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Cheryl Burke is getting real about the fat-shaming she endured during the years “Dancing with the Stars”<\/a> was “getting Super Bowl ratings.”<\/p>\n

Burke, 39, left the ballroom dancing competition in 2022 after 26 seasons as a pro. At the show’s peak, Burke endured<\/a> comments about her weight from viewers and fellow professionals \u2013 including Maks Chmerkovskiy.<\/p>\n

“[Maks] apologized years ago when this whole thing happened. He apologized to me and my mother, actually, which was nice of him,” Burke told the New York Post. “But look, is there closure? I don\u2019t know if there\u2019s closure. I mean, it\u2019s not just because of him saying anything. It goes back to my dancing and competition career.”<\/p>\n

\u2018DANCING WITH THE STARS\u2019 PRO CHERYL BURKE REFLECTS ON HOW SHOW HAS \u2018SAVED\u2019 HER LIFE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“This has always been an issue because I am a curvy girl, and that\u2019s just the way it is,” she said. “And I can\u2019t change where my bones are or my hips. And it\u2019s just \u2013 it is what it is. And either I accept it or I don\u2019t. And obviously, when all your whole life it\u2019s been centered around basically that, it\u2019s hard to accept it.”<\/p>\n

She continued, “So, I think, at the end of the day, I [need] closure with myself. And in order for that to happen, I have to love me and the body that God blessed me with, really.”<\/p>\n

Burke’s first partner<\/a> was Drew Lachey \u2013 during his brother, Nick Lachey, and Jessica Simpson’s divorce \u2013 which drew extra media attention to the professional dancer. Burke was 21 years old when she joined the cast of the show and the pair won the season.<\/p>\n

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“I think that was when people started coming in a way after me, and you can\u2019t really \u2013 it\u2019s hard because I was growing up in front of people\u2019s eyes on TV. I started when I was 21, and your hormones change, and I did gain some weight,” she told the New York Post. “I base my life off of seasons here, but I think it was like season 7 or 8, right before I danced with Gilles Marini. And I\u2019ll never forget being the center of the tabloids, just like, \u2018Is she too fat for TV?\u2019 All of these horrible comments.”<\/p>\n

“And it wasn\u2019t just me. It was also Lacey Schwimmer at the time,” Burke noted. “And then some of these pro dancers agreeing with it.”<\/p>\n

Burke still doesn’t believe that the message put out today is “necessarily healthy,” but it’s “slowly getting there.”<\/p>\n

“I think we\u2019re slowly getting better,” she said. “But it is important to still represent that by action and not just by words.”<\/p>\n

A representative for Burke did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.<\/p>\n

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Despite the rough times she’s endured, Burke credited the show for saving her and keeping her motivated.<\/p>\n

“I guess it always goes back to how dancing in a way has saved my life in many ways,” she previously explained to Fox News Digital after filming the season 31 premiere in 2022.<\/p>\n

Burke added, “Whether that is my sobriety or my divorce or when it was really rough last year \u2026 dancing has really, this show especially, has helped me take my mind off the stuff that has been really hard to deal with emotionally.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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