Cheryl Burke ‘Wasn’t Invited’ to DWTS’ Len Goodman Tribute

Cheryl Burke won’t be returning to the Dancing With the Stars ballroom subsequent week to honor late decide Len Goodman.

“For those of you asking if I’ll be a part of Len Goodman’s tribute next week on DWTS, unfortunately, I wasn’t invited however, I’ll be there in spirit and can’t wait to cheer my former colleagues on!” Burke, 39, wrote through Threads on Thursday, October 19. “Sending love and light to everyone. 🤍🙏🏼 #riplen.”

On the Tuesday, October 17, episode of DWTS, co-hosts Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough shared that the October 24 episode will characteristic a dance tribute to Goodman who died at age 78 in April after his personal battle with prostate most cancers.

Ribeiro, 52, and Hough, 35, introduced that the particular occasion would come with a number of former execs together with Maks Chmerkovskiy, Kym Johnson-Herjavec, Tony Dovolani, Anna Trebunskaya, Edyta Śliwińska, Karina Smirnoff, Louis van Amstel and Mark Ballas.

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Despite not receiving an invitation, Burke had one of many lengthiest tenures on the present. During her debut, which aired in 2006, she took residence the mirrorball with accomplice Drew Lachey. Burke returned for season 3 and was victorious but once more with Emmitt Smith. She took a short hiatus from 2015 to 2016, and finally appeared on a complete of 26 seasons earlier than saying her retirement in November 2022.

“This has been one of the absolute hardest decisions of my life & I am also confident that it is the right one,” she wrote through Instagram on the time. “This show has been my 2nd family since I was 21 years old. The cast, crew & fans have seen me through my highest highs & some of my lowest lows, & I honestly don’t know who I would be today without them.”

Since her exit, Burke has been candid about how she’s been navigating the transition into her post-DWTS life.

“This has been the worst divorce because … though it was my choice, it doesn’t matter,” Burke completely informed Us Weekly about the way it felt to dangle up her dancing sneakers. “This was a part of my life [for] almost half of my life.”

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When Burke discovered of Goodman’s passing, she penned an emotional tribute in his honor and opened up about how a lot his mentorship meant to her.

“From when I was a teenager when he used to judge me in all of the European dance competitions I took part in all the way up until the day we hugged each other when we both retired on @dancingwiththestars this past season,” she wrote through Instagram in April. “Thank you for being the face of Ballroom Dancing and always standing by what was right no matter what.”