Cheryl Burke Says ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Should Not Air During Strikes, Weighs In on Controversial Casting of Adrian Peterson

variety.com:

Emily Longeretta Cheryl Burke is sharing her story. The professional dancer, who competed on 25 seasons of “Dancing With the Stars” before retiring earlier this year, just launched a new podcast.

On iHeartRadio’s “Sex, Lies and Spray Tans” podcast, Burke will share behind-the-scenes secrets and stories from her time on the hit ABC series as well as interviews with former and current pros and contestants.

The first two episodes are available now. While promoting her new project, Burke opened up to Variety about the Season 32 cast of “Dancing With the Stars,” shared her thoughts on the show airing during the ongoing strikes and reacted to Sharna Burgess’ recent comments criticizing the show for casting Adrian Peterson, who faced child abuse charges. Your new podcast is called “Sex, Lies and Spray Tans.” As an avid “Dancing With the Stars” viewer, I get the spray tans part!

Can you explain the sex and lies part? With the closeness of two people ballroom dancing and the body contact… I’ve always said that “Dancing with the Stars” needs to have an after show called “Dancing With the Stars: After Dark,” because there’s so much that goes on in these rehearsal spaces, during dress rehearsals, during the live show that the fans who’ve been a part of this show for so many decades now have no idea what’s going on.