{"id":56194,"date":"2026-06-17T19:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=56194"},"modified":"2026-06-17T15:53:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:53:22","slug":"faith-ward-breaks-silence-on-why-shes-the-only-dcc-member-allowed-to-wear-her-hair-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/06\/17\/faith-ward-breaks-silence-on-why-shes-the-only-dcc-member-allowed-to-wear-her-hair-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith Ward breaks silence on why she&#8217;s the only DCC member allowed to wear her hair up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s only one <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/06\/17\/the-heartwarming-reason-reece-retired-from-dallas-cowboys-cheerleaders-and-how-kelli-felt\/\">Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders<\/a> team member allowed to wear her hair up, and that&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/06\/16\/everything-you-need-to-know-on-the-dallas-cowboys-cheerleaders-rookie-faith-and-her-ponytail\/\">Faith Ward<\/a>. She&#8217;s a rookie, so the years-long cheerleaders may feel a certain way about it, but it&#8217;s true. So, exactly why has Kelli Finglass allowed her to have that ponytail?<\/p>\n<p>Essentially, all it comes down to is approval from coach Kelli. The ponytail is believed to be Aussie-coded, and Faith has just revealed to ABC Perth why she&#8217;s the first to wear the ponytail. She confirmed that her look is just for her and described the whole idea as &#8220;crazy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZceDzugMxG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZceDzugMxG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by FAITH WARD (@flexi_faith)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\u00a0She said: &#8220;The DCC hairstyle is out, fluffy, voluminous, luscious, long locks. I\u2019ve broken that stereotype.\u201d Kelli suggested the idea of Faith tying her hair up. \u201cSo, I\u2019m in rehearsal one of the days with my hair out and I am sweating after doing \u2018Thunderstruck\u2019,&#8221; Faith said.<\/p>\n<p>Faith added: \u201cShe\u2019s looking at me and she\u2019s like, \u2018You know what? I really want to see what your hair would look like tied up\u2019. I go into uniform fittings and keep my hair up in hopes that she would like it still, and I walk in and she goes, \u2018You\u2019re giving Ariana Grande!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DOMgsAvkRzx\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DOMgsAvkRzx\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by FAITH WARD (@flexi_faith)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\u00a0&#8220;Like, we need an Ariana Grande moment on the team,&#8217;\u201d Ward recalled. Surprised and thrilled by the comparison, Ward responded: \u201cAre you serious right now, Kelli? Like this is so exciting!&#8217; She\u2019s like, \u2018Yeah, but I want your ponytail longer, I want it blonder.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;Then, I want to see a cameo day where I prefer you be with your hair out.&#8217; So the reason why I haven\u2019t addressed it yet is because I want to wait and see what she has to say as to whether it\u2019s solidified yet. So right now, it\u2019s looking very hopeful I will be a DCC with a ponytail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Faith reminded people it&#8217;s not confirmed she&#8217;ll have a ponytail and said: \u201cBut, we still have to keep an open mind to the possibility that I could be going back to be hair out. So we can\u2019t get too excited yet!\u201d It&#8217;s certainly a first, but it&#8217;s all only on coach Kelli&#8217;s terms.<\/p>\n<p><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like <\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reality Shrine<\/a><\/span><\/i><i> on <\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How could we miss that ponytail?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734182,"featured_media":56195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[2119,1438],"class_list":["post-56194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-americas-sweethearts-dallas-cowboys-cheerleaders","tag-netflix"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/06\/17\/faith-ward-breaks-silence-on-why-shes-the-only-dcc-member-allowed-to-wear-her-hair-up\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Faith Ward breaks silence on why she&#8217;s the only DCC member allowed to wear her hair up","url":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/06\/17\/faith-ward-breaks-silence-on-why-shes-the-only-dcc-member-allowed-to-wear-her-hair-up\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/06\/17\/faith-ward-breaks-silence-on-why-shes-the-only-dcc-member-allowed-to-wear-her-hair-up\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Celines-featured-images-1884-150x150.png","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Celines-featured-images-1884.png"},"articleSection":"News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Celine Byford"}],"creator":["Celine Byford"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reality Shrine","logo":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png"},"keywords":["america's sweethearts: dallas cowboys cheerleaders","netflix"],"dateCreated":"2026-06-17T18:00:50Z","datePublished":"2026-06-17T18:00:50Z","dateModified":"2026-06-17T18:00:50Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Faith Ward breaks silence on why she&#8217;s the only DCC member allowed to wear her hair up\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thetab.com\\\/realityshrine\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/17\\\/faith-ward-breaks-silence-on-why-shes-the-only-dcc-member-allowed-to-wear-her-hair-up\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thetab.com\\\/realityshrine\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/17\\\/faith-ward-breaks-silence-on-why-shes-the-only-dcc-member-allowed-to-wear-her-hair-up\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Celines-featured-images-1884-150x150.png\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Celines-featured-images-1884.png\"},\"articleSection\":\"News\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Celine Byford\"}],\"creator\":[\"Celine Byford\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Reality Shrine\",\"logo\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realitytvshrine.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png\"},\"keywords\":[\"america's sweethearts: dallas cowboys cheerleaders\",\"netflix\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2026-06-17T18:00:50Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-17T18:00:50Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-17T18:00:50Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/realitytvshrine.com\/p.js"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/249734182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56197,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56194\/revisions\/56197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}