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Antonio Brown’s Dancing With the Stars Partner Sharna Burgess Revealed Shocking Behavior From Her Dance Partners: “I’ve Lost It at an Athlete”

Published 07/17/2022, 2:12 PM EDT

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The popular prime-time show ‘Dancing with the Stars’ has been home to many celebrities for 16 years. Throughout its course, many celebrities paired up with their partners in a dance-off to prove who’s got the best dancing shoes. But not everything has been merry for Sharna Burgess. In an interview, the former partner of NFL star WR Antonio Brown made a startling revelation.

According to her, in her time being a partner of many stars, she has had to shut down athletes from hitting on her. Even though the pro dancer refrained from naming anyone, she expressed herself bluntly. However, Burgess played the safe card by just stating the things she went through while being on set.

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Moreover, Sharna Burgess revealed that the conflict was between an athlete partner on the show. Making revelations about her struggles to deal with it, she mentions that the people she dealt with were used to getting what they wanted. Hence, it was more challenging for her to shut them down.

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She said, “It’s so bad, and then they get this attitude. Because they’re so used to getting whatever they want. And so here I walk in, and I just tear them all to pieces about everything that I think of them. And why I absolutely wouldn’t go there.”

When was Antonio Brown on Dancing with the stars, and who were Burgess’ other dancing partners on the show?

The former Tampa Bay Buccaneers, WR Antonio Brown, participated in the prime-time show in 2016. It was DWTS’ 22nd season, where he paired up with the pro dancer, Sharna Burgess. As a result, Brown and Burgess were placed 4/5, leading to elimination from the season.

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Other than Brown, Burgess’ previous dancing partners include Keyshawn Johnson, Charlie White, James Hinchcliffe, Derek Fisher, and Josh Norman. In addition, the pro dancer did not name drop in particular while sharing her story of how she had to shut an athlete down for asking her out.

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Burgess also mentioned that she made the relationship subtle after losing it on the athlete. After that, everything was back to being okay.

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Ayush Jha is an NFL author at EssentiallySports. He is a current graduate of the University of Delhi and has worked on publishing academic research in the past. Ayush has always been an avid sports lover, representing his school team in cricket and soccer.
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