Brooke Burke Clarifies Derek Hough Affair Comments

Brooke Burke has clarified recent remarks she made about how she would have considered having a "love affair" with her "Dancing With the Stars" partner Derek Hough.

Speaking with People magazine, the 52-year-old television personality explained that she was referring to "the chemistry between pro and celebrity."

"When you're on a show like that, you're dancing, you're breathing, you're in each other's arms. You're learning the dance, the rhythm, the struggle, the challenge, the triumph, the fear that you share when you step out onto that floor. It's an extremely intimate experience. Chemistry for sure," she said.

"He's adorable. He's really like my little brother, saying I would have had an affair. . . . I don’t know, maybe I was just chatting," Burke continued. "We didn't — let me just set the record straight — and I was in a faithful marriage. But it's like that dance where you're just, you're so close and you're so connected and that intimacy, you can't fake that."

Burke was matched with the choreographer during the 2008 season of the dance competition series, and they went on to secure the Mirrorball Trophy that year. At the time, Burke was married to David Charvet. However, she filed for divorce from the former "Baywatch" star in 2018.

Speaking with People, Burke said the "DWTS" experience "is more than most people go through in a marriage."

"You're sharing. You're fighting. You're competing, you're learning, you're failing at times," she added. "You're trying to win, you're communicating, you're not communicating. You're fighting. You're laughing. You're crying, you're scared out of your mind. So it's all of these human emotions. To me, it was extremely sensual. Sensual, not sexual."

Earlier this month, Burke explained during an appearance on an episode of the podcast, "Sex, Lies, and Spray Tans" why she ended up "crushing on Derek."

"You are intertwined with someone’s body when you’re a dancer. There is no way that I have ever been so connected — besides with a lover or a husband — than I was with Derek. And it’s every single day. So for three months, you are in someone’s arms," she said, according to the Independent.

"Why do you think people fall in love? You smell them, you feel them, you’re breathing with them. It can be more intimate than making love in a bedroom — you’re making love on a dance floor, you feel more connected," she continued.

"If you have energy, you’re doing this dance and you’re in the rhythm, and then there’s trust, then you’re sharing fear, you’re doing something you’ve never done. How many times do you go through an experience with someone where they’re all you’ve got?" Burke added.