Last week
TMZ reported that Dance Moms’ Kelly was arrested, but not charged, with allegedly getting into a cat fight with the show’s huge star Abby Lee Miller back in November. The “fight” was reportedly recorded by the show. When I asked a rep from Lifetime if and when it would air, all they said was “No comment”.
Well today one of the Dance Moms,
Christi, Tweeted “I would LOVE for America to know how poorly we are treated. And it’s a shame because SOMEONE is making millions off of us.” As of this posting, she has yet to elaborate what that means.
But this is not the first time that she wished America really got to see what doesn’t make the show. Back in October, she Tweeted, “I wish America could see how horrible Abby REALLY is to Chloe. They show her NICE side. Awful human being.” They’ve been showing the dance teacher’s, who never dances, good side towards Chloe? Imagine what we don’t see. Better yet, don’t because no adult should treat a kid as badly as we have seen one much older woman treat the young girls on the episodes that have aired thus far.
When Dance Moms first started, I liked the show because I love dancing. As the show has gone on, I am finding it hard to watch because Abby Lee Miller seems to have given in to her newfound fame and to me has become more of a bully to the kids, moms and competitors as the show has gone on. Because of that I have a hard time watching and hearing (her voice is like chalk on a chalkboard) the way she interacts with everyone, especially her students. I say you don’t have to have kids to be horrified by the way she talks to them on the show. I wish she’d watch it and see how disgusting she comes off to people like me. But I think she sees the way she is portrayed as a good thing because she seems to gets worse and worse with each episode. And TBH, I am not sure how much longer I can take it. I am sure there are a lot of former-fans who feel like I do.
I know reality shows are not 100% real, but it is still an image that is being sent out over the airwaves. Is the persona that Abby Lee Miller wants us to see of her, what we see on the show? I personally wouldn’t want anyone to perceive me as I perceive her from the show. And I have been described as a b!tch at a former workplace, but I wouldn’t want the world to see me like that. Would you?
Now back to Christi, you might be asking why hasn’t she left the show. She Tweeted back in February, “I’m back because it IS my job to be there. I have a contract. And I walked out and the show wanted me back.” No word when said contract expires, but it will be interesting to see if she and some of the other moms will renew. To me the show won’t be worth watching without them. I feel they are a bigger part of the show that Abby Lee Miller. I say, she is replaceable.
Finally Lifetime, when you do another one of those reunion shows, please don’t have the producer, Jeff Collins, host it. He is no Andy Cohen. I would rather have a neutral party be the moderator. Who’s with me?
