As the new host of Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, Ryan Seacrest is enforcing a new rule following Derek Hough’s animated appearance.

Seacrest, 50, told USA Today in an interview published on Monday, October 20, that he stepped in after Derek, 40, jumped on the game show’s 2,400-pound wheel during the September 29 episode. At first, Derek — who was a contestant alongside fellow Dancing With the Stars judge Bruno Tonioli — had mounted the podium, which is permitted.

However, “In the commercial break, [he] was jumping on the center of the wheel and having Bruno spin it, much like the top of a cake ornament,” Seacrest said. “We did say, ‘Please don’t do that. That would break it, and there’s only one of those wheels. If that breaks, we have a real problem.’”

He added, “We had to sort of say, ‘

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