Brian Dunkleman is, if nothing else, a name recognizable enough for you to have clicked on this article.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s also a comedian and former \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d co-host whose IMDb page boasts appearances on shows like \u201cTwo Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place,\u201d \u201c3rd Rock from the Sun\u201d and \u201cThat \u201970s Show.\u201d And he\u2019s back in our cultural sightline this month just in time for the very premature return of a reality singing competition series that maybe, possibly ruined his career trajectory.<\/p>\n
Yeah, \u201cIdol.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since his days on the Simon Cowell-humiliation vehicle, Dunkleman has watched as his former sidekick, Ryan Seacrest, climbed the ranks of the entertainment industry, ultimately finding a gold-plated throne on the front lines of live TV.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Dunkleman sadly faded from the pop culture stage, save for a couple media and network appearances. Until, that is, recent sexual misconduct allegations surfaced against his ubiquitous ex-counterpart, and Dunkleman decided to comment on the drama unprovoked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Brian Dunkleman is, if nothing else, a name recognizable enough for you to have clicked on this article. He\u2019s also a comedian and former \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d co-host whose IMDb page boasts appearances on shows like \u201cTwo Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place,\u201d \u201c3rd Rock from the Sun\u201d and \u201cThat \u201970s Show.\u201d And he\u2019s back … Continue reading “A Candid Conversation With Brian Dunkleman, The Guy Who Could\u2019ve Been Ryan Seacrest”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/demo\/layout-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/demo\/layout-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/demo\/layout-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/demo\/layout-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/demo\/layout-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/demo\/layout-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211,"href":"https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/demo\/layout-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions\/211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/demo\/layout-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/demo\/layout-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/demo\/layout-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/demo\/layout-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}