Reece Weaver says she is almost two years sober from Reddit after retiring from the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, a small personal line that now sits at the center of her response to the online backlash that followed her exit. Her retirement was revealed at the end of season 3 of Netflix’s America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, which premiered on June 16 and is available to stream now.
That timing matters because Weaver is speaking just as viewers are watching her departure unfold. In a new interview, she said the team does see the comments, even if people online assume otherwise, and that the criticism does not stay on one page. It follows the cheerleaders onto their Instagrams, TikToks and other social feeds, where she said the posts can turn into arguments fast. She wants viewers to understand that the words carry weight.
Weaver said the reaction has not just landed on one person. She said social media criticism affects the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders as a group, but she also said it has forced the team to become stronger and closer. After three years on the team, she said she learned where her own boundaries were and had to set a lot of them for herself. The retirement, which the show holds until the end of season 3, seems to have given her the space to say that out loud.
The detail that stands out is how ordinary the defense has become. Weaver said she has not spent much time on Reddit and deletes negative comments when she sees them so other people do not get pulled into the backlash. She said she does not want anyone else dragged into arguments, and that she does not need that kind of noise either. The result is a version of online life that is less about reading every reply than deciding which ones never get to stay.
That is why her next move is still unresolved. Weaver said she will return to comments and become more active on social media only if she feels ready, but she would not put a date on it. For now, the retirement is public, the season is out, and the silence she has chosen around Reddit is still doing its work.
