Charity Lawson is putting on her dancing shoes!
The “Bachelorette” star is joining Season 32 of “Dancing With the Stars,” her new fiancé, Dotun Olubeko, revealed Monday night after the two got engaged during the Season 20 finale of the ABC dating series.
“So I know you like to cut up, you like to dance and you like to get down,” Olubeko began as he broke the news to Lawson alongside “Bachelor” host Jesse Palmer.
“And you know that we’ve talked about this, about how amazing this opportunity would be, and I am so happy to be the one to tell you that you’re going to be on ‘Dancing with the Stars.’”
A joint post from the official Instagram accounts for “The Bachelorette” and “DWTS” also confirmed the news, writing, “A whole new journey begins for @CharityLawson as she joins ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ coming this fall, LIVE on ABC and Disney+! Stream next day on Hulu. 🌹✨ #DWTS #TheBachelorette.”
Plenty of pro dancers and former competitors took to the comments section to congratulate Lawson, including “Bachelorette” alum Kaitlyn Bristowe, who won the Season 29 mirrorball trophy with Artem Chigvintsev.
“Yes yes yes yesssssss,” she wrote, with pro dancers Emma Slater and Peta Murgatroyd both adding, “LETS GOOOO!!!!”
The exciting announcement came just moments after fans witnessed Olubeko get down on one knee during the highly anticipated “Bachelorette” finale.
Lawson said “yes” to the proposal after saying goodbye to fellow contestant Joey Graziadei, who was named the new Season 28 lead of “The Bachelor.”
“You have been able to make me feel so incredibly special,” Olubeko said to Lawson. “You have made me feel adored and validated and wanted. And to receive that from a woman of your caliber, Charity, I don’t think you understand what that means to me. But I’m certain that I want to spend the rest of my life showing you.”
He continued, “The love that we have is perfect. And so, Ms. Charity Lawson, would you do me the honor of turning the fairytale into a reality?”
Charity will be joining fellow reality star Ariana Madix in the ballroom this season. The “Vanderpump Rules” star confirmed she signed onto the show in a promo video with Derek Hough that aired on “Good Morning America” back in July.
“This season on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ we are going absolutely mad – mad for Madix,” Hough began in the video.
Madix added, “I will be joining the cast of ‘Dancing with the Stars’ this season!”
The reality star’s announcement came amid all the drama surrounding her and now-ex Tom Sandoval, who cheated on the blond beauty with their mutual “Vanderpump Rules” co-star Raquel Leviss. The scandal – dubbed Scandoval – played out on the latest season of the hit Bravo series, with many of the cast members publicly declaring they were “#TeamAriana.”
The full list of celebrities competing for the Season 32 mirrorball trophy will be announced Wednesday, Sept. 13 on “GMA” before the dance competition series returns this fall on ABC and Disney+.
As Page Six previously reported, this season will be co-hosted by Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro following Tyra Banks’ departure. Derek, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli will all be back as judges, while the Season 32 pros have yet to be announced.
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