Cheryl Burke became a "Dancing with the Stars" champion in her first season, repeating the feat the following year.
She was the first female champion and the first two-time champ, and yet she still struggled.
During a recent appearance on Sean Hayes' "HypochondriActor" podcast with Dr.
"When I look at myself in the mirror and someone says, 'Oh, you look amazing,'" she explained.
I see someone who is overweight and, in my eyes and in my way of judging myself, not amazing. It's like, no matter what I look like."
She said she can now look back and see that she wasn't fat at all. "It's just so ridiculous, right?" she mused.
But also, the nation decided to call me fat about season seven or eight when I got off my birth control and I retained 15 lbs. of water weight.
"Ever since then, it's been really nonstop," she said of her mental struggles with her own body.