A former NBA and NFL cheerleader who transitioned into a WWE superstar has revealed the strict contract clause she and others in the role must not break.
Maxxine Dupri, real name Sydney Zmrzel Luke, earned a contract with WWE after impressing at a tryout in Las Vegas.
She has since gone on to become a member of the WWE main roster and captured the Women's Intercontinental champion with a win over Becky Lynch in November.
But before her WWE exploits, Dupri worked as a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Rams as well as the Phoenix Suns NBA franchise.
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She would be tasked with dancing on the turf and court on gamedays but with the Rams, officials were adamant that they could not ignite any type of dating rumours and had to be careful in any media activities.
Speaking on the IMPAULSIVE podcast with fellow WWE superstar Logan Paul, Dupri said: "We had media training on if someone asks you who your favorite player is. They don't want you to say like 'Todd Guerhly' because then people are going to be like, 'Oh she is dating Todd Guerhly'".
Dupri added that she "loved" the job bit did admit that there was a specific rule that she and her peers had to follow.
Paul asked the 28-year-old if any of the players would say hello to her and that led to Dupri opening up about being forbidden from socialising with the players as per the terms of her deal.
"Not to me, no," Dupri admitted.
"I've been with my husband. I, you know, my friends had friends. There were times in the tunnel and the other team's water boy would come over and be like 'so and so is throwing a party'
"That's against our contract. You can't go to those parties. You can't fraternize with the players for NFL or NBA."
Dupri is happily married to WWE superstar Anthony Luke but she did concede that not all cheerleaders followed the rule to the letter of the law.
Camille Kostek met iconic tight-end and four-time Super Bowl winner Rob Gronkowski in 2013 when she was a cheerleader with the New England Patriots and the couple have been dating for more than a decade.
Though they eventually went public, the relationship was a secret one during her stint as a cheerleader.
"Ok, so Camille is a great example but they kept it a secret while she was a cheerleader," Dupri stated.
"On Rams, if someone found out you'd be off the team. Suns was a little more lax.
"The Rams love everyone that works for them. We were treated so well, you couldn't leave the locker room without a security guard. The Suns did not know they had a dance team."
Josh Lawless