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\"My goal is to bring the fun and the love and the energy and the laughter back to the ballroom,\" he added.

Fans aren't likely to see him dancing in the near future, but there will still be plenty of opportunities to catch him elsewhere, beyond the ballroom: Ribeiro is keeping his other job as host of \"America's Funniest Home Videos.\"

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