A late night star who used to be a security guard earning $20 an hour has joined season 35 of .
Late-Night Star Joins Dancing With The Stars!
A late night star who used to be a security guard earning $20 an hour has joined season 35 of Dancing With The Stars.The lucky guy who gets to cha-cha and samba...
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The lucky guy who gets to cha-cha and samba on live TV is Guillermo Rodriguez, the sidekick to .
Kimmel made the announcement himself on his late night show that the 55-year-old from will be on the competition show this fall.
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'This September, Guillermo will become the first-ever parking lot security guard to dance with the stars,' Kimmel, 58, said.
Then he joked, 'Don't lose a single adorable pound! '
A late night star who used to be a security guard earning $20 an hour has joined season 35 of Dancing With The Stars. A cast shot from last year
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Rodriguez has been working on Jimmy Kimmel Live! for 23 years, having started on the show as a security guard.
After their on-air banter became a highlight of the show, Rodriguez was asked to be a part of the show.
A full list of cast members (including stars and pro dancers) is set to be unveiled on September 2 on Good Morning America.
A new dancer from The Next Pro, which is hosted by Robert Irwin, will also be joining the series.
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Savannah Bananas' Jackson Olson will also be on season 35 as will Summer House star Ciara Miller and Love Island's Maura Higgins.
'The training is meant to be quite grueling,' Maura, 35, exclusively told Us Weekly in May.
The lucky guy who gets to cha-cha and samba on live TV is Guillermo Rodriguez. Seen on June 12 in Los Angeles
He is the sidekick to Jimmy Kimmel. Kimmel made the announcement on his late night show. Seen in May
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'That's why I want Mark [Ballas], because maybe he might go easy on me a bit. But then I do probably need to be pushed.
'If it's not Mark, I think I'd want Val [Chmerkovskiy],' Maura told Us. 'I mean, to be honest, I'm OK to have anyone else. I just don't want Gleb [Savchenko]. That's the main thing for me.'
Ciara wants Val, 40, as her partner.
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