Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar! All for censorship, stand up and…wait, what?
Who would have thought a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader would have her Twitter account silenced after being tackled during a game?
Cheerleader Melissa Kellerman was tackled by Cowboys tight end Jason Witten during Dallas’ Thanksgiving game against the Miami Dolphins.
While getting slammed by a 6-foot, 256-pound pro football player should cause some sort of injury, Kellerman got up immediately and had a quick laugh with Witten.
No harm done, right?
Kellerman’s Twitter followers were evidently worried about her well-being, so she posted the following tweet: “Not hurtin’ today, like some of y’all thought I would be! Our [tight end] isn’t as tough as he looks…That or I’m WAY tougher than I
look. ;)”
A light-hearted jab at Witten, right? Completely innocent.
Not to the Dallas Cowboys.
Kellerman’s Twitter account was deactivated after the tweet, causing some to believe it was shut down by Cowboys administrators.
Did I miss the part where she insulted the team? Called Witten a sissy? Gave away team secrets? No? So why did she have to shut down her Twitter account?
NFL.com even wrote the Cowboys “might have become the NFL’s new ‘Steel Curtain,'” after censoring the cheerleader.
But the Cowboys have denied involvement. Public relations director Rich Dalrymple said in an e-mail to CNET.com, “The organization doesn’t get [into] administering the Twitter accounts of players or cheerleaders. Melissa made her own decisions regarding her account over the