Brooke Burke Tempted To Have ‘Love Affair’ with DWTS Derek Hough

We have so heard when you couple up to perform on Dancing With The Stars, very often a relationship develops, after all you are in grueling rehearsals 5-8 hours a day.

Former Dancing With The Stars pro Cheryl Burke who danced on the show for 26 seasons, now has her own podcast called “Sex, Lies and Spray Tans”, which she invited Brooke Burke as a guest to chat about her long association with the show as a dancer and then host. It all started back in 2008 when she competed on the show with handsome partner Derek Hough. They both won the coveted Mirrorball trophy.

Burke said she had such an emotional connection with Derek Hough. It strengthened perhaps even more than I anticipated. She went on the say, “Had I not been married, I would have actually hoped we would have had a love affair,” Brooke admitted. She was married to David Charvet at that time (they’ve since divorced in 2020).

She continued, “You are intertwined with someone’s body when you’re a dancer,” “There is no way that I have ever been so connected, besides with a lover or a husband, than I was with Derek. “With years of hindsight, Brooke says can happen to easily. “So for three months, you are in someone’s arms. Why do you think people fall in love?” BTW, Derek is happily married now.

DWTS has a long history of professional dancers and their celebrity partners sparking up a hot romance. Last year, Britt Stewart and CODA star Daniel Durant turned their dance partnership romantic, and they are actually still together. Cheryl Burke also asked her if Dancing With The Stars asked her back to be a part of the show, Brooke said “no”. The no is because of the exit, the no is because of style, the no is because of integrity and respect.” Brooke went on to say she took serious issue with the fact she was never given a reason for getting fired from the show after eight seasons. She was right in the middle of building a house when the show pulled the floor out from under her. “I didn’t feel like I was met with the same respect that I gave the show, so that’s what was frustrating,”

Photo Credit: Brit Stewart Instagram

Photo Credit: Brooke Burke -Sara Horbanic Photos

Photo Credit: Derek Hough- Instagram