Bachelorette Charity Lawson cast on Dancing With The Stars in shocking finale twist after engagement

BACHELORETTE star Charity Lawson has been announced as the second member of the Dancing With the Stars cast.

Dotun Olubeko shared the exciting news with his fiancé during After the Final Rose after viewers saw them get engaged on The Bachelorette finale.

During the special, which aired on ABC on Monday, the Season 20 winner told his bride-to-be: "I know you like to cut up.

"You like to dance and you like to get down. I'm so happy to be the one to tell you that you're going to be on Dancing With the Stars."

Charity, 27, is the second member of the DWTS Season 32 cast to be announced.

Vanderpump Rules star Ariana Madix was previously announced as the first member of the celebrity cast.

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The show will return to ABC this fall and stream on Disney+ simultaneously.

The full cast of DWTS will be announced on September 13.

Alfonso Ribeiro and former pro dancer and judge Julianne Hough are set to host.

Judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Toniolo, and Derek Hough will return.

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LEN'S FAREWELL

Len Goodman was a judge on the dancing competition series, as well as the British show Strictly Come Dancing, for more than a decade.

He died in April at age 78 just a few months after announcing that he was stepping down from the judges panel.

He announced his departure in November 2022 at the end of the show's 31st season.

At the time, he had been judging for 17 years.

Announcing his departure, Len said: "I've been with the show since it started in 2005 and it has been a huge pleasure to have been a part of such a wonderful show."

He was met with rapturous applause as he explained he wanted to spend more time with his family.

Len said: "It has been such a wonderful experience for me."

The TV icon had been in a hospice in Kent, England prior to his passing.

His agent revealed in a statement: "It is with great sadness to announce that Len Goodman has passed away peacefully, aged 78.

"A much-loved husband, father, and grandfather who will be sorely missed by family, friends, and all who knew him."

Shortly after his death, it was revealed that he had been quietly battling bone cancer.

BBC One aired a tribute to the star days after he died.

CHARITY'S BIG WIN

While it's anyone's guess who will win the mirror ball trophy, Charity's already got a huge win under her belt – or rather on her finger.

During Monday's Bachelorette finale, the star got engaged to Dotun.

Her choices came down to her now-fiancé or fan-favorite Joey Graziadei.

While many were hopeful that the latter would win Charity's heart, they took solace in the fact that he was announced as the next Bachelor.

Charity, meanwhile, got engaged to the love of her life during the show.

Shortly after she sent Joey packing, Dotun stepped out of a dark SUV armed with a Neil Lane diamond ring and ready to get down on one knee.

He proposed and she happily accepted, with both crying tears of joy.

Viewers were left divided over her decision.

One posted on X: "I’m at a point where if Joey doesn’t get the final rose on #TheBachelorette then I know this is rigged."

Another wrote: "BOTH MEN WERE TREASURES. JOEY COMFORTED HER TO THE LAST MOMENT. JOEY FOR THE BACHELOR PLEASE."

A third posted: "JOEY YOU'LL FIND THE RIGHT ONE."

It wasn't all negative, however.

Dotun was beloved by many viewers who were rooting for him to win from the beginning.

Ahead of Monday's episode, one user wrote on X: "The Bachelorette Finale is tonight and all I will say is if Charity doesn't choose Dotun I will not be okay for a while."

Another posted: "Not to be dramatic but if Charity doesn't pick Dotun I might die."

Bachelorette fans were convinced early on that Dotun would be the last man standing long before the season came to an end. 

Charity recently shared a photo on her Instagram Story that showed two drinks and a candle on top of a table in a dimly lit room.

The candle was from the restaurant Dutch Fred's, located in New York City, as Charity was in the city doing multiple rounds of press.

Not long after, Dotun shared a similar Instagram Story that showed a few appetizers he had begun chowing down on at a restaurant, seemingly while sitting across from someone else.

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