Why did Melissa Rycroft leave DCC? Melissa Rycroft is disputing published reports that she quit the Dallas Cowboys cheerleading squad in 2007 because of cruel treatment from “mean girls.” “I left because at the time I was in a relationship [with now husband, Tye Strickland],” she tells me.

Does Melissa Rycroft work for DCC?

The 34-year-old now keeps up with the storied squad by serving as a mentor — or, as she calls it, “the happy face in a sea of serious ones” — on CMTs long-running series Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team, which will air its 100th episode Sept. 28.