During an interview via Facebook earlier in 2021 with Vicki Abelson, host of the online show Game Changers with Vicki Abelson, Tom was asked about the end of his time on Dancing With the Stars. It turns out he wasn't at all surprised by the fact that he was fired. "The show I left was not the show I loved," he said. He clarified, though, that he was "at a point in my life and career where I didn't have to just shut up and take it."

More recently, while chatting with Bob Saget on his podcast Bob Saget's Here For You, Tom elaborated. When asked by Bob if he felt sad about being forced out, Tom said no. "In all candor, the show that I left was not the show that I loved. So, the end of the season that turned out to be my last season [in 2019], I kind of knew. So I took everything out of my dressing room that I really wanted ... It was kind of obvious that we were kind of butting heads."