Cheryl made her debut connected DWTS in season 2 successful 2006. She and partner Drew Lachey won the Mirror Ball Trophy. The pursuing season, Cheryl reached archetypal spot again, this clip with retired NFL star Emmitt Smith. It marked the final Mirror Ball Trophy triumph for Cheryl, who went connected to vie connected the amusement again from seasons 4 done 19, past again in seasons 23, 25, and 27 to the present.

Cheryl noted respective reasons for her departure. "There is deterioration and tear," she said, noting the carnal toll of rehearsing for and dancing connected a play show. "But also, my bosom is telling maine to spot what other is retired there. We are quality and we evolve. I do. At slightest I would similar to accidental that I americium a enactment successful advancement forever."

She continued, "I bash know, though, that this is not the extremity of my vocation and I privation to beryllium capable to spot what other is retired there. And Dancing with the Stars, the docket is truthful intense. I've got truthful galore projects that I've been moving on."

In caller months, Cheryl has besides been keeping engaged with her iHeartRadio podcast, Burke In The Game. It was there, successful October, that she archetypal declared that "this is my past play arsenic a dancer" on DWTS.

The podcast launched successful May, portion she was successful the midst of a divorce from Matthew Lawrence. Cheryl discusses her idiosyncratic struggles and besides consults experts connected her program. "Because of this level that I've been blessed to beryllium given," Cheryl told E! News, "I'm capable to usage my dependable and to hopefully assistance radical on the way."

In her Instagram post, she wrote, "I americium excited astir the thought of evolving, astir being challenged successful caller ways, having the quality to grow my committedness to intelligence wellness advocacy, focusing connected my caller recovered emotion for podcasting, & I'm acceptable to look the uncertainty (though it's scary arsenic sh**) of what the aboriginal holds - I bash person a fewer things up my sleeves though, truthful don't worry."

Speaking with E! News, Cheryl called her exit from DWTS an "amicable divorce," adding, "Am I going to miss each azygous person? Absolutely. I can't adjacent archer you. I grew up connected this amusement and the archetypal happening I saw was this family, coming consecutive from Harlem arsenic a competitory dancer."

Cheryl is not the first DWTS veteran to depart the bid aft the existent season. Her exit announcement comes days aft Len Goodman announced helium is leaving the show after serving arsenic its caput justice for almost each its seasons since its 2005 debut.

While Cheryl is leaving DWTS arsenic a pro dancer, she isn't leaving the doorway to the ballroom closed. Asked if she was funny successful becoming a judge—following successful the footsteps of chap pros Derek Hough and Julianne Hough, oregon a host, Cheryl told E! News, "Oh, my God. I would successful a second."

She besides said, "I person a batch to contribute. If anybody knows ballroom, it's me."

See photos of Cheryl with each her DWTS partners implicit the years: