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Katherine Heslop

DWTS' Cheryl Burke files for divorce from Mrs Doubtfire child star Matthew Lawrence

Dancing with the Stars professional Cheryl Burke has filed for divorce from Mrs Doubtfire child star Matthew Lawrence.

Cheryl, 39, and Matthew, 42, who also starred in TV show Boy Meets World, married in May 2019, but this week the pro-dancer filed for divorce, TMZ reports.

According to documents seen by the US site, Cheryl, who has participated in 23 seasons of Dancing with the Stars, lists the date of separation as January 7 this year, and the estranged couple have a prenuptial agreement.

The pair met in 2006, when Matthew's brother, actor Joey Lawrence, competed on the American dance show.

They began dating in 2007, splitting up in 2008 and then reuniting nine years later, in 2017.

Cheryl Burke has reportedly filed for divorce from Matthew Lawrence (Getty Images North America)
The pair first met in 2006, but didn't get married until 2019 (FilmMagic)

The dancer has spoken in the past about how lucky she felt after the pair reconnected, and how they had a second chance.

Cheryl told US Weekly in 2017: "We really want to do it right. We want to do the steps of being engaged, moving in together, getting married and having kids. I’m not getting any younger. We want kids and all of that, so we’ll see what happens."

Matthew proposed on Cheryl's 34th birthday and they married in San Diego, at a star-studded ceremony.

Cheryl is citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.

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The actor played Chris Hillard, son of Robin William's Daniel Hillard in 1993 comedy hit Mrs Doubtfire.

Williams plays a father who pretends to be a British nanny in order to see his children, as he goes through a divorce.

Throughout the 1990s Matthew appeared in many TV shows and films, including Brotherly Love, which starred his real life brothers, and Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad.

In 2015, he reprised his role as Jack Hunter in the series Girl Meets World , a spin-off of Boy Meets World .

Cheryl was the first female professional to win Dancing with the Star and the first professional to win twice and consecutively. Among her celebrity partners, she has danced with Rob Kardashian and Jack Osbourne.

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