'Dancing with the Stars': Trump's Sean Spicer tweet wasn't wasted despite no elimination

President Trump's tweet supporting his former press secretary Sean Spicer last week didn't not languish in vain.

Last week on "Dancing With the Stars," Spicer received what appeared to be a dream boost from his old boss. Despite pressing affairs of state, Trump asked his 66 million followers to vote for "good guy" Spicer, who was facing an elimination vote in the fifth week of the dance competition.

However, the 'DWTS' judges decided to cancel a planned elimination after a Disney-themed movie night. Whether it was bad luck or part of the "DWTS" Deep State, Trump's golden tweet appeared to be for naught.

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But a "DWTS" spokesman confirmed to USA TODAY that the votes tallied from last week, including those prompted by Trump, will be combined with votes from Monday's episode (ABC, 8 EDT/PDT).

The combined votes and judges' scores will determine who is spared from elimination.

Spicer and pro partner Lindsay Arnold performed their best dance last Monday, a quick-step. But they are still at the bottom of the leader board, with 19 points out of a possible 30 from the judges. So they will need every viewer vote they can get to continue.

Spicer told USA TODAY that Trump called before tweeting.

"We were catching up. And he said, 'By the way, you're doing great.' " Spicer said. "He had seen some clips. He said, 'I'd love to weigh in and support you.' "

Spicer would give no further details of the presidential conversation, but said it never veered towards some of Spicer's more outlandish dancing outfits.

"I never divulge the content of the conversations that I have," says Spicer. "But we didn't get into my outfits, thank God."

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