Is Kendall Vertes completed with dance? She doesn’t assume so.
Throughout a brand new interview, the “Dance Moms” alum opened up about her need to grow to be a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader.
Nonetheless, there’s one factor in regards to the group driving Kendall Vertes away.
In line with PEOPLE, Vertes just lately mentioned her future as a dancer on her podcast, “Not So Little with Kendall Vertes,” and stated she’s thinking about changing into a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader.
Elsewhere through the episode, nevertheless, she stated the group being the topic of a brand new actuality present, “America’s Sweethearts,” has turned her off.
“I thought of doing NFL dancing, however once more … now that there’s actuality tv exhibits surrounding it, do I actually wish to return down that alley?” she stated.
For many who could also be unfamiliar, Vertes spent a number of years on actuality TV as a star of Lifetime’s “Dance Mothers.”
Whereas Vertes had some highs on the present, the veteran actuality star needs to remain as far-off from being on unscripted tv as doable.
“Like, I wish to get pleasure from dance with out that intertwined into it once more,” she stated.
Kendall Vertes Mentioned She Was ‘Destined’ To Be A Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader
Whereas talking with PEOPLE on Might 13, Vertes, 24, stated that regardless of the present, she sees herself in a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader outfit sooner or later.
“I really feel like I’m destined to be a DCC cheerleader someday. You recognize my mother would love that too,” she stated.
However so as to make the group, Vertes admitted she’d must “get again within the studio” to brush among the mud off.
And whereas showing on the ultimate roster will take onerous work, Vertes revealed she’s greater than prepared to tackle the problem.
“I don’t assume I’m completed with dance simply but. That will be my closure,” she stated.
Kendall Vertes Says She’s ‘Used’ To Filming Actuality TV
Concerning her worries in regards to the Texas-based cheer group nonetheless being adopted by Netflix cameras when it’s her flip to carry out at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Vertes stated she’d take into account signing on as a result of her love for dance outweighs all the pieces else.
“I’m used to [reality TV],” Vertes stated. “I simply wouldn’t need the viewers to assume that I’m doing it to remain within the highlight. It might be for me and my love for dance. And naturally it simply so occurs to be that there’s a TV present round it.”
Vertes Opens Up About Beginning Her Podcast
In November 2025, Vertes obtained candid about her determination to begin her podcast, stating that it stemmed from her need to create a extra “mature” look.
“I felt like now’s a good time to share my life once more with my followers who mainly grew up with me, as a result of we’re all going by way of this bizarre transition part of going from being a school pupil into maturity,” she stated, per PEOPLE.
Moreover, Vertes stated her podcast offers her the chance to talk on to her followers, updating them on particulars of her private life.
“I completely wish to use this podcast clearly to emphasise my life after Dance Mothers and what I’m to this point and what profession path I’m going to go on, however I additionally needed to make use of this to form of let folks see who I actually am as a result of all they noticed was 45 minutes of me mainly crying on the TV present,” she stated. “They didn’t get to see my full persona.”
Vertes Will get Actual About ‘Previous Trauma’ From Filming The Present
In line with Vertes, her “Not So Little” present additionally permits her to work by way of challenges she confronted rising up in entrance of the cameras.
“A whole lot of my experiences as a baby have form of woven their means into my maturity, and typically I’m like, ‘Why do I really feel like this?’ And it’s like, ‘Oh, perhaps it’s my previous trauma talking,’” she stated.
Talking of trauma, the TV persona stated she’s by no means spoken to a psychological well being skilled about her upbringing, however admitted she feels snug talking about issues on-line, particularly as a result of most of her followers grew up watching her.
“I believe lots of people simply wish to know what actually went on behind the scenes,” she stated. “Now it’s form of our time to navigate these feelings and form of shed gentle to it in a optimistic means and transfer on as effectively.”
