Dancing With the Stars‘ newest Season 34 casting announcement is already stirring up pleasure amongst its professional dancers.
It was revealed throughout The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Reunion Particular on Tuesday, July 1, that forged members Jennifer Affleck and Whitney Leavitt will compete for the Len Goodman mirrorball trophy this fall. The information garnered excited reactions from many DWTS professionals, together with ones who’re previous and present members of the Mormon church.
“All of us noticed the Dancing With the Stars announcement right this moment. That is what I’ve to say,” Brandon Armstrong, who grew up within the Mormon religion, started a Tuesday TikTok video earlier than pairing ballroom dance kinds with issues from the Mormon faith. “Mormons and mambos. Batucadas and bishops. Tangos and temples. Whisk and worship. I might go on for days. I’m a meme machine.”
His spouse, Brylee Armstrong, even recommended he be paired with Affleck or Leavitt in a TikTok video of her personal. “We ALL know what must occur right here,” she wrote over a clip of herself and Brandon sitting in a automobile. Within the submit’s caption, she added, “Utahans unite…???”
@brandonarmstrongg Tango, tans, and temples??? What do we predict? 😂 #dwts #SLOMW #dancingwiththestars #secretlivesofmormonwiveshulu #trending #crossover #greenscreenvideo ♬ The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. 9.6 on Hulu. – secretlivesonhulu
Ezra Sosa, who was additionally raised Mormon, joked that “DWTS simply bought an entire lot extra Mormon” in a Tuesday TikTok submit. On his Instagram Story, Sosa reacted to a fan remark that learn, “dwts so mormon ezras gonna re enter the church.” He replied, “SCREAMING AT THIS.”
Ezra’s sister, DWTS Season 33 troupe member Stephani Sosa, additionally reacted to the information by way of TikTok. “Who else is happy about DWTS announcement right this moment🤩🤩🤩,” she wrote over a video of herself dancing to “Manchild” by Sabrina Carpenter on Tuesday.
Rylee Arnold, who can also be Mormon, celebrated Affleck and Leavitt’s casting in a Tuesday Instagram Story submit, writing, “These two are going to be so good!!!!✨🫶🏼🪩 Welcome to the fam!!!”
Earlier this 12 months, former DWTS professional Lindsay Arnold shared why so many DWTS professionals are part of the Mormon church. Because it seems, many Mormons develop up studying ballroom dance in Utah, the place the faith has its headquarters.
“I really feel like in Utah, it’s quite common, mother and father positively need their children to be doing an exercise,” Lindsay defined throughout a Could episode of the “Sizzling Sensible Wealthy” podcast. “That’s simply form of one thing that’s, like, very distinguished. Like, you set your child in one thing and you actually put all of them in.”
She added, “The Mormon tradition may be very very similar to, ‘We would like our youngsters to be good children and to not get into bother and to not discover various things that would lead them in troubled areas.’ So, I really feel like plenty of mother and father put their children in one thing after which push it onerous. However past that, the dance tradition in Utah is simply, it’s very intense in the easiest way.”
Dancing With the Stars, Season 34, Tuesdays, Fall 2025, ABC
