What Happened to DCC's Chandi Dayle? Where the Veteran Is Now After the “America's Sweethearts” Bahamas Scandal

In America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, a ungraded rocked nan historical team.

The Netflix docuseries' 2nd play was released connected June 18, pursuing a new group of rookies and returning veterans arsenic they navigated different high-stakes audition process and training camp. For those that earned a spot connected nan 36-person last roster, they enjoyed a jam-packed play filled pinch NFL crippled days, typical performances and moreover a squad travel to nan Bahamas.

But while galore of nan squad members enjoyed nan remainder and relaxation, location was besides a ungraded involving sixth-year seasoned and group leader Chandi Dayle successful which she collapsed a major DCC rule.

In a June 2025 speech pinch PEOPLE, fifth-year seasoned Jada Mclean opened up astir really they moved guardant from nan "unfortunate situation" pinch their teammate.

"There are things that spell connected successful immoderate workplace. Situations travel up, and I deliberation the biggest point is really you grip it," Mclean said. "I deliberation we did our champion arsenic a squad to grip it professionally while still being supportive of her."

So what happened pinch Chandi successful nan Bahamas? Here's everything to cognize astir nan DCC ungraded featured successful America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders play 2.

Which norm did Chandi break successful nan Bahamas?

After nan Bahamas trip, Mclean shared successful a confessional that location was an "elephant successful nan room" connected nan autobus thrust location aft "something happened" during nan getaway.

Chandi — who was nan longest-serving personnel connected nan 2024-2025 squad — collapsed a DCC norm erstwhile she disclosed nan group's edifice accusation to an chartless man.

As Mclean explained, Dayle had "brought personification into nan room that nary 1 had known," making immoderate of nan different squad members "worried for their safety."

"To different people, it came disconnected as, 'Oh my gosh, you put maine successful danger,' or, 'You weren't worried astir my safety,' but I don't deliberation she thought of that successful an almost conscionable a naive way," Mclean said. "She wasn't reasoning astir that astatine all. She was benignant of reasoning astir what she needed astatine nan time."

However, Dayle later told erstwhile DCC Jalyn Stough that she did truthful because she needed to confide successful personification astir individual issues. As Dayle explained, nan personification she met successful nan Bahamas had shared "similar things that person happened successful our past."

"I was conscionable benignant of crumbling down and I was like, 'Dang, I consciousness for illustration I person nary 1 present to talk to, truthful it's bully to person personification to confide in," she said. "I collapsed a DCC norm and had clip pinch my friend."

Dayle assured Stough that nan brushwood wasn't intersexual — they conscionable spoke, which she said "helped [her] successful nan moment."

"It was astir apt nan incorrect spot and clip to do that, but selfishly, I had to do it for maine because I consciousness for illustration I was conscionable losing it," she said.

In nan aftermath, Mclean explained that nan squad was divided successful really they felt astir nan situation, arsenic it "affected immoderate group much than others."

"Those group didn't consciousness for illustration they were being heard, [which] affected nan group more," Mclean added. "A batch of group person benignant of walked distant from her and that's not thing you want, particularly connected a squad this big."

Who is Chandi's ex-boyfriend?

Dayle's ex-boyfriend Ryan was featured early connected in America's Sweethearts play 2. They met connected Hinge correct earlier nan pandemic hit, though he "kind of ghosted" her erstwhile she had to participate a COVID bubble for training camp.

After they didn't speak for astir a year, Dayle past saw Ryan successful nan gym 1 time and decided to connection him connected societal media.

Dayle described him arsenic her "rock," explaining that he is personification she tin "always count on."

During nan season, Dayle besides shared that she met Ryan soon aft breaking up pinch a erstwhile ex-boyfriend, whom she claimed was a "stalker."

Dayle claimed her ex-boyfriend continuously harassed her erstwhile she began making love Ryan. After her ex-boyfriend showed up astatine her flat and threatened Ryan's life, Dayle revenge a constabulary study for home violence, harassment and stalking. Ultimately, Dayle said he was not charged for home unit because she didn't "have grounds for nan first clip he deed me."

Dayle said that nan incidents had affected her narration pinch Ryan, revealing that they had been on-and-off successful nan past.

"I deliberation astir it much than I want to, and I don't want to put that connected Ryan," she said. "I consciousness bad 'cause I consciousness for illustration I've affected nan narration successful for illustration a antagonistic way."

By nan extremity of nan season, Dayle told Stough that she and Ryan had officially surgery up.

Did Chandi return to DCC aft nan Bahamas?

In nan aftermath of nan Bahamas scandal, DCC caput choreographer Judy Trammell shared that Dayle took a "leave of absence" from nan team.

"We had to spell connected pinch rehearsals whether Chandi was location aliases not. We had a squad that needed to rehearse," Trammell said, later telling DCC head Kelli Finglass that Dayle needed to return immoderate clip for her "mental health."

Dayle later told Stough that nan unit of being expected to "wake up mundane and beryllium perfect" had gotten to her.

"If I can't moreover shape my life and my ain thoughts, I'm not gonna beryllium capable to shape a full team," she said.

Dayle yet returned to nan team, but pinch immoderate of nan responsibilities taken disconnected her sheet arsenic she re-joined nan group without being a leader.

Once she returned pinch nan pressures taken off, Dayle said it was "really nice" to not beryllium successful charge.

"I'm truthful happy conscionable dancing now. I don't person to deliberation astir what I'm doing aliases what I'm calling," she continued. "I don't person to deliberation astir thing anymore."

Why did KayDianna discontinue DCC aft nan Bahamas incident?

During Dayle's absence, fourth-year seasoned KayDianna Garza stepped into nan domiciled of first leader. But erstwhile it came clip for azygous returns, Finglass confirmed that Garza was nary longer portion of nan team.

"It yet became KayDianna's choice. We had 1 speech of honorable feedback, and I think, possibly she didn't for illustration that conversation," Finglass said. "It was her choice, and it was sudden."

In a confessional, Garza shared that she "didn't consciousness supported" erstwhile she stepped into Dayle's activity role.

"I felt for illustration I was conscionable a body," she said. "It was arsenic if Chandi sewage nan perks of being a first leader and I sewage nan work portion of it."

Garza past explained that aft nan Bahamas, she was asked astir Chandi during a TikTok Live, successful which she replied that she would "make a video connected that 1 day" and "talk astir nan full thing."

After 1 spectator recorded nan TikTok Live and posted nan video to Reddit, Garza past sewage a telephone from a DCC unit personnel saying she was "under investigation for being a bully and harassing" — and was officially suspended from nan team.

"I conscionable told myself that I needed to return myself retired of nan statement and that I needed to respect myself," Garza said.

What person Chandi's DCC coaches and teammates said astir nan Bahamas incident?

After nan Bahamas scandal, Trammell said it was "hard" for her to spot Dayle "go done a debased point."

"I consciousness very motherly to her. She needs hugs and she needs emotion and she needs forgiveness," Trammell said. "We're not gonna time off immoderate of our children retired successful nan cold."

Mclean told PEOPLE that contempt Dayle's mistake, "We're not going to move our backmost connected her."

"We're teammates and we're sisters astatine nan extremity of nan day," she added. "As a team, I deliberation we conscionable benignant of rallied together and kept to nan occupation and did our champion to support things moving, because astatine nan extremity of nan day, we still had a occupation to get done and that was our goal."

Where is Chandi Dayle now?

At of nan season, Dayle was among nan veterans who announced that they would beryllium retiring from DCC. In a confessional, Dayle said she was excited to get retired of an "anxious" situation and "be calm."

"My twenties is wherever I'm expected to study a lot, I'm expected to spell acquisition different things, and now I tin benignant of commencement doing that," she added.

Since nan cheer play wrapped, Dayle has not revealed her early plans. She has been promoting play 2 of America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders connected her Instagram.

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