Cheryl Burke and Charlie Sheen.Photo:Monica Schipper/Getty; Jerod Harris/Getty
Monica Schipper/Getty; Jerod Harris/Getty
Cheryl Burkeis looking back on her one and only dance lesson withCharlie Sheen.
On the latest episode of her podcastSex, Lies and Spray Tans, the professional dancer, 39, revealed that she taught theTwo and a Half Menstar, 58, some moves when he was considering competing onDancing with the Stars.
Sam Champion and Cheryl Burke on “Dancing with the Stars”.Christopher Willard/abc
“She was like, ‘Look, we have someone who is a huge name and his team wants you to train him,’” Burke explained. “I said, ‘Are you sure?’ Because if I’m trying to convince someone to do the show, I might not be the person. Because I hate lying. I just don’t want to lie [about] how the process is.”
The television personality admitted the show is a large undertaking, explaining, “It’s beautiful, but it’s freakin’ a lot of work. I’m not even going to deny that. There’s a lot of press, there’s a lot of interviews.”
AJ McLean and Cheryl Burke on “Dancing with the Stars”.Eric McCandless /ABC via Getty
Burke remembered meeting Sheen at theDancing with the Starsrehearsal studio.
“I taught him a few steps,” she noted of the star, who has struggled witha drug and alcohol addiction. “I’m sober now for almost six years and I just had a lot of compassion for him. He seemed so cool. We had so much fun.”
However, she recalled Sheen “asking me questions” about the show’s intensity, adding, “He asked me, ‘How many interviews do we have to do? Do we have to go and do press?’ And I told him, ‘Yeah, we do.’ We’re going to doGMA. Like we’re going to doGood Morning America.”
Cheryl Burke attends the United Ukrainian Ballet performance of “Giselle” at the Segerstrom Center For The Arts on June 29, 2023 in Costa Mesa, California.Corine Solberg/Getty
Corine Solberg/Getty
Burke revealed Sheen was skeptical of his ability to perform on the show, sharing, “He judged himself right away, He was like, ‘I suck at this.’ I’m like, ‘No, this is just the first few steps.’ I taught him a waltz or something. We talked more than we danced, to be honest.”
She still believed that Sheen could be “a great candidate” for the ABC dance competition but Richards, 53, said he would be a tough sell.
“He doesn’t like to work out,” she shared. “There’s a lot of physical activity with dancing… It would be a great challenge for him and something that he should do, but he doesn’t like to sweat.”
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Burke remembered Sheen as “really sweet and kind and humble,” adding, “He was grateful. But I knew as soon as we were finished that it was probably going to be a hard ‘no.’”
source: people.com
