Everything Cheryl Burke Has Said About Dating and Love After Matthew Lawrence Split

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Everything Cheryl Burke Has Said About Dating and Love After Matthew Lawrence Split

Ready for love? Following her split from Matthew Lawrence, Cheryl Burke has been honest about the ups and downs of trying to date again. Four months after she filed for divorce in January 2022, Burke revealed that a new man caught her eye when she least expected it. "I would love a neuroscientist, if I'm being really picky. But we're trying not to be, so I’m trying not to predict my future as if I have any control over it," she told Entertainment Tonight in May 2022, noting at the time that she had "someone specific" in mind. During the interview, the Dancing With the Stars pro confirmed that her crush was on Stanford University associate professor Dr. Andrew Huberman. "He doesn't know I have a crush on him," she revealed. "I refuse to do a dating app, but I will definitely internet crush all day long. I'm into his brain and maybe his looks." Even though Burke was hesitant to start dating again, her interest in Huberman made her reconsider. "[He's] a big crush of mine. I might be ready to date if he comes on [my podcast, 'Burke In the Game']. I doubt he would ever do this podcast, but that's fine," she added at the time. Burke initially dated Lawrence from 2007 to 2008 before rekindling their romance in 2017. The California native split from the actor nearly three years after they tied the knot in May 2019. [jwplayer AvPaoqkC-zhNYySv2] In court docs obtained by Us Weekly in February 2022, the dancer listed "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the pair's breakup. Shortly after her divorce made headlines, Burke took to social media to address the major life change. "I know I have always said I'm an open book with you guys, I do strive to be, and in writing this I've realized there really isn't an easy way to announce that my marriage is ending," she wrote via Instagram at the time. "I hope you can understand that I will not be commenting any further at this time and am asking for understanding and privacy. Thank you all for all the kind words and support you've given me." Later that year, the Dance Moms alum opened up about the new set of rules she gave herself before getting back out into the dating scene. “I am done hitting the streets. That sounds bad but, you know, back in my club days, it was like an every morning embarrassment," Burke exclusively told Us in May 2022. "I can’t be in that environment. I don’t want to be. It’s no fun. It’s no fun when I can’t even hear the other person talk.” Burke also pointed out that she wasn't against getting married again, adding, “I need to believe and love myself enough to really know that I deserve a good guy." Scroll down for everything Burke has said about moving on after filing for divorce: [podcast_block]

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Everything Cheryl Burke Has Said About Dating and Love After Matthew Lawrence Split

Ready for love? Following her split from Matthew Lawrence, Cheryl Burke has been honest about the ups and downs of trying to date again. Four months after she filed for divorce in January 2022, Burke revealed that a new man caught her eye when she least expected it. "I would love a neuroscientist, if I'm being really picky. But we're trying not to be, so I’m trying not to predict my future as if I have any control over it," she told Entertainment Tonight in May 2022, noting at the time that she had "someone specific" in mind. During the interview, the Dancing With the Stars pro confirmed that her crush was on Stanford University associate professor Dr. Andrew Huberman. "He doesn't know I have a crush on him," she revealed. "I refuse to do a dating app, but I will definitely internet crush all day long. I'm into his brain and maybe his looks." Even though Burke was hesitant to start dating again, her interest in Huberman made her reconsider. "[He's] a big crush of mine. I might be ready to date if he comes on [my podcast, 'Burke In the Game']. I doubt he would ever do this podcast, but that's fine," she added at the time. Burke initially dated Lawrence from 2007 to 2008 before rekindling their romance in 2017. The California native split from the actor nearly three years after they tied the knot in May 2019. [jwplayer AvPaoqkC-zhNYySv2] In court docs obtained by Us Weekly in February 2022, the dancer listed "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the pair's breakup. Shortly after her divorce made headlines, Burke took to social media to address the major life change. "I know I have always said I'm an open book with you guys, I do strive to be, and in writing this I've realized there really isn't an easy way to announce that my marriage is ending," she wrote via Instagram at the time. "I hope you can understand that I will not be commenting any further at this time and am asking for understanding and privacy. Thank you all for all the kind words and support you've given me." Later that year, the Dance Moms alum opened up about the new set of rules she gave herself before getting back out into the dating scene. “I am done hitting the streets. That sounds bad but, you know, back in my club days, it was like an every morning embarrassment," Burke exclusively told Us in May 2022. "I can’t be in that environment. I don’t want to be. It’s no fun. It’s no fun when I can’t even hear the other person talk.” Burke also pointed out that she wasn't against getting married again, adding, “I need to believe and love myself enough to really know that I deserve a good guy." Scroll down for everything Burke has said about moving on after filing for divorce: [podcast_block]

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Taking Her Time

"I have social phobia and I prefer to be in my home. I actually don't love going out, especially with my sobriety," the DWTS champ said during an episode of The Tamron Hall Show in May 2022, adding that she is trying to "just love" herself first. "I'm just learning about all of this and interaction and, like, the new way of dating, you have to swipe left. I'm just like, ‘I really can't wrap my head around this whole thing.’”

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Nothing Is Off the Table

In May 2022, Burke opened up about working on herself before trying to find someone new.

“I need to believe and love myself enough to really know that I deserve a good guy,” she revealed to Us. “This is just untraining my brain. I need to not be like, ‘Why do I attract certain men?’ Versus, like, ‘Why do certain men disgust me?’ It’s being proactive in trying to stay present and conscious and know my self-worth. And a lot of that is still in the works."

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A Process

"I think I will be ready, but I think that part of this process, or let's say part of this experiment — this surrender experiment — is not just ‘find Cheryl a date tomorrow,'" she shared on her "Burke In The Game" podcast. "Because I am actually not ready for dating tomorrow, or maybe not next week, maybe not for another few months, maybe not for a year, I don't know."

Burke continued: "I'm not ready to give or even listen until I listen to me first. I haven't been filled up yet inside. The wound is still open. And for me to pretend that I am ready to even sit with another gender and someone I don't know who is not my friend is just not something I'm ready for."

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Having Some Concerns

After being married for nearly three years, the idea of meeting new people worried Burke.

“I haven’t been in the dating scene since before maybe dating apps were invented,” she detailed to Extra, noting that she wasn't looking to join an app. "I just find it so disgusting. People can just swipe — it’s all about the way you look, right? But can you dive deep — that’s what I want to know.”

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Keeping Her Options Open

"Jack Osbourne just tried to [set me up] yesterday," the podcast host detailed to ET in May 2022. "Of course I go straight to Google. [After my online search] I was about to be like, '[He's] maybe not for me,' but that’s the old Cheryl Burke. I’m trying to have an open mind."

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Ready to Get Back Out There?

“It doesn't necessarily mean, though, that I'm ready to get on Raya or any of these dating apps just yet. I definitely want to start, maybe, meeting new people,” Burke said on a July 2022 episode of her “Burke in the Game” podcast, noting she was curious about rejoining the dating scene amid her divorce. “Obviously, that means, I'll have to start getting out of my comfort zone and out of this house in order to do so. It is something of curiosity.”

She added: “I am open to definitely starting to date, slowly but surely. However, not so sure yet about these dating apps, but I think that might be the only way because I have left my house a few times and it's not that easy to meet people, right. So, we'll see what happens.”