Cheryl Burke reveals her body dysmorphia

Cheryl Burke candidly talked about the body dysmorphia she faced while doing the ABC reality show.

The reality TV star recalled her time on the show, Dancing with the Stars while talking with Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes during the April 16 episode of their Amy & T.J. Podcast.

The show host, Holmes asked the reality show dancer how long it would take her to get back into the swing of the show, to which she replied she is confident enough to train Holmes but she added she'd have to change her physical appearance.

Cheryl said, “As far as wearing one of the outfits, I would probably get on some, I don't know, some sort of strict diet,

“But that's my body dysmorphia that I'll forever have... I'm very open with that,” she admitted.

Cheryl detailed her experience as one of the series’ professional dancers, “I started when I was 21 years old," Burke recalled. "I went through this horrific like, ‘She's too fat for TV too.’ ”

“I was growing into who I am as a woman as well. And with that, I did gain weight,” she explained.

In season 7 one of the things that engraved in her memory, Burke said. “When you first see yourself like being talked about like on KTLA, you're like, ‘Wait, what is this?’ ”

Robach quickly inquired, “Wait, what? You were being talked about? What your body looked like?” “Yeah,” Burke confirmed.

“Who was saying that you were overweight?” asked Robach.

“I think it was just people like people that watch the show. I mean, you know, I did gain a few pounds during the hiatus. Yes, I mean, naturally right like we do,” Burke said,

She went on to say, “But like, I am curvy in comparison to a lot of the other professional women.”

Burke continued, “Whenever [she] did gain weight, it was a thing.”

She added that she believes “it was a thing that back in the day,” noting that she thinks “nowadays no one would ever say anything. Times have changed.”

Burke talked about her body fear by saying, “I'm not gonna say I'm fully recovered, but I'm definitely healing. That's gonna be a forever process.”

For those unversed, Burke was the first female professional dancer on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, who won the show twice and also consecutively (season 2 and 3).