The chaos that ensued onDance Moms especially betweencoach Abby Lee Miller and student Maddie Ziegler was truly unparalleled.
Despite recognizing her demanding ways, Abby Lee doesn’t apologize for her teaching methods.
She reflected on her “tough love” coaching in a July 2011 interview withTV Guide.
“I need to be tough.
I can’t mince words.
I can’t sugarcoat it.
Unfortunately, their relationship didn’t exactly stand the test of time.
But Maddie didn’t have much to say.
“We don’t keep in contact,” the formerDance Momsstar admitted.
Abby Lee underwent spinal surgery in June 2018 while also fightingBurkitt lymphoma.
“I wish her the best,” she told the publication.
How did Maddie and Abbe Lee get to the point of having no contact?
It was years in the making, as we’ll go on to explain.
Gisoni shared an open letter withCosmopolitanin June 2016 detailing her experience on the Lifetime reality show.
“So we signed a contract when it was calledJust Dance.
She added that Maddie’s potential reached far outside the realm of reality television.
“It was also holding the kids back …
It was time to move on.”
“I mean, I learned a lot of lessons.
Don’t worry, though, Maddie’s reality TV days weren’t entirely miserable.
Seeing as she and Maddie had previously planned to launch a clothing linetogether, the formerDance Momsstar was salty.
Abby Lee shared three videos to her personal YouTube page, steering the conversation to herself.
“Who better to fit kids?
I had been designing costumes for years,” she told the camera (viaInternational Business Times).
It wasn’t all shade from Abby Lee, though.
The reality star did briefly say she wishes Maddie “all the best.”
Who would have ever thought.”
As if that wasn’t telling enough, Abby Lee included the hashtag “#thetruthwillcomeout.”
I can show you all the moms' 1099s for what they made,” she said.
According to Abby Lee, her former student changed as a person since appearing onDance Moms.
“‘Cause that’s not the kid I raised,” she explained.
“And I can confidently say that.
While this time she left Maddie alone, she came afterher sister, Mackenzie.
She took to Twitter, calling out the fact that Mackenzie was still just a child.
“@JusticeForGirl do you sell vapes now?
“she tweeted, tagging the popular kids clothing store Justice.
Abby Lee might have thought the crack at the teenager was funny, but her followers felt differently.
The remark landed Abby Lee in some hot water of her own.
“You watched Kenzie grow up and now you’re just gonna shame her?”
“It wasn’t vaping … it was water vapor for anxiety.
Know your facts before you throw shade at a 13 year old,” another fandemanded.
“I started to regret not being a ‘real kid’ with a real life.
I felt like I had no childhood, and it made me sad and angry.”
The star also unveiled the insecurities of being a dancer at the Abby Lee Dance Academy.
“I didn’t feel like I was good enough,” the former reality star wrote.
“I was also really nervous about people watching me on TV.
Would they laugh at me?
Would I look really stupid up there?”
Abby Lee’s clear favoritism of Maddie was no doubt also difficult.
For starters, she praised JoJo Siwa and the massive success she’s seen.
“I’m so, so proud.
JoJo stays in touch with me.
That was the word that was used.
Distance themselves when I was indicted by the federal government.”
Abby Lee was sentenced to one year and one day inprisonafter being convicted of 20 counts offinancial fraud.
According to JoJo, theDance Momsgirls wouldn’t be where they are today without Abby Lee.
The star went on to gush about her former coach and all she’s faced post-show.
“She’s great.
The same thing with a lot of the producers fromDance Moms.
“I wouldn’t be doing this if it wasn’t for her.
Right off the bat, Abby Lee made itveryclear that she had no working relationship with her former student.
“You made a song for Maddie Ziegler?”
Wrong kid,” she quickly said.
“I didn’t write it, I bought it.
I paid for it and produced it … for her younger sister,” she explained.
Similarly, Abby Lee knew when it was time to step back from the reality show.
In May 2020, she announced she would be leavingDance Momsafter nine years on the show.
