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Cheryl Burke: Dancing with the Stars Stint with Ian Ziering Was a Nightmare
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Ever wondered what it's like to be holed up with a dance partner, grunting and sweating for weeks on end as part of Dancing With the Stars? Well, it's a complete nightmare - at least if you're Cheryl Burke and you're partnered with Ian Ziering.
TMZ says that Burke recently revealed on Matt Weiss and Theo Von's "Allegedly" podcast that the Beverly Hills, 90210 heartthrob drove her so nuts during their time on Season 4 it made her "want to slit [her] wrists."
Cheryl Burke leaving Dancing with the Stars for variety show
Although they got eliminated in the semi-finals, Burke said she practically begged producers to knock them out long before then. Of course, Burke, who won the top prize in Seasons 2 and 3, had said publicly that she wanted to leave long before hanging up her shoes in 2014, so maybe she was just over it altogether?