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In a candid new interview with Us Weekly<\/em>, America\u2019s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders breakout star Victoria Kalina is filling in the gaps for Netflix fans.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 24-year-old dancer began by shedding light on her relationship with Kelli Finglass, the director of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders who has a lengthy history with Victoria\u2019s mother, Tina. According to Victoria, she grew up feeling like a part of Kelli\u2019s family.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe would just walk into each other\u2019s houses. My older brother who\u2019s a year older than me, Tristan, and Kelli\u2019s son, Ryan, played high school football together. So I got to see the whole inner cheerleader spirit from her [back then], bringing cowbells to the games, yelling [for the team],\u201d she explained. \u201cSamantha, her daughter, and I would go to nights of training camp when we were 13-years-old watching Kelli and [choreographer] Judy [Trammell] do her thing. \u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

While it was clear that Victoria would pursue Cowboys cheerleading, she and Kelli didn\u2019t have a conversation when she approached the age to try out. She didn\u2019t make the squad during her first go-round, but when she became a DCC in 2019, Victoria believes Kelli started overcompensating to ensure she wouldn\u2019t come off as biased toward her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think some people think it\u2019s an advantage. It would be different if my mom was just on the team at the same time as Kelli, or even just was a cheerleader and I was simply a legacy. But I think that added [part of], \u2018No, your mom is best friends with her\u2019 is the complication,\u201d Victoria told Us<\/em>. \u201cAnd I think people probably think that, \u2018Oh, I\u2019m gonna go over to Kelli\u2019s house and be like, gimme the tea.\u2019 But that\u2019s definitely not the case. In fact, she\u2019s trying to start from scratch with me, trying to push aside that personal relationship that we have. I feel like [she] gives me a cold shoulder so she wouldn\u2019t ever play into that favoritism.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"DCC's
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Victoria noted that she did hear from Kelli before she moved to New York City earlier this summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe texted me saying, \u2018Good luck in New York,\u2019 but right now she\u2019s heavily into training camp, so I haven\u2019t heard much from her. Before the show came out, I did go to Mexico because I was in her daughter\u2019s wedding [as a bridesmaid]. That was the last big connection we\u2019ve had,\u201d she explained before adding, \u201cI can\u2019t see myself wanting to attend a DCC event anytime soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the Netflix series, fans saw Victoria tell Kelli and Judy that she planned to return for the 2024 season.<\/p>\n

\u201cInitially, I had gone in with the intention of hanging [my uniform] on the \u2018Yes. I\u2019m re-auditioning.\u2019 I had my mind set in stone on that. I had my solo song all planned out. I had my choreographer all planned out. I was gonna fly out to meet with him and get my routine set. My costume was designed,\u201d she explained, confirming that the girls funded their own preparations. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to test them, but I just wanted to see if we were on the same page [about my future]. From growing up around it, I\u2019ve always known and have learned that you can sometimes overstay on the squad \u2014 and I never wanted to do that. You spent four years there, you want to have that almost, like, reassurance [of], \u2018Yes still want you here. You\u2019re still valuable.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\"DCC's
Kelli Finglass Courtesy of Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Instead of getting reassurance, Victoria received feedback that she didn\u2019t bring it quite as hard as she did in past seasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the meeting, y\u2019all saw five minutes of it, but it was an hour and a half. It was what everybody else saw on Netflix\u2019 ,just longer. Since I wasn\u2019t hearing what I wanted to hear, I ultimately was going like, \u201cWell I\u2019m just gonna hang it up on no now.\u2019 But I never wanna make a rash decision. I wanted to sit on it. I wanted to get my mom\u2019s opinion. And after talking about it with her, she was like, \u2018No.\u2019 As a fifth year going into auditions, I felt like my place on the team was threatened. As a fifth year \u2014 I know leadership is not guaranteed \u2014 but you wanna go in like feeling cloud nine [so] you can lead these other teammates.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued: \u201cAnyone in any career position, having four years under your belt, you wanna see where you\u2019re going, you wanna see growth. So I just decided to put my time and energy elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Victoria explained that she went to Kelli and Judy five days after their initial meeting to inform them of her choice. \u201cIt was very short and sweet. I just walked into their the office and was like, \u2018This is what I\u2019ve decided after our conversation.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

She added that it\u2019s still a bit of a mystery why Kelli and Judy didn\u2019t picture her in a leadership role, but she goes back to the issue of perceived favoritism.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey pushed the other side of that personal relationship, and shut it so tightly where they didn\u2019t even see me [as an option] and therefore they said that they didn\u2019t think that the girls would listen to me or see me as that position,\u201d Victoria said. \u201cI was like, \u2018Well it\u2019s because you don\u2019t [and] it starts from the top.\u2019 \u2026 There was no way I could do anything to change it.\u201d<\/p>\n

When it comes to the other girls on the squad, Victoria said, \u201cI definitely had a hard time just connecting with them.\u201d She still wonders if the group kept a distance because of her ties to Kelli and Judy, and also believes the year she took off in 2021 to work on her mental health and struggles with an eating disorder impacted her relationships on the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat one year that I had off , I felt like I was being punished by it. \u2026I was helping myself. I thought that would be at least just a little applauded,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd with mental health, I think that sometimes is why people don\u2019t open up \u2014 they feel like if they do, then they get punished or [viewed] as weaker \u2026 \u2018No, I was doing that so I could be better.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Many viewers have fixated on a scene between Victoria celebrating her birthday with an elaborate setup but with only her mother in attendance. When she mentioned in a separate podcast interview that she invited the girls on the squad to come over, several DCC\u2019s got defensive in the comments.<\/p>\n

\"DCC's
America Sweethearts Courtesy of Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cEnvelope invitations were never sent out. I did not make any invitations and set them in the girls\u2019 locker to be like, \u2018Hey, be here at 6.\u2019 It was word of mouth, loosely spread,\u201d Victoria told Us<\/em>. \u201cWe were on appearance [that morning] and I think that\u2019s when Netflix had finally decided within their filming schedule that they were gonna be like, \u2018Hey, we wanna come, we wanna celebrate with you. We wanna see the whole thing that goes down in the Kalina household.\u2019 And I was like, \u2018Netflix will be there, cake will be there. The more the merrier.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

While Victoria said a lot of the girls have \u201cdefinitely reached out\u201d and said they \u201cdidn\u2019t really know that that\u2019s how I felt,\u201d she\u2019s focused on her next steps.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOf course I\u2019m gonna respond and \u2018heart\u2019 the message and everything, but I think right now I\u2019m just being me. I\u2019m figuring out my new path, new journey and if they wanna stick along for the ride, then props to them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Speaking of that new journey, Victoria is working with a coach to prepare for auditions to shows in NYC, including the Radio City Rockettes. She relocated to the East Coast earlier in July, marking the first time she\u2019s lived without her mom by her side. (Don\u2019t worry, they talk on the phone every day and Tina has already come to visit.)<\/p>\n

\u201cI just wanted to get up here as soon as possible and get acclimated,\u201d Victoria said, telling Us<\/em> that the form required to be a Rockette is different from that of a cheerleader. \u201c[Dance coach] Rhonda Malkin<\/strong> has taken me under her wing and I\u2019m actually in her summer workshop right now. \u2026 I could totally see myself on Broadway as well. That would be a dream, so I\u2019m also trying to find a voice coach. Because that\u2019s one thing I\u2019ve never dabbled in \u2014 acting and or singing. I\u2019m gonna be open to anything. I\u2019m gonna attend any and all auditions that are out there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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