Wednesday’s Red Table Talk features Cheryl Burke of Dancing with the Stars discussing prioritising her sobriety after previously using alcohol to “numb” herself. Burke promises to keep prioritising her recovery.
The Dancing with the Stars pro, 38, makes an appearance on Wednesday’s Red Table Talk edition of Facebook Watch and speaks candidly about her addiction recovery with co-hosts Jada Pinkett Smith and Adrienne Banfield Norris.
Burke said on the programme, “I used booze to numb. “I’m a drug addict. I managed to be an addict. What’s wrong with you? folks would ask me when I wasn’t drinking.”
Although she has been clean for four years, she acknowledged that it has been challenging lately because of her ex-husband Matthew Lawrence’s public divorce.
“Right now, especially amid this divorce, it’s not easy. It is beckoning to me “She said. “I did not desire this. That wasn’t the idea since I would have preferred that my parents not get divorced. Without a doubt, I’m not proud of it. But there comes a time when I have to prioritise my sobriety and my own needs.”
Burke continued by saying that she has been approaching her sobriety “one day at a time, one minute at a time.”
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Burke released a TikTok video in August to mark his four years of sobriety.
She responded to an on-screen prompt asking her, “What am I celebrating?” in the 11-second video, “Realizing I just celebrated 4 years of MY SOBRIETY.”
The song “Bad Guy” by Billie Eilish played in the background while Burke posed while wearing several coats and sunglasses. Burke merely used the emoji “” and the hashtags “#soberlife,” “#onedayatatime,” “#soberbirthday,” and “#sobrietyrocks” in her TikTok post.
The dancer previously stated that it has been beneficial for her to be open about her sobriety difficulties because “once you call it out, the stigma goes away,” in an edition of her Burke in the Game podcast.
It’s the name of the game, so I’m really trying to call it out, she added. “I don’t want to even bring up that conversation. I believe it’s crucial to hold myself responsible, and by speaking with you guys, I’m doing just that.”
