Cheryl Burke slammed critics that have been commenting under social media speculation about her appearance.
The Dancing With The Stars professional dancer, 41, took to her TikTok page on Sunday to dispel rumors that she was using weight-loss drug Ozempic.
‘Let’s just address the elephant in the comment section. I’m not on Ozempic. I’m not sick. I didn’t get a face transplant, and no, I didn’t get a brow lift,’ she said in the TikTok video as she took her makeup off.
‘The level of projection that is happening and that I’m witnessing is wild,’ the star said, referring to the countless comments fans have left under her videos regarding her changed appearance.
‘This is not Cheryl Burke,’ one person wrote under her previous video, which featured the star dancing, while another said: ‘GLP1 Final Boss’ and someone else said ‘Ozempic Cheryl.’
Cheryl Burke slammed critics that have been commenting under social media speculation about her appearance
‘The way some of you guys talk about me, it’s like you think I’m a headline or a filter, not a person. But what really gets me, “We miss the old Cheryl.”‘
‘Suite Life of Zack and Cody Cheryl. Back in 2006, Dancing With The Stars season two when I was 21 years old. Or the three years ago Cheryl when I was going through a divorce. Because I hate to break it to you, but that Cheryl doesn’t exist anymore,’ she said as she wiped off her makeup.
Adding: ‘The assumptions are just exhausting as hell. The accusations are completely cruel and the fact that so many of them are coming from women – that’s what’s so shocking and hurtful to be quite honest.’
Cheryl went on to say in the TikTok: ‘I have been in the public eye since I was 21 years old. My body has changed over the past 20 years. My face has changed because I have changed. I’ve experienced so much trauma, divorce and this is by no means a pity party, sobriety, burn out, reinvention, I’ve healed, I’ve lost, I’ve grieved like anybody else and yeah, maybe it shows but I’m not sorry for it, not one bit.’
‘Do you want to know what’s really changed? My passion, my purpose, my commitment to using this platform for something real. But what’s been so challenging honestly lately is this pressure to prove that I haven’t done something. To convince people that honestly my healing is valid, simply because it doesn’t come with a before and after label they approve of,’ she said.
‘I’m still the same person that advocated for mental health and body image for years’ noting that she does it different now,’ adding that ‘this is me at 41. I’m still healing, still growing and still choosing to show up.’
The star noted that if ‘you’re here to speculate, compare, or demand answers that you’re not entitled to, you’re not welcome’ in her space that she created.
She added the caption: ‘I’m not on Ozempic. I’m not sick. I didn’t get “a new face.” Stop dissecting women’s bodies like they belong to you. This is YOUR reminder: I don’t owe you an explanation for my healing or for anything quite frankly. Let this be the last time I have to say it,’ adding hashtags: ‘#stopbodyshaming #realtalk #mentalhealthawareness.’
The Dancing With The Stars professional dancer, 41, took to her TikTok page on Sunday to dispel rumors that she was using weight-loss drug Ozempic
Fans couldn’t stop commenting on the dancing star’s TikToks
‘She doesn’t look the same at all. I didn’t recognize her,’ and another posed the question: ‘What happened’
‘I’m still the same person that advocated for mental health and body image for years’ noting that she does it different now,’ adding that ‘this is me at 41. I’m still healing, still growing and still choosing to show up’; Cheryl pictured in 2023 in West Hollywood
‘Suite Life of Zack and Cody Cheryl. Back in 2006, Dancing With The Stars season two when I was 21 years old. Or the three years ago Cheryl when I was going through a divorce. Because I hate to break it to you, but that Cheryl doesn’t exist anymore,’ she said as she wiped off her makeup
‘That Ozempic Cheryl. Like Bizarro Superman. Similar., but not the same,’ a fan said, as another wrote: ‘That’s not Cheryl’ beneath her dancing video shared prior.
‘She doesn’t look the same at all. I didn’t recognize her,’ and another posed the question: ‘What happened.’
‘The GLP 1 ate your muscles,’ ‘she disappears when turned sideways,’ ‘you look amazing but how did you get so thin,’ fans asked.
Cheryl got a divorce from actor Matthew Lawrence in 2022 after they were married for three years.
He went on to date TLC singer Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas.
Cheryl became a household name on Dancing With The Stars, which she appeared in for 26 seasons until her retirement from the show in 2022.
