Dallas Cowboys cheerleader goes viral for pom pom fluffing tutorial; here’s why fans are shocked

It’s not easy being a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader. If the Netflix docuseries America’s Sweethearts proved anything, it’s that the DC cheerleading squad have to live up to very high expectations. In fact, recently, DCC Abby Summers went viral as she broke down her pom pom care routine, which is required of all cheerleading squad members. DC fans were shocked that cheerleaders had to fluff up their own pom pomsOn June 30, Summers posted a pom pom fluffing tutorial on her TikTok. She watched Love Island as she tied little knots on the straight strands of her pom pom. The knots basically curl up the strands, which gives the illusion of volume. It’s similar to how mini braids or hair knots can fluff up your hair or give it added volume."Tonight starts pom pom fluffing time," the cheerleader says in the video. "As I fluff, I'm going to catch up on the rest of my Love Island episode," she continued, while beginning to "tie knots" with the prop's straightened pieces.“We just tie knots in them, like so,” she said. “Just keep repeating this process, tying different directions, till it gets fluffy.”Fans were shocked that the DC cheerleaders had to fluff their own pom poms. “I had no idea this had to be done,” a fan wrote. To which Summers responded, “Me too.”Another tidbit which surprised fans is the number of pom poms each cheerleader receives per season. Abby shared that every cheerleaders gets just “one pair of gameday poms per szn!”. This is startling as pom poms tend to get worn out after long routines and rehearsals. "DCC is literally so embarrassing what do you mean you have to make your own pom poms and wash your own uniform that you don’t even get to keep when you retire?!?!?!?! It’s a multi billion dollar organisation," wrote one user.Interestingly, Summers isn't the first NFL cheerleader to who shared her pom pom fluffing process. In 2023, Miami Dolphins cheerleader Bella Denton uploaded a TikTok video to show fans how long it takes to fluff them up."We fluff our own poms and fluffing one palm takes me like two-and-a-half hours," Denton said in the clip.