Cheryl Burke gets candid about being groomed as a child and her history of abusive relationships during an intimate conversation on ‘Red Table Talk.’
Burke's says it all started when she was two, when her parents got divorced."My first memory as a kid was seeing my father with another woman," Burke says.
"It wasn't intercourse. It was other stuff that happened, sexual acts, but I never physically felt hurt. There was moments... [where] it didn't feel bad. It was actually intimate," Burke explains."He was grooming me, and he was my definition of love. This is what love equaled, right? Seeing my father's infidelity, being abused by this old retired mailman, and I didn't really know what a 'healthy' relationship is or was.
Amid all the turmoil, Burke says,"Thank God for dancing. It saved my life." Even that, though, wasn't a totally safe space. Then, in high school, Burke alleges she "dated two men that were very physically and emotionally abusive to a whole other level."
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