Cheryl Burke’s Recommendation for Nikki Garcia After Artem Chigvintsev’s Arrest (Unique)

Cheryl Burke is providing Nikki Garcia some recommendation following Artem Chigvintsev‘s arrest final month.

The previous DWTS professional was arrested on a felony cost of corporal damage to partner in Napa Valley on Aug. 29, PEOPLE confirmed on the time. And whereas it was by no means formally said, Garcia was presumed to be the partner concerned.

Now, Burke, 40, tells PEOPLE that she was initially caught off guard when giving her response to the incident on her podcast, Intercourse, Lies and Spray Tans, as a result of the information broke as she was recording.

“Doing [the segment] Headlines and Sizzling Subjects about my buddies is tough, I am not even going to disclaim it,” she admits. “It’s my job and I’ll do it, however I do not essentially really feel comfy doing it as a result of I do know that feeling if you’re being talked about, and it isn’t enjoyable.”

Over the previous few weeks, Burke says she has had time to consider the state of affairs extra clearly. Whereas sharing that her “coronary heart goes out to” everybody concerned, the podcast host says there’s one one who she has on her thoughts most.

“That is only a actually unlucky state of affairs, and I simply hope all people’s okay,” she says. “I hope that Nikki and Artem are defending their coronary heart, and I hope that, extra importantly, their son is okay.”

“I simply ship all of them a lot love,” she continues. “And I hope that they take the time that they should heal, even when which means placing your profession on maintain for somewhat bit.”

Following Garcia submitting for divorce from Chigvintsev on Sept. 13, Burke can also be providing some phrases of knowledge to to the previous WWE wrestler as she additionally skilled a public divorce from actor Matthew Lawrence in 2022.

“It isn’t simple, however I consider should you simply give the time that that you must grieve, all of us grieve in a different way, there isn’t any a method that somebody ought to expertise grief, but additionally, it is simply necessary to decide on you and to guard you,” she explains. “As a result of I feel particularly in society as we speak, we have a tendency simply to maintain everybody else’s wants or what we predict folks need from us with out actually sitting with ourselves and simply figuring that out, even when it does not essentially imply you agree with society as we speak.”

As for being single, Burke says “I find it irresistible now, nevertheless it took some time to get right here,” including that she and Lawrence didn’t have a toddler collectively, which makes issues extra sophisticated.

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On an Aug. 30 episode of her podcast, which was launched simply in the future after Chigvintsev’s arrest, Burke famous that she grew up with the skilled dancer and even known as him “my household”.

“I hesitate to smile proper now due to the present information…which I’m in full shock about,” she stated. “We used to reside collectively in my household’s residence within the Bay Space. It is so surprising. I get form of emotional. My coronary heart goes out to everybody concerned.”

“It is simply actually laborious for me as a result of he was — he is my household,” she stated. “I do not know what to say right here aside from I hope all people’s okay.”