Back in March, Abby Lee Miller abruptly quit Dance Moms, but the show went on without her. Now, Lifetime is giving us a glimpse of what her final episodes will be like and they will be filled with tears that are not saved for the pillows, cursing not appropriate for kids, fights between the moms and some dancing.
If this what the Lifetime and the production company think we want, I am OK with this show not getting a season 8. In other words I am OK with them locking it up like the Federal Government is doing to Miller. Too soon?
What is not too soon, is the wait we have until the second half of season seven begins. Dance Moms will be back on August 1st. Will you be watching or will I be suffering alone through what is most likely be the show’s final episodes?
Back in March, Abby Lee Miller abruptly quit Dance Moms and everyone thought that was end of her relationship with Lifetime the network that airs the show. Well yesterday, she Tweeted something that is making me think otherwise. She posted the above photo to Instagram and said, “Just 2 weeks until showtime @aldcstudiola students perform & Lifetime will be filming!”
What is the taping for? We don’t know, but I am sure we will find out in due time. But what is really interesting is that event is happening right after she is supposed to report to prison for one year and one day sentence. Hard to be in two places at once, especially if one of them does not let you for any reason. Things that really make you go hmmmmm?
Just hours after Abby Lee Miller was sentenced to one year and one day for bankruptcy fraud, the Dance Moms teacher sat down with Good Morning America. When the reporter asked her if she thinks the sentence is harsh, Miller said, “A year and a day, it sounds like a movie title.” Then she added, “I’m going to pretend I’m in a movie and we’re on set and I’m there for 10 months and that’s the way it’s going to be.” I am sure the wardens and her cell mates are going to love to hear that.
It sounds like she thinks it will be such a cake walk, that she plans on spending her time in federal prison reading, learning Spanish and writing another book. You would think the reality show star would be more grounded in reality, but it doesn’t seem like she is. A reality she will soon face when she enters prison within the next 44 days.
She also says that she plans on spending her time focusing on herself because she says spent her life focusing on other people’s children instead of having her own. Something she has said plenty of times on the show.
When asked if she would do it all over again, she replied, “I would never had filed for bankruptcy ever,” adding, “I do not recommend it.” Maybe not frauding the government and hiding the money would be another way to look at it, but that is me.
I think the harshest form of punishment to give in her prison would be to make her watch Dance Moms with her fellow inmates. Let them critique how cruel she is to the kids and face the harsh reality of how people see her on the reality show. How does that sound?
Finally, I wonder if she reached out to Martha Stewart and asked her for her advice on how to survive in federal prison. Imagine the advice the homemaker could have for her. Although, I can’t see Stewart picking up her call. Can you?
Over a year and a half after Abby Lee Miller was indicted on bankruptcy fraud, she was finally sentenced for her crime today in Pittsburgh. According to Steve Pope, she was sentenced to a federal prison, as close to her new home in Los Angeles, for 1 year and 1 day followed by 2 years of a supervised release. She was also fined $40,000, plus she has to pay a $120,000 judgement.
U.S. District Judge Joy Flowers Conti told Miller told, “It’s important for you to follow the rules just like you have your students do.” Believe it or not when Miller was pleading her case to the judge, the Dance Moms teacher actually said to her, “I wish you could take my class.” Miller also said she wishes she could take her to lunch to explain it all. I am surprised the judge wasn’t tougher on her.
Dance Moms Kelly Hyland and Christi Lukasiak were there to watch Miller’s sentencing. They told The Trib they were not there to support the woman who taught their kids for so many years, instead they were there to support the government. That speaks volumes doesn’t it?
As much as I want to go off on her like she did her students on the Lifetime show, I don’t believe in kicking someone when they are down. How much further down can she be?
On that note, no word if Lifetime filmed her sentencing for Dance Moms. Granted, she abruptly quit the show in March and they wrapped production last month, so probably not. Maybe someday they will make a movie about her life just like they did Britney Spears and Britney Murphy?
Miller will find out within 45 day where her new home will be and then she will need to self report to that federal prison.
Dance Moms has been in the news recently and not for the reason they want. First in late March, Abby Lee Miller unexpectedly quit the show and people were thinking it would be over without her. Then a few days later, they hired Dancing with the Stars’ Cheryl Burke to replace her and things were looking up.
That was until this Saturday when Nia Sioux posted some stuff on Social Media alluding to the fact that the show was over for the girls, the moms and her with the dates 2011-2017. She even took to Twitter to say, “Such an emotional day😢” The dancer wasn’t the only one, Kalani Hilliker Tweeted, “Don’t be sad that it’s over be happy it happened.” One of the moms even got into the action when recent returnee Christi Lukasiak said on Instagram, “April 9, 2011/April 15, 2017. I’ve watched this young woman grow up before my very eyes and I had the experience of a lifetime. No one will ever understand how things really happened except the people who lived it, so I am so grateful for everyone who I got to share this with: cast, crew, and family. And for all of you out there who I have never met, but you root for these girls like their your own, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Just a mom of two beautiful blondes, from Pittsburgh.”
Sounds like that is the end of Dance Moms, right? Well Executive Producer Bryan Stinson Tweeted, “That’s a wrap on season 7. 208 hours of Dance Moms programming. Season 7 was heaven. Season 8 will be gr8t #DanceMoms”
Therefore, what is the deal? We don’t know. But Lifetime would be foolish to continue the show without them. Three words why it won’t work, Dance Moms Miami.
