Dance is said to be the vertical expression of horizontal desires. Dancing with the Stars Professional Cheryl Burke He confessed that it was true.
Burke will finish her 26-season run on the ABC dance competition show in 2022. She is now Daytona During the podcast, she said she went through three “showmances” during her time on the series.
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“This is an arranged marriage,” she told guest Dave Quinn. people Senior Editor. “And it's black and white. You either love each other or you really hate each other.”
The rigorous rehearsal schedule requires the pro and celebrity couple to spend a “tremendous” amount of time together.
“It's not like, 'Oh, he's cute.' No, you either love him or you hate him, because you're always [together] “Eight hours a day, seven days a week,” Burke said. “That's crazy. For three months?”
“And you're vulnerable,” she added.
Burke said one former celebrity contestant confessed that she was in love with her professional partner. Although the two were married and nothing was going on between them, Burke said the pair's alleged infidelity extended to the celebrity's family.
“You're in such a close relationship that you can't let go of that person,” Burke says. “You might as well at least try to make it work.”
“It's intimate in so many ways,” she continued. “These celebrities have to strip down everything to be successful, so they're very vulnerable. Is that all? I don't think most married celebrities have ever done that with their wives.”
“If you're going to be on Dancing with the Stars, stay single. That's it,” Burke said.
Burke recalled that she tried to continue a relationship with one of her partners after the show ended, but “it just wasn't going to happen.”
When asked if she was in love with any of her partners, Burke said her showmanship was based on “lust.”
“That's not love, is it?” Burke says. “It is love in the moment, and then you think, 'Wait a second, what is this person like in real life?'”
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