'Stars' host praises laid back Forsyth

Dancing With The Stars host Tom Bergeron has said that he is an admirer of Bruce Forysth's presenting style.

The US star claimed Forsyth's laid back approach to TV was great to watch and made viewers feel "comfortable".

Speaking at Hollywood's Paley Television Festival, Bergeron said: "I like the fact that he's just so comfortable in his own skin.

"There was one time I saw him when the teleprompter wasn't working and he went, 'Come on deary, just hurry it along', and I thought that's perfect that you're so comfortable on live TV that you're just having a laugh."

Speaking about working with judges Len Goodman and Bruno Toniolli, he added: "The fact that there's this great chemistry among all of us - that I can relentlessly tease them and they know its all good fun and can direct it at me, I think that's part of what makes the show work.

"I remember Len got particularly cranky towards someone and I ad-libbed 'I'd like to give Len a ten for his impression of a hardened artery'."