Dancing With the Stars Celeb Cast Announcement Date, Plus New Details About Season 21

Glamour: Alfonso Ribeiro told me earlier tonight that he called Ricky Schroder personally to try and recruit him next season, but Ricky doesn't seem to want to do it. Can you confirm that?

Rob: I don't know, I can't confirm or deny!

Glamour: But you're smiling!

Rob: [Laughs] What I can say is that I would love Ricky Schroder on the show.

Deena: I've asked him over and over again, so...just because Ricky says no, it doesn't mean no forever.

Rob: Maybe one day. If Ricky is listening now, or reading now...

Deena: Ricky, it could be the time of your life!

Rob: It doesn't matter if you can't dance or don't think you can dance. The show is not about that. It's about learning to dance and overcoming your fears.

Glamour: Chris Soules couldn't dance at first, and look how far he went!

Rob: And he got better too!

Glamour: When we last sat down in May, you told me that you don't believe a celeb is a sure thing on DWTS until you've had a chance to talk to them on the phone and not just their agent or manager. So how many of the new cast have you actually talked to?

Deena: Well, I've talked to more than he has! I've talked to almost all of them. I think the last two are coming in [today].

Rob: We've sat down with a lot of them. I know I'm the producer on the show, but it's a really good cast. I don't want to jinx this, but there's a couple people in there that I was like, "Wow, we got them." And then you meet them and you're like, "Yeah. Oh yeah." I'm excited, but I'm not jinxing it!

Dancing With the Stars returns Monday, September 14.