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Brooke Burke reflected upon her successful 2008 run on Dancing with the Stars on ABC, describing her partnership with Derek Hough as “magical.”
The TV personality also candidly admitted she ended up “crushing on Derek” after resolving the initial strains in their relationship.
Brooke made some candid confessions while speaking with fellow DWTS alum Cheryl Burke on the latest episode of the Sex, Lies and Spray Tans podcast.
Initially, the actress was not completely sold on her dance partner and found him “young and green”, but her thoughts soon changed when the pair got to work.
She said: “I just thought [Derek] was so young and green and safe. I had no idea he would be such a powerful, bada** choreographer.”
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At the time, Brooke was married to actor David Charvet, but she admitted to Cheryl, “had I not been married… I would have actually hoped we would have had a love affair.”
She confessed: “I don’t think I’ve ever said that,” before doubling down on her statement and explaining why she believed there could have been more than a dance partnership.
The TV presenter insisted: “I would have had an affair with him. But listen, let me tell you why: You are intertwined with someone’s body when you’re not a dancer.
“There is no way that I have ever been so connected — besides with a lover or a husband — than I was with Derek. And it’s every single day.
“So for three months, you are in someone’s arms. Why do you think people fall in love?”
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Brooke went on to claim that dancing sometimes could be “more intimate” as she recounted her experience dancing with Derek.
She told the podcast host: “You smell them, you feel them, you’re breathing with them. It can be more intimate than making love in a bedroom — you’re making love on a dance floor, you feel more connected.
“If you have energy, you’re doing this dance and you’re in the rhythm, and then there’s trust, then you’re sharing fear, you’re doing something you’ve never done.
“How many times do you go through an experience with someone where they’re all you’ve got?”
The new season of DWTS has seen Britney Spears’ sister Jamie-Lynn getting eliminated recently, while the show paid tribute to the late, great judge Len Goodman.
Dancing with the Stars season 32 airs on ABC and Disney Plus
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