>>> IF YOU'VE BEEN LIVING UNDER
A ROCK AND HAVEN'T HEARD THERE'S
A NEW DOCU-SERIES ON NETFLIX
THAT HAS FANS LIKE ME FLIPPING
OUT.
>> JEN TOLD ME ABOUT IT.
I WAS ON THE PLANE AND I DID.
IT'S CALLED "CHEER."
THEY DEFEND THEIR NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> LIKE WITH ANY OTHER SPORT,
YOU HAVE TO HAVE MORE THAN JUST
AN EXACT NUMBER ON THE TEAM.
THEY DON'T WANT TO BE ON THE
SIDELINE, THEY WANT TO BE DOING
IT.
I HAVE TO HAVE TOUGH
CONVERSATIONS AND MAKE TOUGH
DECISIONS TO PEOPLE IN AND OUT,
SORRY, YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT.
I KNOW THOSE KIDS ARE JUST AS
COMPETITIVE AS I AM.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE GOING
TO BE PEOPLE I JUST CAN'T PUT ON
MAP.
>> COACH MONACO AND DARIUS, IN
THE INFOMERCIAL.
BY THE WAY, WHEN JERRY MADE MAT,
I CRIED.
MONICA, YOU COACHED THESE KIDS
FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND
TEXAS AT THIS SMALL SCHOOL.
I'VE READ SOMEWHERE PEOPLE ARE
WANTING YOU TO RUN FOR
PRESIDENT?
>> YOU HEARD THAT RUMOR?
>> I'LL SING THAT BUT THAT'S
DEFINITELY NOT IN THE PLANS.
>> THERE IS AN ELECTION COMING
UP.
YOU EMBRACE THESE KIDS AS IF
THEY'RE YOUR OWN.
HOW DO YOU DO IT WHEN YOU'RE THE
COACH?
>> I'M WITH THEM MORE THAN MY
FAMILY SOMETIMES.
I'M WITH THEM EVERYDAY.
WE HAVE A BOND AND RELATIONSHIP
AND THEY ARE LIKE MY OWN KIDS.
I LOVE THEM LIKE MY OWN KIDS.
OVER 25 YEARS THEY TAUGHT ME
ABOUT MY OWN LIFE.
I WANT TO BE THE BEST ROLE MODEL
I CAN BE FOR THEM AND WANT THEM
TO BE SO SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE AND
WANT TO TEACH THEM ALL THE TOOLS
THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN
LIFE.
>> I'M LOOKING AT JERRY AND FEEL
YOU WERE BORN WITH LIGHT COMING
OUT OF YOU.
THIS IS A SHOW ABOUT LIFE.
WE WATCHED YOU GO THROUGH ONE OF
THE MOST DIFFICULT MOMENTS, WHEN
YOUR MOM PASSED.
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS
FAMILY, YOUR CHEERLEADING
FAMILY.
HOW DID THAT SAVE YOU, I GUESS?
>> BEING WITH PEOPLE THAT COME
FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS LIKE
MYSELF AND BEING AROUND WITH
PEOPLE LIKE LaDARIUS AND GABBY,
LIKE MY CLOSEST FRIENDS, LIFT ME
UP WHEN I'M GOING THROUGH HARD
TIMES ALTHOUGH I DON'T SHOW IT.
I DON'T SHOW WHEN I'M GOING
THROUGH A TOUGH TIME.
>> THEY'RE YOUR FAMILY.
>> YES.
>> LaDARIUS, YOU, TOO, YOU GREW
UP, EVERYBODY SAID, YOU PLAY
FOOTBALL.
THEY HAD A STORY FOR YOU BUT YOU
WROTE YOUR OWN STORY.
I WONDER IN YOUR TOUGHEST DAYS,
HOW DID YOU FIND JOY?
>> I FOUND MYSELF, THE MORE I
DROWNED OUT ALL THE NOISE THE
BET IT WAS FOR ME TO GET THROUGH
WHAT I NEEDED TO GET THROUGH.
>> YOUR HONESTY, I FIND THAT SO
REFRESHING.
YOU WERE SAYING SOMETIMES KIDS
WOULD PICK ON YOU AND YOU WOULD
GO TO THEIR CLASSROOMS TO LOOK
FOR THEM.
>> YOU'RE NOT MAKING FUN OF ME.
>> OH, MY GOSH.
>> I'M SORRY.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS A
SPORT, MAN.
YOU HAVE CHANGED SO MANY
PERCEPTIONS.
I THINK -- I SHOWED MY GIRLS --
NOT THAT THEY CAN DO THIS, I
SHOWED IT IT TO THEM, THERE IS A
PERCEPTION CHEERLEADING IS LIKE
THIS.
Y'ALL ARE DOING THE MOST
ATHLETIC MOVES YOU CAN EVEN
IMAGINE.
>> LOOK RIGHT AT GABBY RIGHT
THERE.
YOU ARE THAT.
>> HOW ARE Y'ALL CHANGING
CHEERLEADING?
>> I THINK EACH YEAR IT GETS
HARDER AND HARDER.
WE SET THE BALL OVERALL.
IT DOES GET HARDER OVERALL.
MONICA DEFINITELY SETS THE BAR
FOR COLLEGE CHEERLEADING.
EVERY TIME YOU WATCH NAVARRO, IT
PULLS YOU INTO IT.
THE TALENT WE HAVE EACH YEAR
JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER.
WE WANT TO CHANGE IT FOR THE
BETTER AND ATTITUDES ARE
EVERYTHING.
NAVARRO IS JUST A LIGHT, LIKE A
POSITIVE PLACE TO BE.
>> MONICA, YOU HAVE YOUR MASTERS
IN BUSINESS.
YOU RUN IT LIKE A FAMILY BUT
THERE'S A SENSE OF YOU --
>> YOU'RE NO NONSENSE.
>> DO YOU NOT TAKE ANY B.S.
WHAT I LOVE, TOO, ALL THESE
CELEBS ARE CRAZY ABOUT YOU.
>> WE DID NOT EXPECT THIS.
WE WERE BLOWN AWAY, MY GOD,
CHRISSY TIEGEN IS TWEETING ABOUT
US, THEN REECE WITHERSPOON AND
J.J. WATT.
>> J.J. WATT IS LIKE TEXAS
ROYALTY.
YOU KNOW WHAT, HE IS HERE!
>> HOW ARE YOU?
>> WE THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD
SURPRISE YOU WITH A LITTLE J.J.!
>> REACTION,
J.J. WATTS, HUGE FAN OF THE
NETFLIX BREAKOUT SHOW, "CHEER."
>> WE'RE SO HAPPY REUNITED WITH
MONICA, JERRY, GABBY,
LaDARIUS --
>> AND J.J.!
>> WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN HE
WALKED THROUGH THOSE DOORS.
>> IT WAS GREAT.
>> YOU'RE FAN.
TELL US.
>> I WATCH THE SHOW, A HUGE FAN.
MY FIANCE GOT ME INTO IT.
YOU SHOULD WATCH IT.
OKAY, I NEVER THOUGHT OF A
CHEERLEADING DOCUMENTARY
INTERESTING TO ME.
TWO EPISODES IN, COME ON!
>> YOU ARE A MAJOR ATHLETE.
YOU COMPETE AT THE HIGHEST
LEVEL.
WATCHING THESE GUYS, WHO HAVE
GRIT AND RESILIENCE LIKE YOU
CAN'T BELIEVE, WHAT DO YOU SAY
TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THEY DO?
>> UNBELIEVABLE.
INSPIRING.
AS THE SEASON WENT ON, THAT'S
WHAT IT WAS FOR ME.
IT WAS AN INSPIRATION.
I SAW HOW HARD YOU WORK AND THE
TIME YOU PUT IN.
YOU SET A GOAL AND YOU PUT IN
THE WORK AND IT DIDN'T MATTER
WHAT GOT IN THE WAY, THE
POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT AND
ENTHUSIASM SO GREAT TO WATCH.
>> MONICA IS FREAKING OUT.
>> THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE HAS
BEEN A FREAK-OUT.
WE DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY OF
THIS.
>> J.J. WILL BE HOSTING "SNL"
THIS WEEK AND LAST WEEK, Y'ALL
WERE FEATURED ON "SNL."
WE HAVE TO WATCH THIS.
>> Y'ALL HAVE TO PROVE WHY YOU
DESERVE 0 BE ON HERE.
YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALL GOING TO
MAKE IT.
TROY, LET'S START WITH YOU.
>> I DESERVE TO BE HERE BECAUSE
WE MUST AND SO I WILL.
I WAS INSPIRED BY THE STEAKHOUSE
THAT SAYS, THERE'S NO SUCH THING
ABOUT BEING FULL.
I THINK ABOUT THAT EVERYDAY.
>> AND BOY YA YOING?
>> YEAH.
>> AND WHAT DOES THAT FEEL TO BE
IMMORTAL?
>> YOU WERE PART OF IT, BY THE
WAY.
>> I WAS MYSELF.
>> THAT IS PART OF WHAT HAS
HAPPENED, IS THAT YOU'VE CHANGED
THIS PERCEPTION.
THERE ARE INJURIES.
WHAT YOU GUYS DO IS PHYSICALLY
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
WHAT DOES THAT FEEL LIKE TO
CHANGE THE SPORT THAT Y'ALL
LOVE, CHANGE THE PERCEPTION OF
IT?
>> IT FEELS REALLY GOOD.
PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW MUCH
WORK IT TAKES AND TIME IT TAKES
TO GO INTO CHEERLEADING AND WHAT
WE ACTUALLY DO.
NOT JUST US WAVING POM-POMS OR
YELLING, FLIPPING YOUR BODY OVER
AND THROWING SOMEBODY ELSE UP TO
SOMEBODY ELSE AND CATCHING
SOMEBODY OFF THE MAT.
>> IT WAS LIKE A PYRAMID AND
EVERYONE LINED UP ON TOP OF EACH
AMAZING.
WHAT YOU GUYS DO --
>> IT WAS SCARY TO WATCH,
WATCHI
WATCHING YOU FLYING, GABBY.
>> WHEN THEY DROPPED HER, I WAS
ALMOST CRYING.
AMERICA WANTS TO KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED.
I WENT TO THE BATHROOM AND I
DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
THIS NEEDS TO BE ITS OWN
DOCUMENTARY.
>> Y'ALL ARE PREPARING FOR
NATIONALS NOW.
WHO ARE ON THE TEAM.
TELL US SOME OF THE PEOPLE ON
THE TEAM.
LaDARIUS?
>> LaDARIUS.
>> JERRY.
>> JERRY!
>> LEXIE.
WE WANTED TO HEAR THAT.
>> MORGAN.
>> DO YOU GUYS NEED A TUMBLER?
I CAN TUMBLE.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANYBODY'S
SPOT.
I WILL BE HAPPY ON THE SIDE.
>> SPEAKING OF THAT, YOU'RE NOT
THE ONLY ONE THAT WANTS TO BE ON
THE TEAM.
SIMONE BILES?
>> WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH
HER?
>> YOU CAN ALWAYS USE SIMONE
BILES.
>> YOU CAN'T DO THAT ONCE YOU'RE
GOING TO THE OLYMPICS --
>> SURE, SHE CAN.
>> WE LOVE YOU GUYS,
CONGRATULATIONS ON EVERYTHING.
J.J.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE.
>> YOU