Nearly three years after the divorce, despite reports claiming that they’d been separated for even longer, her Instagram handle still reads @CapaAikman. Scroll through, and the story remains frozen in time: a wedding anniversary post from 2019: “I love you Troy! All that you are is all I’ll ever need”. Then, a romantic photo in front of the Eiffel Tower from February 2020, captioned “First getaway after a long season. Thank you loverboy.” In March 2023, she even posed with his daughter Alexa, writing “So happy to catch up with my girl!” The images haven’t been scrubbed. The name hasn’t been dropped. And now, with the Dallas Cowboys stirring up ‘90s nostalgia, Capa Aikman, too, has re-emerged with a public comment for her ex-husband’s team. 

“A special day as I proposed to the love of my life,” Troy Aikman had written in a now-deleted Instagram post as the two got engaged in Lake Como in 2017. Then, in June 2023, photos of Aikman vacationing in Italy with Haley Clark surfaced– the same country where he’d once proposed to Cap. Many wondered whether the marriage had ended. The next day, the New York Post confirmed: Troy and Capa had been divorced since 2020. In a separate interview, the ever-discreet Aikman, for the first time, opened up about this hushed part of his life, describing the end of his second marriage as “a failure.” He called it “rock bottom,” and explained, “Contentment was always a four-letter word. I never wanted to be content. That’s just not a place I could land.” 

His days have always been filled with rigorous routines: cold plunges, sauna, hyperbaric therapy, cold showers, weightlifting, and afternoon runs in 100-degree Dallas so that it “hurts”– but all in his refusal to “settle.” In June 2025, he was publicly seen with Marisa Howard, a children’s book author and wellness advocate, attending the Children’s Cancer Fund’s 35th Anniversary Gala in Dallas, marking yet another chapter in his personal life. He has erased his Instagram of all traces of marriage to Capa. But she still holds space for the relationship online, now responding to a Cowboy announcement that includes flashes of her ex-husband.

Charlotte Jones took to Instagram to post the Netflix trailer of the upcoming Cowboys documentary, and Capa dropped two earnest words followed by a burst of emojis: “Soooo excited!! 👏👏😍😍”.  That reaction reflects what the trailer spotlights: Aikman in the pocket, surveying defenses, his number 8 jersey visible between quick cuts with Emmitt Smith, Michael Irvin, and Deion Sanders. The footage doesn’t simply name-drop him; it shows him in full command, orchestrating plays at Texas Stadium alongside other legends of that era. But even beyond that, Aikman or not, her excitement following the triumph/tension-packed June 30 official trailer is still valid. 

At 47 seconds in, Jimmy Johnson snarls at a struggling player: “Get over there on that other field,” a brutal line that snapped through practices so that Sundays would feel like heaven. We also see Jerry Jones in full gambit mode — arms raised next to the Vince Lombardi Trophy, poised to bet it all on his vision. Twice, Michael Irvin reflects on Johnson’s iron fist at practice: “He made practice hell so the game was heaven,” a mantra echoing in voiceover. The trailer flashes through the Herschel Walker trade, scenes from the Super Bowl XXVIII victory parade’s pandemonium, and off-field chaos at the White House party — all reminders of a cultural juggernaut with dark undercurrents. 

Shot and curated by Chapman and Maclain Way (the duo behind Wild Wild Country), the ten-part Netflix series weaves never-before-seen NFL Films footage with first-person stories. It takes the audience through how Jones’ 1989 takeover reshaped a then-floundering franchise into an NFL business powerhouse that was then valued at around $9 billion in 2023. The story comes interlaced with interviews from the likes of Bush, Phil Knight, and even Rupert Murdoch, with their narratives exploring the Cowboys’ rise mirrored by broader cultural and economic shifts. 

Tracing a story that Aikman helped write, America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys premieres August 19. And while the show chronicles nostalgia, Capa Aikman’s quiet reaction, too, shows she’s still tuned in—watching, remembering, and not quite letting go.