The Bachelor star Ben Higgins is hinting that he may be throwing on his dancing shoes and joining the Season 22 cast of Dancing With the Stars .
Higgins teased a stint of the dance floor in a new interview with E! News , though he seemed reluctant to officially reveal if he’ll be heading to the dance floor when Dancing With the Stars returns for its 22nd season later this month.
Higgins played coy about the possibility of him joining the cast ahead of the big Dancing With the Stars cast reveal on Good Morning America on March 8, simply teasing to E! News earlier this week that he’s “not against any opportunity that presents itself.”
“I need to analyze if that option was there to say, ‘okay, is this the best thing for me?’” Higgins continued to E! News of Dancing With the Stars ahead of The Bachelor: Women Tell All special taping. “I don’t know yet, I don’t,” Ben added.
“I don’t want to say this is the way I’m going to go with it because I haven’t decided,” Ben continued, appearing to hint that he has in fact been offered a role on the show.
Is #TheBachelor ‘s perfect Ben Higgins heading to #DWTS ? https://t.co/BI7l5yziRZ
— E! News (@enews) March 4, 2016
Though Ben Higgins is staying tight lipped on whether he’ll be heading to the ballroom for the ABC series, if he is in fact heading to the ballroom, Higgins certainly won’t be the first Bachelor or Bachelorette to join the Dancing With the Stars cast.
As E! News noted, a slew of past contestants from the popular ABC dating series have strutted their stuff on the dance floor in the past, including season 17’s Sean Lowe, season 19’s Chris Soules and season 14’s Jake Pavelka – all of whom were past Bachelors.
The Bachelorette ‘s Trista Sutter and The Bachelor contestant Melissa Rycroft have also competed on the series in the past.
But while Ben Higgins is staying tight-lipped right now when it comes to the possibility of joining the upcoming Dancing With The Stars cast, he seemed a little more interested in the idea when E! News first asked him about the possibility of joining the show back in December.
Prior to Ben hitting the headlines as The Bachelor this year, Higgins revealed in late 2015 that he was open to anything that may “enhance” his life and admitted that he was “open to anything.”
“I think I’m excited about what experiences are next in life. Just like I never expected to be on The Bachelorette , I never expected to be the Bachelor, I don’t know what to expect next and I’m open to anything,” Ben said when E! News first quizzed him regarding Dancing With the Stars last year.
“I have a great life,” Higgins continued, “I love my life here in Denver. I don’t want to chance my life, but if there’s opportunity to enhance it, I’m all for it!”
Despite Ben’s reluctance to confirm or deny the dancing rumors, The Bachelor fans have been flocking to social media to show their support should Higgins decide to join the show.
“I wish Ben Higgins was on this season of DWTS @benhiggi,” Dancing With The Stars fan account @anythingdwts tweeted out on March 4, while Twitter user @alexisdenae wrote on the 140-character site on February 26, “All I want is Ben Higgins and Rydel to be on dwts.”
Season 22 of Dancing With the Stars is expected to premiere on March 21 on ABC.
Do you think The Bachelor ‘s Ben Higgins will be joining the cast of season 22 of Dancing With the Stars ? Would you like to see Ben on the show?
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