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(CNN) — Outgoing White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has been invited to visit ABC’s “The View” as a guest. The no-brainer booking move was immediately sensationalized by the Daily Mail this way: “Karoline Leavitt in secret talks to join TV’s most controversial show.”Technically that’s true — a guest invite has been extended to Leavitt, an ABC source confirmed to CNN. But the implication of the Mail’s headline is false. She would not be a guest host on the talk show or join in a more official capacity. All six co-hosts of “The View” are returning for the new season that begins in September. And while the show occasionally features guest hosts, that’s not what the outreach to Leavitt was about, the ABC source said. Speculation about Leavitt’s possible future as a television personality naturally followed her surprise announcement about leaving the Trump White House earlier this month. Leavitt has sidestepped that chatter. On Thursday, in what was billed as her final interview as press secretary, she told “Fox & Friends” that she’s going to spend “more time with my kids,” a two-year-old and a four-month-old.

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See more of our coverage in your search results. Jenna Dewan’s fiancé, Steve Kazee, showed his support for the actress after her “Dancing With the Stars” partner, Val Chmerkovskiy, was suspended from the show for a week.

Key PointsDancing With the Stars contestant Tyler Cameron lamented the loss of costar Guillermo Rodriguez on TikTok. The Bachelorette alum said the competition should not be based solely on being the best dancer. Cameron is partnered with pro Sharna Burgess for season 35. Dancing With the Stars contestant Tyler Cameron says remaining in the competition is not all about ruling the dance floor. The Bachelorette alum mounted his argument in a recap of this week's episode after lamenting that his fellow contestant, Guillermo Rodriguez, had been eliminated despite having given his all. "I think that's what people are missing and losing in this dance competition, is it's about people's journeys and people's improvements and people growing and learning and becoming better and what dance opens up for them," Cameron said on TikTok. "It's not always about the best dancer. That's why there's the people's vote. That's why you get to see the journey and root them on, and want them to go further.

Key PointsJustin Baldoni made a rare public appearance in the Dancing With the Stars ballroom on Tuesday. Entertainment Weekly spotted the actor in attendance with his family. Tuesday marks one of his first public outings since his lengthy legal battle with Blake Lively. Justin Baldoni is a Dancing With the Stars fan — who knew? Eagle-eyed viewers spotted Baldoni in the DWTS ballroom on Tuesday, sitting alongside wife Emily and their two kids, Maiya, 11, and Maxwell, 8. Entertainment Weekly spotted the family looking for their seats ahead of "Super Bowl Night," featuring guest judge and sports commentator Joe Buck. Page Six reported on Tuesday that Baldoni attended DWTS in support of the show's cohost Julianne Hough, whom he's been friends with for years. Prior to her DWTS cohosting gig, which kicked off with Alfonso Ribeiro in 2023, Hough appeared in Baldoni's 2016 My Last Days docuseries. Baldoni's rare public appearance comes after his lengthy legal battle with It Ends With Us costar Blake Lively came to an end earlier this year. The actors costarred in the movie, based on the book of the same name by Colleen Hoover, which was released in August 2024.