{"id":244847,"date":"2026-06-07T20:22:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T20:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/bruno-tonioli-reveals-if-hes-thinking-about-leaving-dancing-with-the-stars-after-20-years\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T20:22:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T20:22:20","slug":"bruno-tonioli-reveals-if-hes-thinking-about-leaving-dancing-with-the-stars-after-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/bruno-tonioli-reveals-if-hes-thinking-about-leaving-dancing-with-the-stars-after-20-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno Tonioli Reveals If Hes Thinking About Leaving &#8216;Dancing With the Stars&#8221; After 20 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2226406\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/bruno-tonioli\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Bruno Tonioli<\/strong><\/a> is reflecting on his time on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/dancing-with-the-stars\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\"><em>Dancing With the Stars<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, as well as addressing his future.<\/p>\n<p>The 70-year-old choreographer and dancer, who first joined the series in the inaugural season in 2005, is set to return for Season 35 later this year. But has he considered planning an exit?<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\">\u201cThe thing with me, I\u2019m kind of the least planning person,\u201d he said to <em>TVLine<\/em> about whether he\u2019s going to leave the series anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DZLW05iAck1\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/><p>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\">\u201cI love my job. I really, really enjoy it. That\u2019s really the reason. I enjoy the public,\u201d he said, adding that the crowd reaction during tapings feels \u201clike a Broadway show\u2026there is such instant feedback you get from the audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\">\u201cThe kids really excite me, I\u2019m not making it up. They deliver work of the highest standard and I\u2019m always excited about watching what they\u2019re going to do,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bruno-says-he-ll-be-with-the-show-until-they-don-t-want-him-anymore\">Bruno says he\u2019ll be with the show until they don\u2019t \u201cwant\u201d him anymore<\/h3>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\">\u201cUntil they [don\u2019t] want me, I\u2019ll be there. Because I really love the show. I really do,\u201d<strong> Bruno<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\">When\u00a0he was told \u201cthere\u2019s no\u00a0<em>Dancing With the Stars<\/em>\u00a0without <strong>Bruno<\/strong>,\u201d the responded: \u201cOh, I don\u2019t know about that. I hope so!\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\">\u201c[Hopefully], we never find out, darling,\u201d he added with a laugh. Watch above!<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/val-chmerkovskiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Val Chmerkovskiy<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is flattered that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/ciara-miller\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ciara Miller<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0wants him as her\u00a0<em>Dancing With the Stars<\/em>\u00a0partner.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Summer House<\/em>\u00a0star, who was recently announced as a contestant for season 35 of the hit ABC competition series, previously revealed that\u00a0<strong>Val<\/strong>\u00a0was at the top of her wish list when it comes to potential pro partners. Now, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/06\/06\/val-chmerkovskiy-has-the-sweetest-response-to-ciara-miller-wanting-him-as-her-dancing-with-the-stars-partner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">longtime\u00a0<em>DWTS<\/em>\u00a0favorite is responding.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/bruno-tonioli\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bruno Tonioli<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/dancing-with-the-stars\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dancing With the Stars<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/television\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Television<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/06\/07\/bruno-tonioli-reveals-if-hes-thinking-about-leaving-dancing-with-the-stars-after-20-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Bruno Tonioli is reflecting on his time on Dancing With the Stars, as well as addressing his future. The 70-year-old choreographer and dancer, who first joined the series in the inaugural season in 2005, is set to return for Season 35 later this year. But has he considered planning an exit? \u201cThe thing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":244848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-244847","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}