Indeed, two stars of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives—Jen Affleck and Whitney Leavitt—have joined Dancing With the Stars for season 34. The casting announcement was made by Nick Viall during Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Reunion Special, released July 1.
"Because you women are so adored," Viall, who hosted the reunion, said, "they are gonna be sending two of you to Dancing With the Stars."
After their names were announced, Jen and Whitney jumped up to celebrate.
"We're moving to L.A.!" Jen—pregnant with her third child—told Whitney, before cheekily adding, "I hope you know you're going down! Just kidding. Bring it on."
The news comes after two stars were announced earlier this year—Robert Irwin and Alix Earle. For Robert, participating in the show is a family affair, as his sister, Bindi Irwin, won the Mirrorball Trophy in 2015. Now, he's leaning on her for advice.
"She was incredible," Robert shared on the May 5 episode of Today. "So I am really leaning on all of her knowledge. She’s given me a few tips already, but she never danced either."
As to his dance moves, the conservationist joked as he shimmied, "The moves—I’ve got this, a little bit of that. That’s it though.”
Ultimately, it's a dream come true for the 21-year-old.
"I cannot tell you what a privilege, what an honor it is to be joining this season," he shared at a Disney Entertainment Television event in April, per People. "I said, 'One day, that's gonna be me.' And now, that dream is a reality and I am over the moon. Let's do this!"
The same day, Robert told E! News that he was especially excited to join the cast because it can help him to bring awareness to his mission of helping wildlife. As he put it, he's always willing to take on “any exciting new project and really bring it back to the central message that we have which is conservation and protecting animals.”
Joining the cast is also a dream actualized for Alix, who grew up watching the show and was always "so in love with dance."
“I’ve always been a fan of Dancing With the Stars,” she said on the May 22 episode of Good Morning America. “I used to watch it when I was so young with my grandma, and she would always say to me, ‘Maybe one day you could be on there.’”
She added, "I’m ready to challenge myself, I think it’s gonna be a lot of fun. So it was a very obvious answer to say yes.”
While we wait for the rest of the cast to be announced, take a look at the celebs who turned down DWTS.
