'Dancing With the Stars' Pros Who've Talked About Plastic Surgery

Honesty hour! Some Dancing With the Stars pro dancers, including Lindsay Arnold and Cheryl Burke, have talked about plastic surgery over the years.

Even though all of the pros on the dance competition show are in peak physical condition and look incredible showing off their toned physiques in sparkly costumes every week, some ladies said they’ve struggled with body image issues.

Sharna Burgess has not publicly commented on whether or not she’s had plastic surgery, but she admitted her career as a dancer is “a really difficult business” when it comes to receiving criticism about her appearance.

“It took me a lot in Hollywood to love the skin that I’m in,” the Australian beauty told Entertainment Tonight in 2018. “Being in the dance industry, it happened as a teen, and then, it happened certainly seven years ago when I came to Dancing With the Stars … You see one mean comment on Twitter or on Facebook, and then, that sets you off.”

'Dancing With the Stars' Pros Who've Talked About Plastic Surgery Sharna Burgess — Shutterstock (2)

Sadly, Sharna confessed the bullying about her body has “gotten worse” as she’s continued to compete season after season.

“I think the more people that see you, the more of a chance you have of someone saying something negative about you,” she shared. “I had to learn to use the block button. That really is very helpful, but also to remember that it actually has nothing to do with me and everything to do with their own insecurities.”

Sharna is not the only person who has responded to online trolls. Pro Jenna Johnson responded to people calling her “anorexic” after she lost weight in 2018.

“I am not anorexic but if I was, this would NOT be the way to address it,” she wrote via Instagram at the time. “It is a very serious matter that many people go through. Please be more sensitive about your comments. For someone who has dealt with body image my whole life, it’s a constant battle. Do not throw words like fat or anorexic around so casually. Be better. You never know what someone might be going through.”

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'Dancing With the Stars' Pros Who've Talked About Plastic Surgery Jenna Johnson — Shutterstock (2)

The Utah native previously explained to Women’s Health that she gained “a bunch of weight” while on a vegetarian diet.

“I was so low in my iron and protein intake. Once I incorporated protein back into my diet, I started slimming down,” she said at the time. “I was scared of food and had a terrible relationship with it. I would cut something out and then binge on it.”

Keep scrolling to see what other DWTS pros have to say about plastic surgery!

Cheryl Burke

Cheryl said it “hurts” seeing commenters on her social media speculating about plastic surgery.
“I’ve been lucky enough to have a great group of fans who have always posted incredibly kind things on my pages. I was actually looking forward to posting vacation photos since I’ve been eating healthy and feeling so good,” she said in 2014. “I totally let my guard down and wasn’t expecting people to start hurling insults, especially things about me having fake lips and plastic surgery? That’s literally crazy. There are other photos where my lips look like that. I started thinking about re-posting those photos, and then, I realized I had to take a step back.”

Lindsay Arnold

When viewers on Reddit said Lindsay needed to “chill with the lip fillers” after appearing on season 30, many fans came to her defense.
“Whether it’s a little bit of filler on a person’s face, belly button piercings or dyed hair it’s all just forms of body modification, & our freedom to make choices about it,” someone wrote to the haters. “Not that Lindsay needs my affirmation about this, but she looks good! I can’t wait to see her on the dance floor on Monday night.”

Lindsay Arnold

Although Lindsay has not responded to speculation that she uses lip fillers, she did set the record straight after being accused of Photoshopping her C-section scar after giving birth to daughter Sage in November 2020.
“I usually don’t even give time of day to comments like this, BUT I feel like this needs to be addressed as it’s important to me that you all know that my C-section scar is now my favorite part of my body,” she wrote via Instagram in April 2021. “It is the representation of the thing I am most proud of in my life and that is our sweet Sagey I seriously want to show my scar to everyone I see cause I think it’s so insane and crazy cool that Sage came out of that little cut in my belly?! I mean, come on, how incredible is that?”