{"id":2163,"date":"2026-05-14T18:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/sharna-burgess-and-sasha-farber-dated-for-years-before-dancing-with-the-stars-why-they-broke-up\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T18:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:54:07","slug":"sharna-burgess-and-sasha-farber-dated-for-years-before-dancing-with-the-stars-why-they-broke-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/sharna-burgess-and-sasha-farber-dated-for-years-before-dancing-with-the-stars-why-they-broke-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharna Burgess and Sasha Farber dated for years before &#8216;Dancing With the Stars&#8217;: Why they broke up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127759182.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sharna Burgess and Sasha Farber were once romantically in sync. <\/p>\n<p>The former \u201cDancing With the Stars\u201d pro revealed she dated the fellow dancer long before landing a spot on the hit dance competition series.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\">\u201cHe came into my life at a time when I just really needed to remember how to laugh again,\u201d Burgess recalled on Monday\u2019s episode of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uCooR_ZiGr0&amp;t=1051s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cThe Penthouse With Peta\u201d podcast.<\/a> \u201cThere was so much going on in my world in my early 20s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two met while on the 2006 live dance tour,\u00a0\u201cBurn the Floor,\u201d in Reno, Nevada.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Sharna Burgess revealed she was once dated fellow \u201cDancing With the Stars\u201d pro Sasha Farber before landing a spot on the hit dance competition series. <span class=\"credit\">Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cHe came into my life at a time when I just really needed to remember how to laugh again,\u201d the choreographer recalled of meeting Farber in 2006. <span class=\"credit\">Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\">Burgess explained that, while on tour, their rooms were \u201cright next\u201d to each other.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\">\u201cOne night, my little self just went over and knocked on his door and was like, \u2018Hi\u2026\u2019 We\u2019d been flirting around it, and then we got together,\u201d she recalled. \u201cI think we were together for three years, five years. I don\u2019t remember. However long I was on\u00a0\u2018Burn the Floor,\u2019 we were together for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burgess, who was on the tour until 2010, called Farber \u201csuch a sweet guy\u201d and a \u201cgreat boyfriend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the choreographer ended up leaving the tour due to her dad\u2019s health issues. Once Burgess returned to Australia, it was \u201ctoo hard\u201d to continue a relationship with Farber. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never knew when I was gonna be back on tour again. Sash was with the tour,\u201d she explained. \u201cIt was like, when are our wires in our lives\u2019 paths ever gonna cross again? We broke up over Skype.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The mom of one (pictured here with Farber in 2016) called her ex \u201csuch a sweet guy\u201d and a \u201cgreat boyfriend.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Vivien Killilea<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>However, the pair (pictured here on the competition series with Jenna Johnson, Adam Rippon, Josh Norman and Tonya Harding) split after Burgess left the tour in 2010 to be closer to her family in Australia amid her dad\u2019s health struggles. <span class=\"credit\">Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Burgess called the breakup \u201ctough,\u201d noting that it \u201creally sucked, especially doing it over Skype.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then of course, six months later, we ended up being on\u00a0\u2018Dancing With the Stars\u2019 together at the same time,\u201d she mused.<\/p>\n<p>Burgess and Farber both joined the long-running ABC series in 2011 as troupe members, before being promoted to pro dancers in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the split being \u201chard,\u201d Burgess did see a silver lining. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cSix months later, we ended up being on\u00a0\u2018Dancing With the Stars\u2019 together at the same time,\u201d Burgess (pictured here on the series with Farber, Emma Slater, Kiki Nyemchek and Oksana Dmytrenko in 2012) said. <span class=\"credit\">Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The podcaster in now engaged to Brian Austin Green (pictured together here in 2021). The couple share son Zane, 3. <span class=\"credit\">ABC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Farber, meanwhile, ended up moving on with fellow dance pro Emma Slater in 2018 (pictured here together in 2021). However, the exes split in 2022.  <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThat breakup for me ended up leading to him being with Emma [Slater], which was a whole thing that they were meant to have, their journey with each other,\u201d she mused. <\/p>\n<p>Farber tied the knot with Slater in 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/08\/24\/dwts-pros-emma-slater-sasha-farber-split-after-4-years-of-marriage\/\">before the exes split in 2022<\/a>. The dancer <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/30\/celebrity-news\/janel-parrish-debuts-romance-with-dwts-pro-sasha-farber-a-day-before-she-files-to-divorce-chris-long\/\">is now dating\u00a0Janel Parrish<\/a>, while Slater has moved on <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/04\/20\/celebrity-news\/dwts-pros-emma-slater-and-alan-bersten-seemingly-confirm-relationship-with-onstage-kiss\/\">with fellow \u201cDWTS\u201d pro Alan Bersten. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>For her part, Burgess started dating Brian Austin Green in 2020 before <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/09\/03\/sharna-burgess-calls-brian-austin-green-her-end-game\/\">going Instagram-official in 2021.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cBeverly Hills, 90210\u201d alum competed on Season 30 of \u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d alongside his other half that same year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Slater is currently dating fellow \u201cDWTS\u201d pro Alan Bersten (pictured here together in 2017). <span class=\"credit\">Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Meanwhile, Farber is in a new relationship with actress Janel Parrish (pictured here together in April). <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A year later, Burgess and Green <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/06\/30\/sharna-burgess-gives-birth-welcomes-baby-with-brian-austin-green\/\">welcomed son Zane, 3, <\/a>and the actor <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/09\/22\/sharna-burgess-announces-brian-austin-green-proposed-two-months-ago-of-course-i-said-yes\/\">popped the question in 2023.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Green is dad to four other children: Noah, 13, Bodhi, 12, and Journey, 9, with ex-wife Megan Fox, and son Kassius, 24, with ex-girlfriend\u00a0Vanessa Marcil.<\/p>\n<p>Burgess called their blended family \u201cso beautiful\u201d while on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/sharna-burgess-and-brian-austin-green-attracting\/id1682157253?i=1000608707503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cQuite Frankly\u00a0podcast\u201d<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, they make it easy. They\u2019re incredible kids,\u201d she gushed. \u201cBrian and Megan did such an amazing job. Kass is also an amazing kid. There\u2019s been no resistance. I have a beautiful relationship with them [all].\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/14\/celebrity-news\/sharna-burgess-and-sasha-farber-dated-for-years-before-dancing-with-the-stars-why-they-broke-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharna Burgess and Sasha Farber were once romantically in sync. 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