With Billy Ray Cyrus at the center of several controversies, it seems that much of his dirty laundry is being aired. Appearing on a recent episode of her podcast Sex, Lies and Spray Tans, professional dancer Cheryl Burke made claims that the 62-year-old singer-songwriter "physically hurt" the a crew member on Dancing With the Stars back in 2007, when they both starred on the ABC reality television series together.
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Here's what she says Billy Ray did.
According to Cheryl, the actor "donkey kicked" the show's stage manager "out of nowhere" after being asked to "get on his mark" during a dress rehearsal. "I love Billy Ray. He was always so nice to me. But I have to tell you the story," the 40-year-old dancer told her podcast guest at the time, Jill Escoto.
Cheryl says the stage manager had repeatedly asked Billy Ray to get to his mark.
"We have dress rehearsal right before we go live, about two hours prior to the show, and we do this as if it's the real thing, except it's like an R-rated version because [host] Tom Bergeron would always just talk s— and it was so funny," she said. She then went on to explain that the stage manager repeatedly asked Billy Ray to get to his mark before the actor kicked him.
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She personally knew the crew member.
Cheryl went on to share that she personally knew the stage manager, who she remembers being "so nice" to Billy Ray. "Don't kick him, let alone, don't kick anyone," the model said. "It turned into a hot mess. His time was up after that. It was not OK. It came out of nowhere."
She insists that it wasn't an accident.
After being asked by Jill if the kick was an accident, Cheryl noted that it was clear to everyone around at the time of the incident that it wasn't. "No, it was very much intentional. Maybe he was nervous, but you can't physically hurt somebody," she said. "You need to do your job. We're not doing this for free either, by the way."
Billy Ray is currently going through a messy divorce.
Billy Ray and Firerose, his most recent wife, are currently going through a divorce after only seven months of marriage. An audio clip of the 34-year-old singer-songwriter being berated by her ex-husband was recently leaked. In it, Billy Ray verbally abuses Firerose, calling her a "selfish f—ing b—-" and seemingly talking badly about ex-wife Tish Cyrus.
