Root for the home team! Sarah Shahi, Teri Hatcher and Phyllis Smith are among the few celebrities who were professional cheerleaders before making it big in Hollywood.Shahi — who made the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader roster in the late 1990s in her home state of Texas — used her time on the field as training for being an actress.“It was very competitive I will say that, it was a great learning experience at the same time,” the Sex/Life star told Fox411 in April 2016. “Those cheerleaders make show business look like babies foreplay.
They weigh you to the 100th of a pound. If you’re above your goal weight you have to sit outside of that week’s game.”The Rookie alum recalled that when the team took water breaks “the veterans go first,” noting that the squad was “not a democracy.”Shahi continued: “With all that being said, I’m not trying to paint them out to be villainous in any way.
I learned a great deal about what it’s like to be disciplined and rehearse. We rehearsed for eight hours a day every single day and I was a full-time college student.
To be able to have that kind of foundation going into Hollywood was fantastic.”In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesSmith, for her part, was one of the first round of NFL cheerleaders for the St.
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