You know when rumors have hit a fever pitch when stars actually respond to them. Such is the case with former “Dancing with the Stars” champs Drew Lachey and his pro partner Cheryl Burke.
Star magazine is reporting that the flexible dancing duo had an affair. But, that’s not the worst part. The folks at Star say the alleged tryst was discovered by Burke’s then-boyfriend Matthew Lawrence, kid brother of former “Dancing” contestant Joey Lawrence.
Hmm… I always wondered why those two split.
According to Star, “sources say Matthew found his girlfriend cheating when he went to retrieve something from her dressing room.”
And reportedly it was more than just an innocent kiss.
Sources tell the magazine that the drama escaladed when Lachey reportedly threatened the Lawrence brothers to keep them from going public with the affair.
Mind you Lachey has been married for years to his high school sweetheart wife and the couple have a young daughter.
The story apparently made its way around the Internet and yesterday Burke (via her rep) finally addressed the rumors.
In a statement to the media Burke’s rep said: “The story that Cheryl is involved with Drew Lachey started 2 years ago when they were partners on Dancing with the Stars, it wasn’t true then and it isn’t true now.”
To which the bigwigs at Star responded: “We have spent eight weeks investigating the Drew and Cheryl story, and we would never have run it if there was any doubt about its veracity. We had planned to run it last month, but after strong denials from Drew and Cheryl’s reps we went back and revisited all our sources and in the process found new ones who confirmed the story. We are satisfied that Drew and Cheryl did indeed have an affair.”
Who do you believe?
And, heck why they were at it Star should have done their homework and found out if fellow “Dancing” champs Julianne Hough and Apolo Ohno were really involved in some extracurricular action off the dance floor… and what about Helio and Julianne? I want the dirt on those two.