Dancing with the Stars has been rocked by a major sex scandal involving two of its most popular contestants — married dad Drew Lachey and his partner Cheryl Burke.
The Season Two champion couple had an affair during the show’s nationwide tour which ended last month, insiders tell Star.
“They didn’t go very far to cover it up,” one tour insider says. “Cheryl was constantly draped all over Drew. They held hands, had their legs intertwined and were always touching inappropriately.”
Cheryl’s then-boyfriend Matthew Lawrence discovered his girlfriend was cheating when he walked in on the pair, catching them in the act, according to several sources!
Now insiders fear that Drew, father of a 2-year-old girl, could find his marriage to high-school sweetheart, Lea, wrecked.
“Drew Had To Be Restrained”
Sources say Matthew found his girlfriend cheating when he went to retrieve something from her dressing room as the tour hit Jacksonville, Fla. on January 22, an eight-week-long Star investigation uncovered. They say he ran out screaming after seeing Cheryl and Drew having oral sex.
The insiders say that the next day, as tour members prepared to get on the bus to leave town, Drew had to be restrained as he ranted at Matthew and his brother, Joey in the parking lot. “If you talk about this, I’ll bury you Matt. I’ll bury you Joey. I’m serious I will hurt you,” he screamed.
While Matthew told Star, “There are too many things going on. I can’t talk about it,” lawyers for both Drew and Cheryl are strongly denying any affair between the two.
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Drew Lachey to host new talent contest
“Dancing with the Stars” champion Drew Lachey is moving to the role of host for another talent contest, “Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann.”
Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba, judges for ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” will be featured in the six-week series airing later this season, the network announced.
Open auditions will be held this month in New York, Nashville and the Los Angeles area for amateur performers who can dance and sing. The contestants will work with Tonioli and Inaba to form “the ultimate dance team,” with viewers picking the winning group, ABC said Thursday.
Former 98 Degrees member Lachey was the second-season winner on “Dancing with the Stars,” which returns Sept. 24 with celebrities including billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, welterweight boxing champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Marie Osmond.
For Audition Information – check out this site:
http://www.abc.go.com/site/casting.html
