The Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders performed before a game against the Chicago Bears at AT&T Stadium on October 30, 2022 in Arlington, Texas. The Cowboys won the game 49-29. One scene in particular has divided viewers on how the women support each other through their actions, beyond just their words. “We had an appearance that morning and that’s when [Netflix] had asked, ‘Hey, can we come film?

Can we come celebrate with you?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah,’” Victoria, 24, recalled during the Monday, July 8, episode of the podcast. “I word-of-mouth and vocalized, ‘Hey, Netflix is coming. There’s gonna be cake [and] the more the merrier.’ But, I guess it just didn’t trickle along.”

After being asked if the incident bothered her, Victoria responded, “No, because everything that I said always felt like it got just brushed aside.” She said her DCC teams often did “not fully acknowledge” what she said, and pointed out that the team regularly came together to plan and celebrate other cheerleaders’ birthdays. The podcast host offered some reassurance, saying, “And you deserve that same hype from true friends.”

However, other DCC members are now speaking out, offering a different perspective on the birthday incident.

According to them, Kalina never invited them to her birthday festivities. “We take bdays very seriously around here & would have been there if we had known! We decorated her locker per Dcc tradition, but we wish we could have been given the opportunity to be at her party,” Wetterberg wrote. Sherman commented, “We would have absolutely rallied around her.” Kolpakova added, “It breaks my heart that it has come to this.”