SKAI JACKSON

Like all cool cats and kittens, Carole Baskin is going to Dancing With the Stars.The reality TV star who became a pop culture sensation with Netflixs docuseries Tiger King is joining the new crop of celebrity dancers that includes TV and film actress Anne Heche, former NBA star Charles Oakley and Backstreet Boys singer AJ McLean. On the Netflix series Tiger King, Baskin, who owns a big cat refuge, sought to shut down Joseph Maldonado-Passages for-profit breeding of big cats. In June, a federal judge awarded Baskin ownership of the private Oklahoma zoo run by Maldonado-Passage. Others slated to appear on the dancing show are cheer team coach Monica Aldama, Bachelorette star Kaitlyn Bristowe, NFL star Vernon Davis, actress Skai Jackson, actress Justina Machado, TV host Jeannie Mai, Jesse Metcalfe, rapper Nelly, TV host Nev Schulman, real estate agent Chrishell Stause and Olympian Johnny Weir. Supermodel and businesswoman Tyra Banks will host the new season after longtime co-host Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews announced their exits from the series in July.

"I would always just get DMs from my fans, because people know I'm an advocate for anti-bullying," Jackson told ET's Melicia Johnson this week. "I'm not exposing anything thats private -- that's one thing I won't do," she noted. I don't know what -- is this gonna harm me? I'm gonna say what I have to say and I mean, he got fired. He's old enough to know that those things that you say, those homophobic slurs, those racists slurs, are just not OK.

The Flash star Hartley Sawyer has been fired from The CW's superhero series after fans resurfaced old tweets which featured racist and misogynistic language. "Hartley Sawyer will not be returning for season 7 of The Flash," Warner Bros. Television, The CW, Berlanti Productions, and executive producer Eric Wallace said in a statement. "They're indicative of the larger problem in our country," the EP said of Sawyer's tweets. "I, too, am committed to bringing permanent change to the work environment here on The Flash," he continued. My statement regarding Hartley Sawyer and THE FLASH.

Skai Jackson is getting real about growing up as a Disney Channel child star. Jackson, who began her career as a child model, starred on Disney's Jessie in 2011 alongside Debby Ryan, Peyton List and the late Cameron Boyce. But I never got to have a full conversation of how, you know, being a child star is. I think that's a good idea." I would get really, really sad."