Cheryk Burke Previews Dancing With The Stars Season 23 Week 2

Cheryl Burke has written a new blog at People. Despite having a rough start to the week after the protester incident last week on Dancing With The Stars, Ryan has made the best of it. Read below for how the two of them have transitioned and more.

Traveling during a rehearsal week can be hard, but I think it was a blessing because it got Ryan out of Los Angeles. It gave him time to just be by himself while I worked and then we would dive right into rehearsal.

It’s been a big transition from doing the slow foxtrot last week to doing a quickstep, but Ryan has been working his butt off to nail this dance.

The quickstep is all about being on your toes and running around the ballroom so I can see in his face sometimes that he definitely injured his ankle when the protester was tackled by security. But he’s an Olympian and would never tell me he’s in pain. He never complains about anything. He’s always ready to work and give it his all and try harder than the time before.

It’s TV Week and we are dancing to the theme from The Muppets Show. We won’t be dressed up like Muppets or anything but we’re going to pay homage in a really fun way that I think will show off a new side of Ryan that people really haven’t seen before. I think he’s been having fun hamming it up.

And fun is the important word there.

Ryan got to see very quickly how much the cast and crew of DWTS is a family and how supportive they can be when someone is having a hard time, but now I want him to regain his confidence that the audience is supporting him as well. Regardless of how our dance goes, I want Ryan to go out there this week and have fun and feel the love.

To read the full blog, see People.