‘Favorite’ cheerleader Anisha eliminated from DCC for ‘lamest excuse ever’, say fans
America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders is a brand new addition to Netflix this June. The show follows in the footsteps of Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team and follows the Class of 23. Sadly not all the ladies who try out end up on the team, and fans are outraged that DCC star Anisha was […]
America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders is a brand new addition to Netflix this June. The show follows in the footsteps of Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team and follows the Class of 23. Sadly not all the ladies who try out end up on the team, and fans are outraged that DCC star Anisha was eliminated.
When Kelli McGonagill Finglass and Judy Trammell first see Anisha perform on the Netflix show, they seem blown away. The “talented” orthodontist has them saying: “She’s entertaining that’s for sure.” However, her time on the cheer squad was cut short.
DCC’s Anisha is eliminated
Rookie candidate Anisha spends her days working as an orthodontist.
When she got her DCC uniform, she said how she channels a “different character” as a cheerleader, as her days usually involve “no makeup and scrubs.”
The cheerleader, from Porter Ranch, California is told during the show that she’s “so talented” by other cheerleaders. But she replies: “I’m barely surviving.”
In episode 2 it seems the future is bright for Anisha on the team as the coaches say: “She’s going to keep moving up.”
However, later in the season, Anisha sits with Kelli who tells her she’s “beautiful,” and a “great performer” but adds how she “doesn’t have the same foundation as some of the others in terms of style of dance.”
Kelli explains: “In a picture of beautiful kicks, her foot would kind of be dangling.”
Anisha’s injury
Kelli’s comments about Anisha’s “dance style” came after she injured her ankle during practice.
During episode 3, a coach says: “Anisha just rolled her ankle really bad.”
Smiling through pain, the dancer says she “thinks she’s OK” before getting it taped up. As she walks across the field she says “it hurts a lot.”
Despite the injury, Anisha jogs back on and continues to practice.
Later she says she “went too hard” and that her ankle was “swollen.”
Taking to a Reddit thread following Anisha’s elimination, fans are expressing their disappointment.
Many say the dancer was their “favorite” and others describe her as an “it girl.”
One fan wrote: “…they messed up by cutting her.”
Another commented: “Nailed it. They faulted her for her foot not aligning in the kick line. Give me a break. The lamest excuse.”
Taking to Instagram following the show, Anisha appears to only have good things to say and writes how much she loved the opportunity: “…I truly have no regrets about auditioning; it was an extraordinary experience to dance alongside these incredibly talented and compassionate women and I’m grateful for the friends I’ve made along the way…”
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