No one told Steve Harvey to shuck and jive for Donald Trump.
That was his decision, but now he is paying the price, but don’t get it twisted it is because of some of the business decisions he made, not black people that his businesses are struggling.
The 60-year-old relaunched his daytime show when his previous program was set to be canceled because the host refused to sign his contract because he wasn’t getting a raise and couldn’t move his show to Los Angeles.
The retooled show premiered on September 5 after a few months of preparation, and both ratings and reviews for the program have been less than stellar.
Sources close to the production told DailyMail.com they believe the poor numbers reflect a fallout from Harvey’s black audience after he met with Trump in January.
Harvey’s first daytime talk show, called Steve Harvey, premiered on NBC in 2012, boasting a strong 2.2 in ratings and was a solid performer for at least half of its run.
When the revamped show Steve premiered earlier this fall, the show debuted at a 1.8 but quickly dropped to a 1.4 in the ratings.
For the first time, his once popular talk show was being beat by Wendy Williams in the ratings and he’s neck and neck with Jerry Springer and Rachael Ray.
African-Americans were outraged by the images of Harvey being chummy with the then-President Elect and many called for boycotts against the comic.
Harvey was dismissive and defiant despite the backlash and lashed out at fans for challenging his decision.
‘And unfortunately for Steve, he was too arrogant to realize the weight of his mistake and never made amends to his loyal followers for it.’
Since then, the ratings for Harvey’s game show Family Feud took a dip and the audience for his variety show Little Big Shots dropped almost by half.
But it wasn’t until the ratings for his revamped talk show started suffering did Harvey acknowledge his glaring Trump error.
DailyMail.com previously reported that Harvey desperately wanted to move his daytime show to the West Coast because his third wife, Marjorie Harvey, wanted to live in Los Angeles to work on a TV career of her own.
She has branded herself as a fashion expert online and runs a website called TheLadyLovesCouture.com.His syndicator, Premiere Networks originally balked at the idea of Harvey relocating his radio show from its hub in Atlanta, although Steve broadcast from his TV studio in Chicago.
But Premiere Networks conceded to do the deal with Harvey only if he closed down his company Steve Harvey Radio and allowed them to take ownership of his morning show.
‘Now Steve no longer owns his show and all of the co-hosts and staff checks come directly from Premiere,’ shared the source.
Many of his shows are being threatened to be canceled. His wife isn’t getting any TV gigs and he doesn’t own his radio show anymore.
Should be a lesson for anyone black person who wants to dance for Trump.
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