The ABC reality show’s 23rd season will premiere Sept. 12. | Getty Perry joins 'Dancing With The Stars'

Rick Perry is ready to take his Texas two-step on a national stage.

The former Texas governor will join the cast of the wildly popular Dancing With The Stars, Entertainment Tonight reports .


The ABC reality show’s 23rd season will premiere Sept. 12.

Perry joins a celebrity cast that includes rapper Vanilla Ice, retired football star Calvin “Megatron” Johnson and embattled Olympian Ryan Lochte, according to Entertainment Tonight. The full cast will formally be revealed Tuesday on Good Morning America.

After seeking the GOP presidential nomination in 2012 and again in 2016, Perry has thrown his support behind fellow-reality TV star Donald Trump, joining his once-rival’s rural and agriculture advisory committee .