Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Melissa Kellerman found instant internet fame when she was knocked down on the sideline by tight end Jason Witten during the team’s game against the Miami Dolphins on Thursday.
When Kellerman’s Twitter account was suspended soon after she tweeted about the incident, reports spread that it was a move by the Dallas Cowboys. However, Cowboys’ director of public relations Rich Dalrymple said Kellerman was not forced by the team to delete her account.
“The Cowboys organization does not get involved in the administering of twitter accounts for players or cheerleaders,” Rich Dalrymple told The Hollywood Reporter.
Dalrymple added that “Melissa made her own decisions regarding her account over the weekend.” On Monday, Kellerman’s account was reactivated, but her Tweets are now protected.
Soon after the now-infamous incident, Kellerman took to her Twitter account and left a couple comments about the incident. “I’m not the best at Jason Witten trust falls 
” and “Not hurtin’ today, like some of y’all thought I would be! Our TE isn’t as tough as he looks… That or I’m WAY tougher than I look. ”
The cheerleader’s Twitter account saw a quick increase in followers — to more than 1,000 — as a result of the incident.
But then, Kellerman’s account when dark, and reports started circulating that it was because the Dallas Cowboys had forced her to suspend her account.
Kellerman, who has been on the team for four years, is from South Carolina. Her profile on the Cowboys website says she is interested in being a child specialist and working in hospitals, an elementary special ED teacher or a wedding event planner.