When the girls made fun of Jojo:
I personally think that was really rude of them, what do you think?
I personally think that was really rude of them, what do you think?
I’ll start off by making it very clear that I’m not justifying any of Abby’s behavior, or her favoritism or the unfair treatment and secret privates and everything that happened.
With that said, I think we should all stop kidding ourselves, some people need to accept that Maddie WAS just special. She had something none of the other dancers had, a fluidity and musicality that couldn’t be taught. Just rewatched fool me once, and when she went to do her turn sequence, that little eleven year old girl caught herself lowering her relevé AND CORRECTED HERSELF MID TURN.
At some point, we just have to admit she wanted it more than the others, and that’s not to diss the others, it was supposed to be a fun after school activity. And again, none of the favoritism or comparison should’ve happened, but I’m just tired of people trying to discredit Maddie and claim she wasn’t even that much better compared to the others, sure, maybe in season 1-2 Chloe was really close to being on her level technically, but even back then she just had something special and clearly the world saw it in her, too.
I was just watching season 6 episode 32 and they had a flash back and Sarah was blurred out for some reason. Anyone know why?
So obviously everyone is in control and responsible for their own actions. All the Moms who spoke badly about a kid that is on them. However, I feel before Kira joined whenever lines got blurred and the kids heard the Moms talking about them. The Moms did show remorse and I don’t think they intended to hurt them. I think emotions got high but I’ve noticed in season 1-3 we do see the Moms apologise to eachother or the kids at times. I feel when Kelly left the precedent really went out the window. Jess also carried this problematic notion with her bullying and terrible comments. The way Kira spoke about Sarah was horrendous and she never really got held to account. The select Moms stood up for Sarah but their word did not hold as much leverage. I think Kira even made a really bad comment about Sarah later this episode to the point Christi told her to not say that. And yet she ended up trying to physically push Tracey for being pissed at her at the bar they went too later this episode. 😭 Kira continued to bully Sarah for a whole week. It was horrendous. I don’t see how any Mom can talk about their daughters friend like that. Idc how much you don’t like her Mom putting down a 12/13 year old to boost ur own kid shows you have a terrible ego. Then Kira making fun of JoJo and legitimising this behaviour that the girls later mirrored. The Moms even defended this which is another story. I feel the OG Moms had a way better sentiment on keeping the kids out of it. Which is why the later seasons annoyed me. I do think ofc Kira being rude to Sarah created drama and a storyline for the show. So the Moms were being prodded to talk about other peoples kids dancing for the camera. Even so Kira was insulting Sarah’s talent and essentially calling her a loser in front of everyone. It was a clear power imbalance. Kira is a bully and she did not get enough backlash on the show for the way she conducted herself. Jess as well continued this normalisation with her big mouth when she joined. Sarah seems happy and thriving now on social media but she could’ve seriously harmed her mental health with her commentary. I also want to point out it’s ironic all the kids Kira spoke down on Camryn, Sarah and JoJo went on to be stars. Sarah is currently a cheerleader for the NFL lol she actively still dances. This is rlly why parents shouldn’t live thru their children and keep their mouth shut about everyone else’s.
I don't spend time in Dance Moms social media, but I watched a couple of old seasons and my main take was "man what an awful salty bitch". But then there's people who are just fangirling on her on Instagram and I'm like... why? What's so compelling about some unpleasant middle aged woman on tv that makes some people just go nuts?
What are some times when Abby’s lack of patience ended up costing her dearly or made a dance look worse because she destroyed their confidence?
this is so sad, but i saw a little girl at a coffe shop, she was the owner's daughter and we are friends with the owner and she said that the girl is 9 and i thought to myself: wow, i sometimes forget that these girls were literal babies, like wdym she is as old as maddie when abby made her cry and manipulated her bcs of the parking scene thing...??
Soooo not really DM related but has anyone seen pretty lethal? It was so good I watched it twice. I thought it was kickass and just great all around. Maddie was just amazing. What did everyone else think? (I wonder if Abby watched it)
They were silentttttt 💀
Netflix just posted about Maddies new Christmas movie!
First I really like her and Chloe is my favorite. When you listen to the podcast and see her posts it makes me believe she is obsessed. I know she knows that leaving seasons 4 was the right thing but I honestly think she regrets it and is very defensive about it. If you watch season 7 you realize. All the other moms are doing other things but it seems like to me that Christi is all about dance moms. Kelly even once said on the podcast Christi had posters and life cutouts in her office. When she talks about anything everything is about dance moms. On the podcast she always brings up Chloe when things happen to others. Sometimes I have to turn the podcast off and come back. She just so dance moms obsessed.
At some point in season six, during the episode where Kendall and JoJo had solos, and Brynn and Nia respectively, were learning their solos, during Jill’s interview, she says that Kendall was being groomed to be the next star.
I think at some point during the show, Jill probably did believe that Kendall was supposed to be the next breakout star after Maddie. I feel like that’s probably why she put so much faith in Abby as Kendall’s manager. I figured maybe Jill thought that since it worked out for Melissa’s kids, she figured it would work out for her daughter. Unfortunately, it didn’t feel like Abby really cared that much about the success of the other kids aside from Maddie. For Chloe and Nia, she actively sabotage them out of spite, for Brooke and Paige, it seemed like she didn’t really care, and for dancers she did like such as Kalani, Brynn, Elliana, Lilliana, and even Brady from the 8 team, she didn’t appear all that invested in their careers.
This is by no means trying to downplay their successes, because a lot of kids from the show are doing very well in life, but I mean when it comes to A-list celebrity status it seems the only ones able to achieve that where Maddie and JoJo. I figured maybe Jill at some point thought that it would happen for Kendall but it didn’t.
How does Kenzie's mom say she thinks Maddie's tap dance should have won over Kenzie's dance? Let me repeat... tap dance. How often does a *tap* dance win at comps?
How can a mother constantly glaze one kid and treat the other so poorly?
How does Kenzie still talk to her mother? My heart breaks for her.
To top if all off, Maddie truly isn't all that. She is given the winning dances. Proof here: Kenzie was given the winning dance, so she won.