SAME. Though this article about it is... weird. Like did her family get a say in when she was told? Was it the producers? Hoping it's just that the article was poorly written. Only at People's website to cancel my subscription.

In a brighter note, I love Tom Bergeron. And I'd love it if some season they had Alphonso host or someone else and Tom were a contestant. Though I'm sure there are "fairness" issues (like that stopped ABC with Ginger Zee's guaranteed contract lbr).