Cheryl Burke Discusses Past Abusive Relationships -- and How Matthew Lawrence Broke the Pattern

boxing showdown at London's O2 Arena on April 2.The contest is being branded the world's heaviest heavyweight fight of all time with 177kg Gharibi pitting himself against 146kg Ford.In preparation for the gargantuan grudge match, the Iranian Hulk has been trimming down from his original weight to last the four two-minute rounds.But despite shredding his muscle, the sheer size of the 6ft 1 bodybuilder is evident from his latest Instagram story with Gharibi barely able to squeeze into his plane seat.Posting the photo to his Instagram story, the 30-year-old can be seen posing to his 682,000 followers with a grimacing look down the camera.Needing the maximum length of the seatbelt to fit into the seat, the Iranian Hulk seems to be gesturing a thumbs up.But Gharibi clearly isn't comfortable squeezing into his plane seat with his broad shoulders and outstretched elbows visibly reaching into the middle aisle and the next chair.And while unconfirmed, the bodybuilder could have been making a flight to the United Kingdom.HAVE YOUR SAY! Who do you think will win the world's heaviest heavyweight fight of all time? Let us know in the comments section.Want to be on the ball with all of the latest football news?Well then sign up for the brilliant Daily Star football email newsletter!From the latest transfer news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox - don't miss a thing.It only takes a matter of seconds.Simply type your email address into the box at the top of this article and hit 'subscribe'.And that's it, job done.

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Giovanni van Bronckhorst was bursting with pride after his players produced a remarkable 4-2 win over Borussia Dortmund in their own backyard.

An application has been submitted for a number of new retail units in Ravenscraig.

Transport planners are seeking further information from the Perthshire company behind a proposed £33.8 million leisure development at West Kinfauns before deciding whether to get on board with the project or not.

Sir Paul McCartney has revealed the biggest rivalry in The Beatles was between John Lennon and George Harrison - over whose guitar was loudest.Macca claimed the late stars would sneakily tweak each other’s amps to pump up the volume.He said: "There is going to be the odd argument – and there were."George and John were very cute because they both had their amps side by side and you’d see one of them just sort of sneak over to the amplifiers, just add one degree and then you’d see him walk back like nothing had happened."And then you’d see John had noticed and John would casually walk over and put his up two degrees. ‘You’ve f***ing turned up man!’ ‘What? I never did!’ ‘Yeah you f***ing did!’"Sir Paul, 79, compared bust-ups between the Fab Four to rows between relatives.He said: “You know I remember having an argument with a member of my family, one of my kids once, in front of someone."And it was a bit, ‘Oh my God, what’s going on here?’ It was embarrassing but we both had a fairly strong point of view about something."And I was brought down by it – we both were. A friend of mine said, ‘Y’know what Paul, it proves you’re a family.’"It proves you’re a real family.

Emmerdale's murderer Meena Jutla finally appeared to get her comeuppance on Thursday's episode as she was questioned by the police. Only recently, Liam Cavanagh pushed Meena off the same bridge that she murdered his daughter Leanna after she shared sick details about killing his child.

Kate Ferdinand has revealed she feels “embarrassed” when she can’t answer every question about her stepchildren, even though she admitted it’s “impossible”.The former TOWIE star is stepmum to husband Rio Ferdinand’s children Lorenz, 15, Tate, 13, and Tia, 10, and the couple also share son Cree, who’s 13 months, together. Speaking about their experience as a blended family, the 30 year old opened up on her struggles in a long post on Instagram, writing: “As a step parent, I often find myself in situations where questions are asked that I just can’t answer.

BBC business show.The business magnate was stunned by the entrepreneur's epic name blunder, and it wasn't long before she called him out on it in the BBC studio.Business owner Steven Murr wanted £80,000 from the dragons in return for a 5% stake in his indoor cycling business - TurboRocks - which provides rocker plates that allow fitness fanatics to pedal away at home.However, Steven's pitch went horribly wrong when he started using rather familiar nicknames for Deborah, first calling her "Debbie" and then shortening it to "Deb" later on in the pitch.Starting off, Deborah asked her co-star Steven Bartlett what he thought of the rocker plates after he hopped on the saddle to give a demonstration in the Den.New dragon Steven had said he preferred his own way of training, and Deborah added: "And I guess it's personal preference..."Contestant Steven then said: "Absolutely, but there's no reason why there can't be the crossover there. Deb, you are..."Deborah was visibly shocked at the guest and cut him off immediately before he could finish his sentence.She said: "Did you just call me Deb?", and the contestant looked rather embarrassed as he corrected himself: "Deborah, sorry."Grilling him, Deborah went on: "Just so you know, you started off with a Debbie and got away with it once.

We're half way through this year's The Apprentice and the competition is heating up as the contestants fight to become Lord Alan Sugar's next business partner. With the two teams going head-to-head with one another and one member ending up with being dramatically fired with the point of Lord Sugar's finger, we then see the unfortunate individual leave the office all wrapped up as they get into their taxi for their journey home.

Emmerdale fans think they have worked out a lengthy prison twist for Liam Cavanagh after he was arrested for the attempted murder of Meena Jutla on Thursday. On Wednesday, Liam pushed Meena off the same bridge that she murdered his daughter Leanna after she shared sick details about killing his child.

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of BBC America‘s premiere of Killing Eve’s fourth and final season, Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, and Fiona Shaw are among others the cast and crew saying goodbye to the series in the exclusive featurette above.

The Girls On The Bus‘ long journey to the small screen has come to a successful conclusion with a straight-to-series order at HBO Max. The drama series adaptation of Amy Chozick’s best-selling book Chasing Hillary, from Julie Plec, Chozick, Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. TV, originally landed at Netflix with a series order three years and moved to the CW for development earlier in this broadcast cycle.

If you’ve seen the trailer for the new Channing Tatum vehicle “Dog” – and if you’ve been in a movie theater over the past couple of months, you probably have – you might think you know what to expect: a big lug and a tough dog have a bunch of wacky road trip adventures, softening up to each other along the way. So it might surprise you to learn that the scene of a kind-hearted woman showing our hero how to be affectionate to the canine is carefully cut so as not to reveal that our hero is literally wielding an axe.

Hollywood icon Maud Adams proved she is still in great shape as she walked her dogs in Beverly Hills last week.The movie and TV actress - who turned 77-years-old this month - displayed her slender shape as she appeared to be toned while in athletic clothing during her walk with her two little pooches in a park.TheSwedish-born star stands out for being the only actress to have appeared in three James Bond movies: The Man With The Golden Gun (1974), Octopussy (1983) and A View to a Kill (1985). They all starred Roger Moore as 007.

Cheryl Burke and Matthew Lawrence rekindled their romance in 2017 and have been going strong ever since.The Dancing With the Stars pro and the Boy Meets World alum began dating in 2007, before going their separate ways a year later. The couple reconnected in February 2017 and quickly started planning their future together.“We really want to do it right.

Cheryl Burke is beloved by fans of “Dancing With the Stars” as one of its pro dancers, but on Friday she shared a powerful video on YouTube that showcases a very different side of her: survivor of abusive relationships.

Cheryl Burke opened up about her “pattern of dating abusive men” before she married husband Matthew Lawrence.The Dancing With the Stars pro, 36, shared a video titled “My Experience With Abusive Relationships” to YouTube on Friday, December 11, and looked back on her troubled past.Burke, who has previously spoken out about being sexually abused as a child, admitted that she lost her virginity to her first boyfriend at the age of 13 and it set her into “a pattern of moving just way too fast” and not associating “sex with intimacy or love.”“It was something that I did because I felt like I had to, in a way, just to keep a boyfriend,” she said.“Even after I graduated high school and into my professional dancing career, I was still into those

Cheryl Burke is opening up about her history of being in abusive relationships and how meeting her now-husband Matthew Lawrence changed everything for her.

Cheryl Burke is opening up about past abusive relationships she ended up in during her teenage years and early twenties. The "Dancing with the Stars" pro delved into the personal topic in a new video on her YouTube account titled "My Experience with Abusive Relationships." In the lengthy video, Burke, 36, admits she was previously "addicted" to dating toxic men, and had a history of sleeping with boyfriends in her adolescent years because she felt like she "had to." The ballroom dancer also touched on past sexual abuse she endured as a child from a babysitter, and how her lack of conversations with family members about healthy dating habits may have contributed to her troubling patterns later on in life.

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