Did Reece Weaver Leave The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Because Of Her Husband? Here's What She Said

When Reece Weaver announced she was leaving the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders at the end of Season 3 of America's Sweethearts, social media immediately started looking for someone to blame. After all, Weaver wasn't a rookie who had decided the job wasn't for her. She had become one of the beloved faces of the Netflix series, one of its biggest fan favorites, and seemed to have years ahead of her on the squad.

There is no way she would leave on her own accord, her fans thought. The answer seemed obvious to them. It must be her husband.

After Weaver announced she was retiring from the DCC, TikTok was flooded with theories that her husband, Will Allman, had pushed her to leave. Many pointed to the couple's Christian faith, their traditional marriage, and scenes from the show that showed him helping manage her growing influencer career. This rumor became so widespread that Weaver has now publicly addressed it herself. However, she's making it clear that people have the story completely wrong.

Fans Tried Connecting The Dots

Weaver's marriage has been part of America's Sweethearts since the beginning. She and Allman married in April 2024, shortly after her first season with the squad. Fans watched them navigate a first year together while Weaver's popularity exploded following the Netflix series.

Meanwhile, Season 3 offered another glimpse into their relationship. One storyline showed the couple trying to balance their relationship with Weaver's growing list of sponsorships and brand deals after the show turned her into one of the DCC's breakout personalities.

At one point, Allman admitted that managing those opportunities blurred the lines between husband and business partner. "These are really cool opportunities that we can't really pass up, but it got to a point where I was telling Reece what to do,” he said. “'You need to do this. This is the deadline for this.' It became more like a business partnership rather than a marriage."

Because of moments like these, some viewers assumed Weaver's retirement wasn't entirely her own decision. Others argued that her move to Alabama and the couple's openly religious lifestyle suggested she was stepping away from dancing to embrace a more traditional role at home. Weaver says none of that is true. 

Reece Wants People To Stop Blaming Her Husband

In interviews following the finale, Weaver said reading those assumptions has been frustrating because they couldn't be further from reality. “It makes me frustrated, because that could not be more far from the truth,” she said. She insisted that Allman never pressured her to leave and supported whichever path she chose. “He was so supportive, no matter what decision I made.”

Weaver explained that she always turns to him for advice but that the choice was ultimately hers. “No matter what decision I had, he was just going to support either way,” she added. “I always go to him for options and outcomes. He could kind of process what we could do if we went this way, and what we could do if we went the other direction.”

Allman, for his part, doesn't seem especially bothered by the criticism. He suggested that because Weaver has become such a beloved member of the cast, people simply wanted someone to blame for her departure. “Reece is a bunch of people's favorites,” he said. “Those people are going to find something else to blame if I wasn't there, so it doesn't really affect me a whole lot.”

Although the finale makes her retirement feel sudden, Weaver says she'd actually been thinking about it for much of the year. She explained that entering her third season, she already felt an overwhelming sense of gratitude for everything she had accomplished as a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader. Weaver said, “Going into season 3, my third year on the team, I just had so much gratitude. My cup was filled to the brim even going into this year.”

“My cup was getting really, really full. I went into my last game not thinking and knowing it was my last, but I kind of treated it as it was my last, so I could really just soak it all in. I think I really needed that sense of closure for my mental state.”

Even after making peace with her choice, actually telling longtime director Kelli Finglass and choreographer Judy Trammell was another story. “I don't remember the last time I was that nervous to go into a conversation. I wasn't nervous about really telling them, it was more me actually saying it out loud.”

Rather than saying she was burned out or ready to leave dance behind, Weaver describes her retirement as the beginning of something she can't fully see yet. She said she spent months wrestling with the decision before finally realizing she felt at peace walking away. “I've been wrestling with this decision all throughout this past year and a lot of it came from just having a heart full of gratitude,” she said. “I really felt at peace that I was supposed to take a leap of faith and just trust that I might not know what's in store the next three months or so down the road.”

“There's a lot of people that speculate that this wasn't necessarily my decision, like other outside things were pulling me. A lot of people are always scared to stay in their box and be like, 'Well, this is it. There's no other step.' I just want to encourage people to be bold enough to take that leap.”

“It's scary because I'm currently in that right now. There's so much more outside for everyone. I think that's another reason why I really wanted to step into the next chapter.”

Marriage Changed Her Life 

Another reason fans connected her retirement to her husband is because the show spends time exploring how dramatically their first year of marriage unfolded. Instead of settling into life as newlyweds, the couple suddenly found themselves dealing with Netflix fame, sponsorships, and an audience invested in every aspect of their relationship. "We haven't really experienced what newlywed living is like," Weaver said, explaining that their marriage immediately became anything but ordinary.

I'm just excited to carry that into the next season of our lives.

The attention strengthened their relationship rather than strained it. “We can't go back and change what has come up and what our new reality looks like. I think that's special. In the beginning I was like, 'What are we doing? What is going on? How do we navigate all of this?' But I think it has ultimately made our marriage stronger and our relationship stronger. I'm just excited to carry that into the next season of our lives.”

She's Not Done Dancing

Retiring from the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders doesn't mean she's leaving dance behind altogether. Weaver is excited to see where life takes her next and doesn't want people to interpret this as the end of that chapter entirely. She said, “I still want to continue to dance and just explore what life has to offer.”

She also admitted that, for the first time, she isn't working toward a carefully planned next milestone: “I think my entire life has been, 'OK, what's next? How can I continue?' I'm still thinking that today, but I feel like for the first time in my life, I'm really thinking about, 'OK, what really is next?'”

Instead of having every step mapped out, she's embracing the uncertainty. “That's exciting. You're just jumping into the unknown,” Weaver added. “Yes, not everything has to be permanent. That's the learning process of it all. I'm gonna continue to dance, watch me.”