{"id":2465348,"date":"2026-06-18T13:31:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2465348"},"modified":"2026-06-18T13:31:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:31:27","slug":"hilarious-late-night-tv-personality-joins-season-35-cast-of-dwts-very-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hilarious-late-night-tv-personality-joins-season-35-cast-of-dwts-very-happy\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilarious Late-Night TV Personality Joins Season 35 Cast of \u2018DWTS\u2019: \u2018Very Happy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"&lt;span class=&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;&gt;Instagram\/Dancing With The Stars&lt;\/span&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"524\" height=\"404\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Xdw3zTDNoxd51gHGvNN8ig--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTc0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/star_860\/9d3e4ddbefdb3c79c2b46ee04e2b250b\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram\/Dancing With The Stars<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An unexpected celebrity will be showing off his moves on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/val-chmerkovskiy-hospitalized-amid-dancing-163147615.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Dancing with the Stars;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Dancing with the Stars&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Dancing with the Stars<\/a> this fall!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On the Wednesday, June 17, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZtjXCiBmuw\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:episode;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;episode&quot;}\">episode<\/a> of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/starmagazine.com\/tag\/jimmy-kimmel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Jimmy Kimmel;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jimmy Kimmel&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong>Jimmy Kimmel<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s late-night talk show, he announced that his hilarious sidekick, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/starmagazine.com\/tag\/guillermo-rodriguez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Guillermo Rodriguez;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Guillermo Rodriguez&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong>Guillermo Rodriguez<\/strong><\/a>, would be joining the upcoming season of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/dancing-stars-pro-rylee-arnold-110010143.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:hit dance competition show.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;hit dance competition show.&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">hit dance competition show.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After Kimmel, 58, told audience members the news, Rodriguez, 55 \u2014 who began as the talk show\u2019s parking lot security guard \u2014 exclaimed, \u201cI\u2019m excited, I\u2019m very happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAre you up to this challenge?\u201d Kimmel asked, to which the comedian confirmed he was.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kimmel also jokingly told Rodriguez he had to \u201cpromise\u201d not to \u201close a single adorable pound.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI promise if I lose 5 pounds, I\u2019m going to gain 10 pounds back right away,\u201d Rodriguez assured.<\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\" &lt;span class=&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;&gt;Xavier Collin\/Image Press Agency \/ MEGA&lt;\/span&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1440\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/K5dZMzWj.dQ1GNHJaiurxw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTE0NDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/star_860\/6966907366d9e2267ddbcd0f421c5c47\"\/><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xavier Collin\/Image Press Agency \/ MEGA<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jimmy Kimmel Live! posted a clip of the announcement on its Instagram page, and DWTS cast members and fans took to the comments section to rave about the news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cBeyond excited to be in the ballroom together \u2013 when in doubt, shake it out Guillermo \ud83d\udd25,\u201d host <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/starmagazine.com\/tag\/julianne-hough\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Julianne Hough;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Julianne Hough&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong>Julianne Hough<\/strong><\/a> wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cBrilliant! Can\u2019t wait to see you in the ballroom!\u201d judge <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/starmagazine.com\/tag\/carrie-ann-inaba\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Carrie Ann Inaba;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Carrie Ann Inaba&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong>Carrie Ann Inaba<\/strong><\/a> gushed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cG! This is amazing! Congratulations! \ud83d\udc4f\u2764\ufe0f,\u201d a fan penned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI\u2019m definitely going to watch DWTS this season! Voting for Guillermo \u2764\ufe0f,\u201d another fan commented.<\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\" &lt;span class=&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;&gt;Sam Payne\/Broadimage \/ MEGA&lt;\/span&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1191\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/0h3Zty7sBiHeBPLj2l09Ow--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTExOTE7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/star_860\/67a8ee48bf24399846dbe15be052f92a\"\/><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam Payne\/Broadimage \/ MEGA<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">So far, three other celebrities cast in season 35 have been revealed: The Traitors alum <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/starmagazine.com\/tag\/maura-higgins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Maura Higgins;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Maura Higgins&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong>Maura Higgins<\/strong><\/a>, Summer House star <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/starmagazine.com\/tag\/ciara-miller\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Ciara Miller;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Ciara Miller&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong>Ciara Miller<\/strong><\/a>, and Savannah Bananas player <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/starmagazine.com\/tag\/jackson-olson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Jackson Olson;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jackson Olson&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong>Jackson Olson<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ahead of the new season, the spinoff series Dancing With the Stars: The Next Pro, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/robert-irwin-credits-sister-bindi-191914742.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:hosted by season 34 champion;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;hosted by season 34 champion&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">hosted by season 34 champion<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/starmagazine.com\/tag\/robert-irwin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Robert Irwin;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Robert Irwin&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong>Robert Irwin<\/strong><\/a>, will premiere on Monday, July 13.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/starmagazine.com\/hilarious-late-night-tv-personality-joins-season-35-cast-of-dwts-very-happy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Hilarious Late-Night TV Personality Joins Season 35 Cast of \u2018DWTS\u2019: \u2018Very Happy\u2019;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Hilarious Late-Night TV Personality Joins Season 35 Cast of \u2018DWTS\u2019&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Hilarious Late-Night TV Personality Joins Season 35 Cast of \u2018DWTS\u2019: \u2018Very Happy\u2019<\/a> first appeared on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-loved-173318040.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Star;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Star&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><i>Star<\/i><\/a>. Follow <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/profiles.yahoo.com\/brands\/star\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Star on Yahoo;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Star on Yahoo&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong>Star<\/strong> on <strong>Yahoo<\/strong><\/a> so you don\u2019t miss what\u2019s coming next.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram\/Dancing With The Stars An unexpected celebrity will be showing off his moves on Dancing with the Stars this fall! On the Wednesday, June 17, episode of Jimmy Kimmel\u2018s late-night talk show, he announced that his hilarious sidekick, Guillermo Rodriguez, would be joining the upcoming season of the hit dance competition show. After Kimmel, 58, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2465349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[41508,375609,23060,311277],"class_list":["post-2465348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-dancing-with-the-stars","tag-guillermo-rodriguez","tag-jimmy-kimmel","tag-upcoming-season"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hilarious-Late-Night-TV-Personality-Joins-Season-35-Cast-of-\u2018DWTS.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2465348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2465350,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465348\/revisions\/2465350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2465349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2465348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2465348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2465348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}