Cheryl Burke
STUFF: Was it always your dream to teach clueless celebrities like Ian Ziering how to dance?
CHERYL: In the beginning I wasn’t sure I wanted to do it. When I started, I was very camera-shy, and I didn’t know how to handle myself. But I learned every day and got more and more comfortable.
Do you get to pick which dork you dance with?
They won’t tell us who we’re dancing with until we actually meet them, the day we start rehearsing.
Were you shocked to learn that you’d be foxtrotting with Drew Lachey and Emmitt Smith?
I actually didn’t know who Drew was. And it was the same with Emmitt—I had to Google him.