Cheryl Burke and Matthew Lawrence’s Quotes About Having Kids Ahead of Split

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Cheryl Burke and Matthew Lawrence's Quotes About Having Kids Ahead of Split

What could have been. Prior to their split, Cheryl Burke was vocal about her plans to have children with Matthew Lawrence. The Dancing With the Stars pro met the Mrs. Doubtfire star in 2006 when the actor’s brother Joey Lawrence competed on the ABC show. They started dating the following year but broke up in 2008. Burke reflected on their breakup in a December 2020 YouTube video, saying that she didn’t “love [her]self enough to think that [she] deserved” Lawrence's kindness after a “pattern of dating abusive men.” The I Can Do That alum explained, “I was just wrapped up in this new get-out-of-jail-free card, L.A.-party lifestyle, whereas he had already kind of been there and done that, since he grew up in this industry. … He’s the complete opposite of everything bad about my past relationships.” She and the Pennsylvania native reconciled in 2017. “I’ve never seen Cheryl so happy and so at peace,” a source exclusively told Us Weekly after the pair’s reunion. “Matt is a wonderful presence in her life, and I can see this being it for her." The following year, the Boy Meets World alum exclusively told Us that his relationship with the dancer worked because they were “really good friends.” The Brotherly Love alum explained in April 2018, “That’s where it all starts. I think we have really good companionship and I think we just built from there.” [jwplayer wTyAYW3h-zhNYySv2] Lawrence proposed to Burke the following month, and the couple moved in together in June 2018. They tied the knot in May of the following year in San Diego. The California native called her first year of marriage “great” in April 2020, exclusively telling Us, “[The coronavirus pandemic] has tested us for sure … but I feel sense of ease and peace now that I’m married.” Lawrence chimed in at the time: “It’s just the constant communication. When you stop that communication and when you don’t try every day is when things start to slowly fall apart.” The Dance Moms alum filed for divorce from Lawrence in February 2022. Court documents obtained by Us revealed their date of separation was the previous month. Burke and the Girl Meets World alum's last Instagram photo together was taken in December 2021. “Wishing you a very Merry Christmas,” the season 2 mirrorball trophy winner captioned holiday shots with their pets. Keep scrolling to read everything the former couple said over the years about starting a family together. [podcast_block]

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Cheryl Burke and Matthew Lawrence's Quotes About Having Kids Ahead of Split

What could have been. Prior to their split, Cheryl Burke was vocal about her plans to have children with Matthew Lawrence. The Dancing With the Stars pro met the Mrs. Doubtfire star in 2006 when the actor’s brother Joey Lawrence competed on the ABC show. They started dating the following year but broke up in 2008. Burke reflected on their breakup in a December 2020 YouTube video, saying that she didn’t “love [her]self enough to think that [she] deserved” Lawrence's kindness after a “pattern of dating abusive men.” The I Can Do That alum explained, “I was just wrapped up in this new get-out-of-jail-free card, L.A.-party lifestyle, whereas he had already kind of been there and done that, since he grew up in this industry. … He’s the complete opposite of everything bad about my past relationships.” She and the Pennsylvania native reconciled in 2017. “I’ve never seen Cheryl so happy and so at peace,” a source exclusively told Us Weekly after the pair’s reunion. “Matt is a wonderful presence in her life, and I can see this being it for her." The following year, the Boy Meets World alum exclusively told Us that his relationship with the dancer worked because they were “really good friends.” The Brotherly Love alum explained in April 2018, “That’s where it all starts. I think we have really good companionship and I think we just built from there.” [jwplayer wTyAYW3h-zhNYySv2] Lawrence proposed to Burke the following month, and the couple moved in together in June 2018. They tied the knot in May of the following year in San Diego. The California native called her first year of marriage “great” in April 2020, exclusively telling Us, “[The coronavirus pandemic] has tested us for sure … but I feel sense of ease and peace now that I’m married.” Lawrence chimed in at the time: “It’s just the constant communication. When you stop that communication and when you don’t try every day is when things start to slowly fall apart.” The Dance Moms alum filed for divorce from Lawrence in February 2022. Court documents obtained by Us revealed their date of separation was the previous month. Burke and the Girl Meets World alum's last Instagram photo together was taken in December 2021. “Wishing you a very Merry Christmas,” the season 2 mirrorball trophy winner captioned holiday shots with their pets. Keep scrolling to read everything the former couple said over the years about starting a family together. [podcast_block]

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September 2017

"I would love [to marry him]!" the model exclusively told Us. "We talked about it, so whenever the time is right. Hopefully sooner than later! I’m not getting any younger. We want kids and all of that, so we’ll see what happens.”

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September 2018

"I definitely want to be a mom. I just don’t know about this dance world though. I don’t know if I want them involved in this," Burke told Us. "It’s a lot of pressure, and they have to grow up way too fast. That’s what I did. I don’t want them to grow up fast, I want them to stay kids forever ... they can be doctors, they can be lawyers, they’re not dancers. I can’t do it.”

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April 2020

Lawrence told Us that their pregnancy plans were "on pause" amid the COVID-19 pandemic, saying, “We're just waiting to see what happens because I think we were going to move, we were going to start that next journey. When this starts to clear out, I think we'll have a better view or understanding.”

His then-wife chimed in, "I think it's healthier. I don't know if being pregnant right now would be ideal for me.”

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September 2021

Burke told Tamron Hall that she wanted to wait "another year" to conceive. "I do need to freeze my eggs and I’m really nervous about that," she said during the Tamron Hall Show appearance. "[That probably needs to happen] this year, which would mean I have to get off of my birth control, which means I’m a little paranoid about it.”