Cheryl Burke has taken to social media to address the recent protester ambush aimed at her new "Dancing with the Stars" partner Ryan Lochte.
"We all need to love each other and not be bullies or cowards. Let's all just be positive for each other. My heartfelt thanks goes out to the security team at Dancing with the Stars. Love you all, Xoxo Cheryl." she continued.
Originally, a pair of protestors rushed the stage wearing anti Lochte t-shirts during the Monday premiere of "DWTS" as Burke and the Olympic swimmer were receiving their scores from the judges.
Security was able to tackle and detain the men off camera as the show moved to a commercial break.
"It's hard. I'm getting over it though," Lochte said of the incident afterwards to E! News."It honestly feels like someone reached inside, took out my heart out and just stepped on it."
The protest stems from Lochte's highly-publicized Olympic Games incident in Rio de Janeiro when he lied about being robbed in order to cover up vandalism he and other members of the U.S. swim team allegedly committed at a gas station in Brazil.
