{"id":120161,"date":"2025-11-13T07:25:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T07:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=120161"},"modified":"2025-11-13T07:25:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T07:25:38","slug":"%f0%9f%92%a5-spotlight-exclusive-dallas-cowboys-cheerleaders-break-their-silence-claim-uniform-cleaning-controversy-is-completely-overblown-revealing-the-real-story-behind-the-viral-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=120161","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udca5 SPOTLIGHT EXCLUSIVE: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Break Their Silence \u2014 Claim Uniform-Cleaning Controversy Is Completely Overblown, Revealing the REAL Story Behind the Viral Debate That Took Over Social Media!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3>NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Reece Weaver tells PEOPLE the internet made &#8220;a bigger deal&#8221; out of teammate Ava Lahey&#8217;s viral TikTok video than it needed to be<\/li>\n<li>Lahey&#8217;s TikTok showed the process of how Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders clean their own uniforms<\/li>\n<li>The post amassed mixed responses, including some who criticized the organization for making their cheerleaders do their own wash<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The controversy over the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders having to wash their own uniforms was overblown, according to the cheerleaders themselves.<\/p>\n<p>PEOPLE recently caught up with DCC&#8217;s Charly Barby, Jada McLean, Kelly Villares and Reece Weaver at Netflix Summer Break on California&#8217;s Santa Monica Pier on Thursday, July 17. At the event, which celebrated the streaming platform\u2019s most popular unscripted shows, the cheerleaders shared their thoughts on the recent controversy that spawned after their teammate, Ava Lahey, shared a TikTok of her cleaning her own uniform in late May.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that everyone had kind of made it a bigger deal than it really needed to be,\u201d Weaver, 23, told PEOPLE. \u201cI mean, all of our uniforms are catered and custom to us, so I think it&#8217;s just a big responsibility that we have to carry, and we know that that&#8217;s part of the job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The controversy took social media by storm last month as the video went viral, showing Lahey, also 23, scrubbing her uniform with a toothbrush at home.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/ai16qGk70bt1rfim22okyQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU4MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/fa89635d072450b9aa33a8a9849e8567\" alt=\"Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Say Controversy Over Cleaning Their Own Uniforms Is Overblown (Exclusive)\" width=\"640\" height=\"387\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\"><\/dialog><\/div><figcaption>\n<div>\n<p>Ron Jenkins\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The video amassed mixed reviews in the comment section, with many expressing shock at the fact the cheerleaders have to clean their own uniforms, which are custom fitted for them during training camp for each season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They pay you hardly anything AND make you wash your own uniform \ud83d\ude31,&#8221; commented one user, while another posted, &#8220;The more I learn about this organization the more I dislike it. You\u2019re underpaid, criticized\/scrutinized about your looks constantly and now you have to wash your uniform?! Do players need to wash theirs?!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But the Cowboys cheerleaders don\u2019t seem fazed about the required chore.<\/p>\n<p>At Netflix Summer Break, the cheerleaders all shared their experiences washing their uniforms at home \u2014 something that was also seen on season 2 of America&#8217;s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders \u2014 while explaining that they all knew it was required when they joined the squad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/3iyfooTdYUGXoKz6u.8vZg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/a5bcb974c35d1e415a464f6c13411c2b\" alt=\"Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Say Controversy Over Cleaning Their Own Uniforms Is Overblown (Exclusive)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\"><\/dialog><\/div><figcaption>\n<div>\n<p>Matthew Pearce\/Icon Sportswire via Getty<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>McLean, 25, joked that she was \u201cthe worst cleaner\u201d on the team, adding that her fellow cheerleaders know \u201cdon&#8217;t mess it up or it&#8217;s on you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first time I ever cleaned my uniform, I almost had a heart attack because I was like, how long do I leave it in the washer? How long do I dry it? Do I air dry it?\u201d Villares, 24, laughed.<\/p>\n<p>Weaver, who was seen in one episode meticulously cleaning her uniform on the docuseries, shared how she was \u201cso nervous\u201d the first time she washed her uniform at home given how careful the cheerleaders need to be with them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou only get one!\u201d Villares laughed.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on People<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DCC member Reece Weaver told PEOPLE the uproar over her teammate&#8217;s TikTok was &#8220;a bigger deal than it really needed to be&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":120175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\ud83d\udca5 SPOTLIGHT EXCLUSIVE: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Break Their Silence \u2014 Claim Uniform-Cleaning Controversy Is Completely Overblown, Revealing the REAL Story Behind the Viral Debate That Took Over Social Media! 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