"Choosing celibacy allows me to heal from past relationship traumas," she wrote on Threads in August Corine Solberg/Getty is an open book! The former pro has been open about her celibacy journey since she first in early 2022. Through time, Burke said she is certain the decision was the right one for her. “I’m choosing me for the first time in my life,” she said in an Instagram Reel in August.

Here is everything she has said about celibacy over the years. Greg Doherty/Getty Images She Has Chosen to Be Celibate for Three Years In her reel, Burke explained that it is entirely “a choice” for her to be celibate and single. On Aug.

5, she took to to share that it had been three years since she started the journey. “Embracing 40, single, and three years of celibacy with confidence and clarity,” she wrote. “This journey is about self-love, growth, and living life on my terms.

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” The video she posted showed her judgmentally looking around with the popular TikTok audio of blinking alongside the caption: “When I mention that I’ve been single and celibate for 3 years...

” Burke shared that people are often surprised to find out that she makes the active decision every day not to have sex or be in a relationship in a Sept. 19 interview with “I’ll never forget being interviewed by somebody recently and they’re like, ‘Well, you seem really proud to be single,’ as if it was not like, ‘Are you sure you’re proud?’” she remembered. “It’s int.