‘Dancings
With the Stars” co-host Saman tha Harris is leaving the show after eight seasons.
ABC isn’t saying yet who’ll replace Harris opposite Tom Bergeron when the show kicks off its tenth season March 22.
But it won’t be former “American Idol” judge Paula Abdul, who’s being wooed by the show to be a contestant.
“Paula has no interest in judging or co-hosting a dancing show,” a source told The Post. “She’s been there, done that. They’re asking her to be a contestant — and they’ve been after her [as a contestant] for three or four seasons.”
It was reported earlier this week that ABC had offered Abdul a $1 million development deal, with the caveat that she join “DWTS” in an unspecified role.
Harris says she wants to focus on her other TV jobs as a correspondent at “The Insider” and “Entertainment Tonight Weekend.”
“[‘DWTS] could not have been more of a dream job,” Harris told people.com. “I loved every single second of it and I’ve made lifelong friends at the show.”
“It has been an absolute pleasure to work with Samantha since she joined the ‘DWTS’ team in season 2,” executive producer Conrad Green said in a statement.