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'Dancing With the Stars' Season 23 Spoilers: Amber Rose joins reality dance competition

| Aug 24, 2016 11:28 AM EDT

Amber Rose attends the VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail The Queens at David Geffen Hall on July 11, 2016 in New York City.

Amber Rose will be one of the contestants on the upcoming 23rd season of "Dancing With the Stars."

The 32-year-old model/author/activist/talk show host is the latest addition to the line-up of ABC's dance competition series and will compete for the coveted Mirrorball Trophy on the upcoming season, according to E! News.

ABC has not confirmed the show's casting but the complete line-up will officially be announced during the Aug. 30 episode of "Good Morning America."

However, there is speculation that "The Bachelorette's" JoJo Fletcher and former Disney star Jake T. Austin will also be participating in the reality show, as previously reported.

Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles had also been approached to shake a leg on "DWTS" but the 19-year-old gymnast said she could not partake in the competition due to scheduling conflicts with her gymnastics tour.

"Well, I would love to [join DWTS], but the fall season won't work because [of] the tour [Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions]," said Biles, Entertainment Tonight reported.

The 19-year-old athlete, who brought home four gold medals and a bronze from the Rio Olympics, however did not rule out the possibility of hitting the ballroom in Season 24. "If I could do the spring season, I would love to do that!" she added.

Biles' fellow teammate Aly Raisman, who won gold at the 2012 London Olympics, featured on Season 16 of the dance competition in 2013, finishing in fourth place with partner Mark Ballas.

Even though the contestant line-up is yet to be announced by ABC. The network has already revealed the pro dancers that will shake a leg alongside the celebrities and they include Val Chmerkovskiy, Allison Holker, Sharna Burgess, Lindsay Arnold, Witney Carson, Sasha Farber and Gleb Savchenko.

"Dancing with the Stars" hits television screens on Sept. 12.

More details about Amber's casting in the video below:

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