Cheryl Burke Slams ‘Gaslighting’ Haters Over Physique Backlash

The “Dancing with the Stars” alum is getting candid concerning the public scrutiny she’s confronted over her bodily transformation, and why she needs to vary the narrative fully.

Her newest feedback come simply days after Cheryl Burke took to TikTok to immediately confront social media trolls who accused her of utilizing Ozempic and present process beauty procedures.

In a brand new interview with Leisure Tonight, Burke addressed the wave of hypothesis and criticism surrounding her look, saying the dialog has grow to be deeply irritating.

“Let’s speak about psychological well being, let’s speak about what I’ve carried out in the previous few years once I haven’t been within the highlight,” she stated. “I am happy with that work.”

Burke emphasised that whereas she understands fame comes with consideration, she nonetheless feels gaslit by the relentless give attention to her appears to be like.

“I want the dialog can be extra in direction of and geared in direction of that as a substitute of ‘She is on Ozempic, she obtained a complete face raise and all the pieces about her has modified’… gaslighting,” she admitted. “If I had been to say it doesn’t have an effect on me, I’d be mendacity.”

“However does it have an effect on me as dangerous because it did once I was on the present? Not even shut,” she added. “I do know I’ve signed up for it… however I simply hope to affect anybody, particularly younger girls, that there’s extra depth to a human being than their bodily look.”

The skilled dancer, who first rose to fame on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” additionally revealed her longtime battle with physique dysmorphia. She stated it peaked throughout her time on the present when weekly costume fittings made her obsess over her weight.

“My weight has all the time been a problem,” Burke shared. “Within the peak of my insecurity and my physique dysphoria was weekly fittings on the present. I don’t blame the present by any means, however it’s simply the secret…squeezing into these costumes. It might have an effect on me to the purpose the place I might weigh myself always. I might journey with a scale. That’s loopy.”

Burke credited her latest weight reduction to wholesome way of life modifications, together with her participation within the meals program Zen and a shift in her consuming habits, not any of the dramatic strategies followers have speculated about on-line.

Simply days in the past, Burke shared a video on TikTok, addressing the physique shamers.

“Let’s simply deal with the elephant within the remark part,” she stated within the now-viral video. “I’m not on Ozempic. I’m not sick. I didn’t get a face transplant, and no, I didn’t get a forehead raise.”

Burke ended the video by calling out the extreme projection and judgment she’s seen on-line. “The extent of projection that’s taking place and that I’m witnessing is wild,” she stated.

Regardless of the criticism, Burke is standing robust and inspiring followers to give attention to self-worth past appearances. “I’m happy with the work I’ve carried out,” she stated. “And I simply want the dialog can be extra about that.”

“So far as sporting one of many outfits, I might most likely get on some, I do not know, some form of strict weight loss program,” Burke admitted. “However that is my physique dysmorphia that I am going to without end have… I am very open with that.”

Although she did admit to going through some harsh feedback throughout her time on the present, particularly in her early years. “I went by this horrific like, ‘She’s too fats for TV,’” she claimed. “I used to be rising into who I’m as a lady as nicely. And with that, I did acquire weight.”