Cheryl Burke ‘still grieving’ after Matthew Lawrence split: My ‘boundaries’ got very ‘foggy’
13.10.2023 - 17:33
/ nypost.com
Cheryl Burke is looking on the brighter side following her divorce from Matthew Lawrence. The “Dancing With the Stars” alum opened up about her new outlook on life — and what caused the downfall of her marriage — in an interview with the Post.“There’s boundaries, right? Like, I have boundaries. All of that got kind of, I guess, foggy because I didn’t really know who I was as a person,” Burke, 39, said of the relationship.
“But I did know that even back then, that this just doesn’t feel right. It didn’t feel right. I knew that this wasn’t [right], whether it’s because of me evolving or him evolving or us evolving, but not together.
It was important to, first of all, try, which we did.”The “Sex, Lies and Spray Tans” podcast host insisted the exes “did it all” to make their marriage work.“We did try. We were in therapy,” she said. “You know what? This isn’t what it was.
And to walk away with no shame and to walk away with my head held up high was something that I’m proud of to this day. Because it’s not ever fun to say that you’re divorced in your thirties and I’m not the cookie-cutter social norm when it comes to married [with] kids and happily ever after. It’s just — that’s not my story and that’s okay.
And I think being able to forgive myself and to just go with my gut and trust myself is a really big step for me.”Burke and the “Boy Meets World” alum, 43, first met through Lawrence’s older brother, Joey Lawrence, in 2006 and went public the following year. They split, but reconciled in 2017 and tied the knot in 2019. In February 2022, they announced their divorce.Amid the messy split, the exes fought in court about who would win full custody of her dog Ysabella.“It sucks because, for me, it’s just cruel,” she told
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