Alfonso Ribeiro To Host โ€˜Dancing With The Starsโ€™ Alongside Tyra Banks For Season 31

Two Black stars will host DWTS, which will debut on Disney+ this fall.

Former โ€œDancing with the Starsโ€ winner Alfonso Ribeiro is going back to the show but in a different capacity.

Video will return here when scrolled back into view
Trumpโ€™s Tariffs Might Stick Around. What Should We Buy Now?
Trumpโ€™s Tariffs Might Stick Around. What Should We Buy Now?

On Thursday, โ€œGood Morning Americaโ€ shared that Ribeiro, who portrayed Carlton Banks on the original โ€œFresh Prince of Bel-Air,โ€ is serving as co-host on the competition series alongside Tyra Banks. โ€œDancing With The Starsโ€ is in its 31st season and will debut on Disney+ this fall.

In a statement, Ribeiro shared his excitement about returning: โ€œโ€™Dancing with the Starsโ€™ has been such an important part of my life for so many years, and I am ecstatic to officially re-join this tight-knit family as co-host.โ€

Banks, known for her iconic television show Americaโ€™s Next Top Model, shared: โ€œIโ€™ve known Alfonso since I was 19 years old and he always puts a smile on my face whenever I see him. Having such a fun-loving, longtime friend as co-host warms my heart. Bantering back and forth with him live is going to be so much fun!โ€

She made an appearance on โ€œFresh Prince of Bel-Air,โ€ in 1993 as character Jackie Aimes. Ribeiro won โ€œDancing With The Starsโ€ during season 19 with partner Witney Carson. Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough will all return as judges for season 31 as well.

Banks has faced backlash during her tenure as host on the show, with fans forming a petition for her removal. From cringeworthy fashion moments to mistakenly saying certain competitors were safe from elimination when they werenโ€™t, the model caused quite the stir.

Former โ€œDancing With The Starsโ€ host Brooke Burke also said Banks was a bit much on the Behind The Velvet Rope with David Yontef podcast.:

โ€œYou know, sheโ€™s a diva. Everybody knows that sheโ€™s a diva. Thereโ€™s nothing wrong with that. And Iโ€™m not, Iโ€™m not saying anything bad about her. Be a diva. Itโ€™s not the place to be a diva.โ€

Straight From The Root

Sign up for our free daily newsletter.