and "America's Funniest Home Videos" — described the circumstances around the departure.

"Here's the thing: it wasn't my fault. We were in Atlantic City, we were doing our rehearsals and everything before the live show, and I'm backstage looking over some notes and all of a sudden I start getting a really nice neck and shoulder massage," Bergeron told host Nancy Redd. "I turn around, and it's one of the Southern state contestants, who shall remain nameless, and I said, 'That's a really nice shoulder massage.' She said, and I quote, 'And if I win, a full body massage.'"

Bergeron's real mistake might have been telling others about the incident.

"So I told that story on a talk show and then, oddly enough, the Miss America people never invited me back," he said.

Watch the clip above, and catch the full HuffPost Live conversation here.

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