It seems Boston Rob is becoming more and more selective when it comes to what reality shows he’s willing to do these days.
In late June, Boston Rob revealed that he was actually invited back to be a part of the Survivor 50 cast and was the one who turned down the gig. As he told Entertainment Tonight, he decided to give his place to another player, saying his journey on the show is complete.
As hard as it was to hear that Boston Rob was invited to be a part of Survivor’s historic season and seems to have retired from the game, it wasn’t exactly surprising. Survivor is quite taxing on its players’ bodies and minds, and it also requires them to be away from their loved ones for several weeks without any contact. Boston Rob is now a parent of four young kids, so it’s understandable that he wouldn’t want to be away from them for a longer duration of time without the ability to contact them.
We get that Boston Rob is becoming more selective with his reality TV appearances, but it seems he’s being even more selective than we had anticipated.
Following his recent appearance on Peacock’s The Traitors, it appears that ABC set its sights on the Survivor legend and attempted to get him on the forthcoming season of Dancing with the Stars. Unfortunately, it seems Boston Rob has no interest in taking to the ballroom and rejected ABC’s offer to compete on the long-running series.
"They approached Boston Rob [Mariano]. After The Traitors hype he was another top name. They would've loved to have both him and Dylan Efron on the season, but Rob declined. DWTS isn't his style, and he has his own projects in the works he is focusing on,” a source revealed to The Sun.
Again, as disappointing as it is to know that Boston Rob could have returned to our small screens this fall as a member of Dancing with the Stars season 34, his decision to reject the offer isn’t too shocking. While Dancing with the Stars might not require its contestants to be isolated from their loved ones on an island, it does involve dancing – shocking, right? – and Boston Rob has a known dislike of dancing.
It would have been so fun to see Boston Rob step way outside his comfort zone to compete on Dancing with the Stars, but he’s also a strategist. Boston Rob has a history of gravitating toward reality shows that are based on strategy, and there’s not much strategy to be had on Dancing with the Stars as it all comes down to dancing.
While Boston Rob turned down the show, there is still a chance we could see him in the Dancing with the Stars ballroom, though. The Sun reports that ABC is still working to get Efron on the show. Should Efron indeed join the cast, we imagine Boston Rob would come out to support his friend and former Traitors costar from the audience. It might not be the same as getting to watch Rob compete, but we’d love to see him show up for Efron and get to see more of their bromance.
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