Sean Spicer's 'DWTS' casting sparks backlash as 'Queer Eye' star calls him a 'nice guy'

The outrage continues around ABC's decision to cast Trump's former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on the upcoming season of "Dancing With the Stars."

Spicer was one of the many familiar faces announced on "Good Morning America" on Wednesday morning as part of the network's highly-anticipated season 28 reveal, with other hopefuls including "Queer Eye" star Karamo Brown, Christie Brinkley, former "Bachelorette" Hannah Brown and country star Lauren Alaina, among others.

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Backlash was swift when it came to Spicer's inclusion, and the hashtag #BoycottDWTS has been trending on Twitter since the announcement.

"Sean Spicer is CURRENTLY a Sr Advisor to America First PAC, a pro-Trump super PAC. Spicer is CURRENTLY headlining GOP fundraisers. Oh, and he also lied constantly to the American people," one person tweeted. "ABC and DWTS are basically helping Trump and the GOP raise money. Disgusting."

Others didn't understand the outrage, writing, "Seriously? This is what grinds your gears? Not Trump shredding the Constitution? Not kids in cages?"

Even longtime "DWTS" host Tom Bergeron condemned the choice to include Spicer in the season 28 cast, taking to Twitter to share his opinion and calling out ABC in the process.

"A few months ago, during a lunch with ‘DWTS’ new Executive Producer, I offered suggestions for Season 28. Chief among them was my hope that ‘DWTS,’ in its return following an unprecedented year-long hiatus, would be a joyful respite from our exhausting political climate and free of inevitably divisive bookings from ANY party affiliations," Bergeron wrote. "I left that lunch convinced we were in agreement."

"Subsequently (and rather obviously), a decision was made to, as we often say in Hollywood, ‘go in a different direction.’ It is the prerogative of the producers, in partnership with the network, to make whatever decisions they feel are in the best long term interests of the franchise," he continued. "We can agree to disagree, as we do now, but ultimately it’s their call. I’ll leave it to them to answer any further questions about those decisions."

Adding fuel to the fire was an interview that Karamo Brown did with Access following the "DWTS" cast reveal, in which he expressed excitement over appearing with Spicer on the competition show and called him a "really sweet guy."

"Let me tell you something: Sean Spicer and I have been talking. Like, literally, I was most excited to meet him, because, like, the thing is is that people would look at us and think that we're polar opposites, but I'm a big believer that if you can talk to someone and meet in the middle, you can learn about each other and help each other both grow," he explained in the interview, which you can watch at the top of the page. "So, we have been chatting all day today, like, he's a good guy, really sweet guy. Exactly, Karamo from 'Queer Eye' saying Sean Spicer's a nice guy? I know."

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After journalist Evan Ross Katz tweeted out the clip asking, "cause what's morality, right?" criticism began to pile up against Brown for his words.

"SERIOUSLY? There is no meeting in the middle with this. Sean Spicer IS NOT A GOOD GUY. You sold out man, you really sold out," one person said. "You chose fame and money, over morality. I’m beyond disappointed and disillusioned with you on this one."

"'meet in the middle'--yea I can meet in the middle with my family sometimes, but with a guy instrumental in lying to US citizens like we're f--king idiots and who was SO detrimental to the relationship between press and the White House. HARD PASS," another user responded.

"Get a f--king grip," best-selling author Roxane Gay wrote of the clip. "There is no friendship with people who enable fascism."

Others defended the Netflix "culture expert," commending him for trying to see past his differences with Spicer.

"In other words @Karamo doesn’t condemn people for their character flaws and still allows them the space to be a good person by seeing the good as well as the bad," one user explained. "Y’all get off his case."

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In response to another person saying that they were "disappointed in @Karamo for lending his celebrity to this," the "Queer Eye" star continued to share his point of view on the matter.

"First, I have no say who is on the cast and didn’t find out till this morning that he is on!" he said. "But I’ll tell you this... I’m excited to sit down w/ him and engage in a respectful conversations. Only way things get better is if we try to educate those who have different POV than us."

"I hope you are successful in that discussion," the "disappointed" user replied. "I would imagine there is a more direct way to facilitate that conversation that doesn't include elevating him to a platform where he is literally cheered for, but that is your business. I wish you the best."

Season 28 of "Dancing With the Stars" premieres on ABC on Monday, September 16.