Overview
- James Lafferty, who posted a TikTok on Tuesday, said he will compete on Dancing With the Stars only if Everyone Is Doing Great reaches the Netflix U.S. Top 10.
- He urged fans to watch the series, finish episodes, tell friends and hit the double thumbs-up on the show’s Netflix page to boost its chart position.
- ABC and DWTS producers have not confirmed Lafferty’s casting, and Season 35 so far has named Ciara Miller, Maura Higgins and Jackson Olson with the rest of the cast set to be revealed on Good Morning America in September.
- DWTS pro Ezra Sosa publicly responded that he’d be “down” and called Lafferty “hot,” and Lafferty described himself as a poor dancer who wants to improve and thinks Ezra could help him.
- The exchange shows how celebrities now use platform-specific metrics like Netflix Top 10 placement and on-site likes as leverage for TV bookings, a tactic that can drive short-term viewership spikes and generate press for both a streaming series and a reality show.