Marykate Meunier well her mom did it and if Maddie didn’t want to do it anymore I’m sure Melissa wouldn’t have let her, she probably would have went to Mackenzie
Chamallow yeah I’ll have to agree I think season 5 that’s when she started to get over it, but the earlier season she enjoyed it and there was no way to work all day if they had school too. Jess also said that they had to film for 4hrs or 5 if I’m not mistaken.
Chamallow I didn't say it was negative, just overwhelming. And no matter how she took it that's an insane amount of pressure to put on a child and ultimately led to trauma as she's expressed after the show
Marissa Rose overwhelming is kind of a negative word. If you had said « Overwhelmed with joy » maybe it would have been positive ^^ But it’s not how it sounded like
Honestly most of them weren't allowed to be kids. Telling them their not allowed to go to school events and field trips during the day. Screaming at a kid and then saying "you're 10 grow up" you cant belittle a CHILD and then bully them when they cry
The fact that Mellisa asked the producers how much they paid the judges when Chloe won .... that was absolutely sick .. imagine if your kid won and you overheard some people saying “Did somebody pay the judges for her to win?”. I would lose all my respect for that women ... also when Christi confronted her she was giggling and winking 😧 ... she literally thought of it as a joke.If Christi did that to Maddie, everyone will start attacking Christi like how dare she! And Christi will be labelled as a horrible mom for doing that,but it’s Mellisa!
And the facts she made to be the relatable mom on the show when in reality she was a liar and snake is also bad. Holly is the most relatable mom on the show and that’s a fact.
I hope Melissa has changed, because she was awful, and very fake and it was seen many times on the show. Even Abby called Melissa out for talking trash about her.
I love the fact that Abby is just exposing all these things as if it doesn’t make her look bad. You’re supposed to teach each child fairly regardless of who’s child’s parent is paying for your dinner, it’s hard but it’s professional.
@@slated4727 Exactly. She’s been using the Zieglers all these years and waiting for them to raise her up to fame. Now that they left to escape from the unhealthy relationship, Abby’s coming up with random things to sabotage them.
Abby’s obsession with Maddie was weird, creepy and disturbing no cap. I’m not even gonna lie, this comment was nearly a year ago and I never really saw Sia’s obsession with Maddie until now. I’m glad it’s being highlighted but honestly it’s disgusting seeing it.
Princess Eleler it’s between the fact that she kissed her on the lips and the fact that she constantly sabotaged and destroyed another student who may have have the potential to be better than her
Geral c the fact that she was so besotted with her, then slags her off 24/7 shows how bitter she is that her previous child doesn’t speak to her no more
OmfgLivvy12 EXACTLY!!! Someone who understands... They’re are some people who don’t see any issue with a grown woman kissing a child on the lips, (what if Abby was a male teacher?!) And she destroyed Maddies friendships and relationships even with her own sister, which in my opinion is just as bad, if not worse than being yelled at everyday. She was very manipulative and put an insane amount of pressure on that girl. And fed her bad lies, “nobody will be happy for you” If Maddie wasn’t present, Abby would be completely lost.
One of the problems it was that Abby said " look at Maddie she learned the dance in 15 min" . But it was because she already learned on her private lessons. And Abby make every girl feel bad because they couldn't learn it so fast. Abby make this idea that Maddie was this super inteligent girl that can learn a dance so fast(she is a great dancer ) and the other girls are so slow to learn. And Melissa was complicit and lie that they didn't have private lessons. Love your videos, thank you.
I think Melissa was so fake in the earlier seasons but became more herself later on, and I think that’s because her daughters were stars and she no longer needed to kiss anyone’s ass. I also think she is sneaky and secretive but she is a baaad liar. I feel like you can see when Melissa is being herself versus being what she needs to be because she’s a bad actor. Despite all these character flaws I do think she cared so much about the other kids. She didn’t fight for them because that wasn’t her place but she cared a lot. Evidence of this would be her relationship with Paige (and how upset she was when Paige forgot) and lots of other times you can see her in the background of scenes crying, which I think is empathy. Maddie and kenzie are like this too, there are many times you can see them crying when another girl is upset.
I agree with everything you said! She’s sneaky and will do anything even stab children and friends to get ahead! But I saw that same scene and the look on her face you could tell it broke her heart and she actually cared, also when Ashley went after Kendall she and mackenzie were all upset for Kendall and Jill. I think she genuinely cares for some of the kids (not chloe tho) but when it comes to getting Maddie ahead they are just collateral damage to her daughters rise to fame. She lies constantly and is horrible at it and then always has a evil smile when she tries to lie her way out of it
This is a pretty accurate statement to make. What you said about how it's easy to tell when Melissa's being herself versus not also makes me think of the earlier seasons when the kids would do the interviews, which MackZBOSS also actually covered in an earlier DMU. In the earlier seasons, it was very obvious which interviews they did where they weren't being forced to say something for the sake of the show versus when they were. I personally think that (and a lot of credit to another comment on this video which I can't seem to find again for the life of me) she was very much given a character to portray on the show, such as how Christi's was being a drunk, Jill's was the entitled dance mom, and quite possibly Melissa's was assigned as being the liar out of all the moms. I think as the show went on she probably didn't have to lie as much because her kids were the stars of the show in the eyes of Abby and the producers, so she wasn't held as much to a standard of keeping up her persona for the show - this makes a lot of sense to me personally because in the later seasons (such as Season 3 onward, but more going into Season 4) she doesn't quite come off as the lying type as much or at all. She definitely calmed it down later on in the show, and I would bet money that it probably had a lot to do with the fact that her kids were in such high standing with Abby and the producers that she didn't have to work so hard to portray herself as the character she was made out to be for the show. Which also, side-note, the character that Vivi-Anne was given really made me so mad throughout the show once it ended. How she was portrayed as a kid that just didn't like dance, wanted nothing to do with it, but then we got to know that once the show was over, Cathy talked about how much Vivi loves dance. There's videos only posted by Vivi of her dancing in both ballet and tap, and she loves tap. Vivi is a perfect example of being "assigned" a character on that show and it getting stuck to you if you don't have the favor of the producers behind you. Sorry for the long comment lol. I had a lot to say.
melissa was definitely one of the most irresponsible mum's and people barely questioned it. she put maddie's dance career over her school and allowed her to be in dangerous relationships with adults.
there was also an episode where she left maddie and mackenzie in abby's full care for a week while she was going on vacation with her boyfriend. how irresponsible
@@augustharper15 Yeah because her kids and Greg were paying for it all! Remember, she and Kurt filed for bankruptcy prior to all this due to her spending habits.
I still believe Melissa testified against abbey and got an immunity deal. I think she was part of the money situation and was smart enough to get ahead of it. I believe that’s why they left the show early
Definitely possible. Especially since the check was forged with the signature M,M&M (possibly Melissa Maddie Mackenzie) and Abby said she thought a “mother of two little blondes” had the money and that she never saw it. Melissa is a smart woman; the moms have been saying it since the early seasons.
That's exactly why and she did get immunity. Think about it back in Pittsburgh Melissa had a lot of control in the studio there. She was in charge of the desk. She handled tuition and schedules. Which also happens to be how her kids got so many privates. And she delt with a lot of money. At first I thought the deal just came from the check in Australia but now I'm starting to think it comes from stuff that happened in the very beginning
Every mom had a character, for example Christi was ‘a drinker’ and they made Melissa ‘a liar’ the contract stopped her from being honest because she would have got in trouble if she said certain things so it made her look like a liar. I really don’t think she’s a bad person or a bad mom, Abby had too much power and I think it scared Melissa because she didn’t want to hold her kids back.
@@kelsey2333 for the last time mckenzie wasnt even supposed to be in seasons one and two and in season three she protected mckenzie from kristy and im im seasons four and five she started on her music career with abby and in season six she always fought back against abby
It’s no wonder that Maddie doesn’t want to be that much in the spotlight now and mostly do her work with Sia along with Morphe and Fabletics. That poor girl was overworked as a young kid. It’s so disgusting that Melissa would claim that it’s rigged or the judges were paid when Chloe beat Maddie. I remember Maddie saying it made her happy watching Chloe dance and usually seemed happy when Chloe won. It’s just disgusting how Melissa had to sabotage that friendship along with Abby
Well it’s also because a ton of people would judge and shame her for things. If she takes a pic with a boy, everyone says she had so many, if she take pictures with her friends then ppl will start accusing her of stuff
@@alyssakellander3874 now dont say that, that's too far, melissa is blessed to have maddie as her daughter and maddie is a fortunate blessed kid to have a mother who loves her....not many people have that
I think most people were hating the favoritism itself, not the person who was shown favoritism. Obviously her name is going to be connected with the comments, but I don’t think it had anything to do with actually hating on Maddie.
@@kierra3825 I haven't seen anyone who actually hated Maddie because of the favoritism. I've seen many hate on her because the show portrayed her as a brat.
A'Mariah Lovelace You’d be surprised. Go onto any Chloe solo during the first three seasons. It’s all, “she’s so much better than Maddie, Maddie sucks because Abby likes her,” and “Chloe should have been the favorite. Maddie’s an awful favorite,” and the most common one, “Maddie is such a brat, she never supports the other kids and is a bad favorite.” Like, she did support the other kids several times. And what can she do about the favoritism? Absolutely nothing.
Shayla Pavone I don’t think they tried to make Melissa relatable. They always portrayed her as sneaky and as the bad guy. That’s why they aired Christy, Kelly, and sometimes even Holly’s interviews of calling a Melissa out for her bad behavior. They never showcased Melissa’s good moments, but instead made a good portion of the show’s viewers believed that she was a bad mother, which had to be extremely hurtful for her to hear.
@@sierra7007 But they also did that to everyone except Holly really. They made Christi seem like a jealous drunk who was just aggressive. They made Kelly seem like a dumb carefree mom. And they showed Jill's true colors to be honest 🤣
The tweet @5:48 that claimed Melissa paid Abby’s mortgage occasionally explained soooooo much. I remember in the episode when Abby was mad at Kelly over not having a chair prop completed and threw it near Paige, Kelly stormed out and said “Good luck paying your bills without my tuition” and for some reason I ALWAYS found that odd to say. But it’s all coming together
@@jusstmilan yes, i understand that part. But I wasn’t too familiar with the full episodes of this show outside of the 4-5 minute clips on here. I genuinely thought Kelly said that as a general statement and to be bitchy because she’s paying two tuitions, I never thought Abby was literally down that bad financially .. it may not make sense to you but I understand what I was saying.
Melissa got really nasty and rude season 5. There are many times during that season I just want to say to her “do you hear yourself right now? Grow up.” Melissa and Jill were my least favorite moms.
And you remember when the week they were leaving and Abby gave the little girl on the mini team a solo for her special needs brother who was going to be there. And Melissa was all this is my kids week. She was acting like everyone should bow down and kids her and her kids feet. Like I'm pretty sure it took them a really long time for them to plan for her brother to be there with all his health problems and Melissa was upset because she said she was leaving at the last minute. Like that's not something you can just reschedule. I had a cousin who I believe had the same condition as her brother and everywhere we took him had to be planned out months in advance
@@jessicajamesspeaks i just think Melissa got very cocky the longer they were on the show. She married a wealthy guy her kids were making her money she got away with fraud, she felt like she was on top of the world. I remember her telling the new mothers that made Dance Moms and that she was the show and that everyone would hate them
@@zamayafrasier1144 I remember that. She has two talented kids, no doubt but she should've taught her kids to be more humble and count their blessings. She needs to grow TF up!
She got immunity for giving more info on abby. Abby posted a pic once of melissas handwriting on a check for like 5000 signed to “MM&M LLC “ and so abby was claiming that in australia, melissa put that money in the bank
unfortunately for Melissa, there were many times on the show that made her seem like a very apparent liar. i.e the Maddie and Kalani duet situation, whether or not she spoke to Kelly on the phone about the skipped CD, what really happened with Mackenzie's foot, the cease and desist letter sent to the other moms etc. yes we all know producers can manipulate scenes but unfortunately her track record speaks for itself.
Well for Mackenzie, she actually does have an extra bone in her foot. That was actually real. It’s actually common for dancers. It will cause pain and make you feel like you have an injury, but you don’t/do. I know a few ppl who have an extra bone inside their foot. Two of them had surgery to get it removed because it was causing them to many problems.
I have always said for the character Melissa on the show, she was definitely a compulsive liar in the first few seasons, manipulated by Abby in the middle, and fed up by the end. As for real life Melissa, I’m sure she has told some lies, but that doesn’t make her a bad person.
TexasGirl22 yes I know in the end there was actually something wrong with her foot, it was more to do with the timings, particularly when it came to competing against Asia and going on the view
A'Mariah Lovelace I honestly completely agree with you, I guess in a situation like that you’ll do anything to ensure your daughters get ahead. As for now, I’m sure she’s not the same Melissa we saw on the show.
I'd love to see a video about the MattyB music video. Melissa's insanely competitive, and it never made sense to me that she would blindly sign a contract that didn't give Mackenzie the credit she deserved, especially given that both her girls had had contracts before and she definitively had access to a lawyer. Also the girls had already done the Freaks Like Me video where Mackenzie was billed as a featured artists, so I imagine the contract wouldn't be that different.
That's because Melissa didn't really care about Kenzie as much as she cared about Maddie besides Melissa knows nothing about contracts or how they work so yeah I'm not surprised she signed it
@@ilsenleon2378 girl you have to stop using the producers as an excuse for her behavior 😂 the producers manipulated the show a little bit but not all of it, also there's things that Melissa has said or done that edited or not showed that she favorite Maddie over Kenzie
Mari Flores If you look at what Kenzie says though, she’s stated several times that her mother and her sister are her biggest supporters. Would she really say that if Melissa wasn’t supportive? The producers have shown to be very manipulative and purposefully change up scenes. Yes, there were some scenes where Melissa seems to prefer Maddie, but there were also times where Melissa preferred Mackenzie. Like when Christi started yelling at Melissa during Season 1 and Maddie and Mackenzie started crying, Melissa stood up for Mackenzie, not Maddie. She pointed at Mackenzie and said, “Shut up, you’re making my kid cry,” while pointing at Kenzie.
It always bothered me that Melissa called Greg and said, "Call my (or our) attorney. They're doing it again," about the wedding, but then she said Greg called the attorney, not her. It was technically true, but he did it because she wanted him to, so that came off as super sneaky.
And Jill came out and said that Melissa started talking about her not wearing her ring earlier that day it just didn't make it in the episode so when they brought it up later she went berzerk
I think it's sad that in order for someone to get ahead of Maddie or get more private lessons they needed to sacrifice their education. Personally, I've just always believed that school should always come first and you shouldn't have to tamper with that to get more attention from Abby
Exactly and I believe thats why Abby was made a Christi, Kelly, and Holly because they made sure that school came first and she didn't like that she want them to be focus on dance instead of school.
If Maddie wants to take dance to a career level, that's great. She just couldn't have talent and no book smarts. Will she be dancing in her 50s or if she sustained a permanent injury? I don't think so 😂
If u think these public schools are doing good teaching our kids them idk what to say…U prob don’t live in America then because our public school education is a joke, they would learn more outside of the classroom or homeschool with a tutor
I've seen plenty of kids with inherent talent doing less schoolwork than the average school day. They don't necessarily fall behind. Homeschool can be done in a few hours versus sitting in school for 6+ hours, then there's time for the kid's interest or activity. Not everyone's life is gonna fall into a neat little box that looks like everyone else's. It just looks like a bunch of gross jealousy in this topic. She got ahead because she worked hard and had the resources.
Please do an episode about the real reason why Dawn and Regan Check left! There recently has been a leaked extended/deleted scene in where Regan says "I'm not trash!" and says "You called me fat!" You could also DM her about it!
@@Bloombaby99 she's not nearly as good as KJ lol don't disrespect her like that. Kris would never get caught up in all these lies like this. She's too smart
@MoMo no she didn't. We all knew she was slime from the first season when she ratted out Chloe for going to the movies. Like who rats out a ten year old as a grown woman
It backfired on Melissa that she went dressed in mom jeans in the first episode.. at that point the American looked at the moms personalities and related to them that way.. for example I’m African American so seeing something who is African American on TV I related to Nia plus having a mom with a masters degree I related to them.. but I also related to Christi and Kelly who always spoke up when they seen something unfair happening.
Personally I understand both sides. The producers and Abby wanted to portray Melissa as an easy to like, relatable woman that mothers or girls who watch the show could relate to, so they decided to contrast her casual, loungey outfit that most mothers tend to wear (mom jeans and a simple top) with the other mothers (who Abby wasn’t as close with and didn’t care about their images as much). The other mothers were all fancy and dressed up, portraying them as harder to relate to, thus being harder to like. Not all mothers have the money to have Holly’s Louis Vuitton bag. However, I definitely found myself relating more to their personalities once I delved into the show more and more. I think the outfit thing was just for general first impressions and not for the entirety of the show.
@@sissyray They wanted to portray her as simple and like she didn't have a lot of money. Because not everyone could afford to dress like they did. That was the plan
One of the biggest problems I had with Melissa on clips from the show alone is that she'd side with the other moms when Abby wasn't around but would backstab them in front of Abby.
Seeing Melissa not really caring about their schooling, it’s no wonder in season 3 Maddie didn’t seem to care either and never wanted to do her homework because she wanted to go to dance early
I want an episode on whether Melisa did steal some money from the australia tour bc Abby claims she never reported it and that's why Abby got caught up
@March the original girls were already at the studio before the show started. Christi said that the studio was close to their house & Kelly danced there as a kid so it probably has something to do with convenience & familiarity.
Abby black listed dancers that left her studio in the dance world so studios wouldn't take them they couldn't find work it was horrible. One of the moms talked about it on the show
I can only admire Maddie's hard work. They say "advantage" as if it was grated the wins, she literally danced all day long. She was a little girl working more hours than adults.
Just want to clear things up : being a professional dancer or a professional athlete doesn't mean that you don't commit to your education. Most of the time, these children are more efficient in the way they do their school work and learn faster because of their tight schedule. You just study in the evening or the early morning and even on the weekends.
something i think about is how Melissa sneaked the other moms when she needed to, then sneaked abby when she needed to, and all the years abby backed melissa up when she’d sneak the other moms, little did abby know melissa would do it to her in the end
Wow, I've never thought about it this way! I love your deep and detailed analysis of all these situations, it's really making me see this show in a new light. There's so much going on behind cameras, it sort of scares me how much stuff is hiding behind a "fun" reality show.
And I'm sorry but can I ask you. If you are married and you all of a sudden are getting a divorce and then say your getting married to another man. And you and this man go through a divorce at the same time and then get married right after wouldn't you expect people to assume you had an affair. And then Leslie said that Melissa told her she was having an affair and took her by his house one day
@@khorrijones You know how Melissa has a lying face and how her voice changes when she lies. That episode where she said she didn't have a affair with her boss she was lying. Look at her body language listen to her voice and see how she frowns up face
Destiny King abbey is also a liar, she straight lied about a competition that Chloe won and a judge called her out on it. Other judges also confirm and backed up what this judge said. When chloe won she went to the judges scolding them that she didn’t deserve to win but Cameron did. She threw her own student under the bus. And when Christi found out she called abbey out and the judge said she is lying. That is a pathological liar, to easily lie about something that can be easily disproven. She has also done this on other occasions as well. This is a person who went to jail for fraud, regardless of what she said she had to have known she was laundering money. So whatever she says people should take with a grain of salt. However I will give her this I don’t trust Melissa either and she could have been involved but of course I don’t think Maddie or Kenzie knew about any of this since they were just little kids.
Kenny B I feel like she only liked the Ziegler’s because they were good for Abby’s publicity. There were certainly some genuine feelings, but still. Like, Abby hated Jojo, but now she loves Jojo because she’s one of the most successful girls, if not the most.
I feel like every mum got a narrative however you were able to act as you normally do .They tried to paint dr holly as an absent mum but she proved them wrong
It’s sad that they painted holly as an absent mom when there are WAY more absent parents out there in the world. holly clearly cared about nia, but she also loved her job as a principal (which probably requires a lot of time, effort, and maybe sometimes emergency unavoidable meetings). I’m glad Holly was able to be with Nia though and prove Abby wrong that she was truly invested in Nia (which all of us really knew all along that she was)
@@jerriscott6426possibly could’ve been but Christi and holly confirmed they actually did receive calls from their attorney regarding this matter. then Melissa confirmed her boyfriend sent it . So no it wasn’t the producers it was Melissa…
Melissa was always so odd to me...absolutely no personality through the show and always seemed to be the victim. I think the last season she was on was when she showed her true colors 💅🏻 At least Maddie and Kenzie seem to be doing well for themselves and seem like genuinely good girls.
Because Mackenzie wasn’t interested in a career in dance, not as much as Maddie. Maddie always expressed interest in dance and pursuing it as a career while Mackenzie didn’t start pursuing it as a career and taking it seriously until Season 2-3.
I believe Melissa is a stage mom, but who on this show isn't? You have to be to want your little kids on TV. Melissa came on the show and did what she needed to do to get her kids recognized, and build platforms and then when the show was no longer bringing them opportunities they couldn't get on their own, they left. Was she sneaky? Probably. But... Business is business.
Right, they knew it was about the win. Only Melissa went the extra mile. They can’t complain when her kids are doing the best as a result. Besides JoJo, her kids are blowing the others out of the water right now.
I think of all of the moms, Kelly was the least "stage mom". She wanted her girls to dance, but I think she would have been fine if they would have been in any normal studio. Her girls didn't need to be superstars, she's always been fine with them being who they want to be.
@@Jk_hbngfvg I agree. I mean some of the others are doing pretty well for themselves, Nia and Chloe especially, but I believe it's because their moms are also stage moms. They just didn't like Melissa 's strategy. But hey, it worked. And Jess is the ultimate stage mom lol. But she is lucky that JoJo loves the stage. It would have been very sad if she didn't.
I think Melissa should'nt have ever gotten so mad at Maddie for forgetting a dance. You know in ways Melissa is a lot like Abby. She is deceitful to Chloe like Abby, she lies like Abby, she only cares about Maddie like Abby, she hates losing like Abby, its just some stuff that are weird and if your doing that your shouldnt be a mother.
Is Maddie okay? How the hell is any kid able to handle this packed schedule that's both mentally and physically draining? Not only that, the amount of adults who surrounded this poor child always creeped me out. I hope that she is in a better place mentally right now and is healing her inner child.
it bothers me how the abby portrayed maddie as some amazing dancer (dont get me wrong she is) and as someone who could memorize a dance in 5 minutes and that she was soooo much better than everyone naturally, when really she was skipping school for privates and thats why she could "learn" a solo in 5 seconds and why she was better than everyone else. Chloe is my fav and if she had as much private time as maddie, she definitely wouldve beat maddie A LOT more. It gets old watching maddie win all the time on the show tbh. wouldve been better if maddie and chloe went back and forth on who won/got second
Disagree with this. Chloe at an older age was still not better than Maddie at age 8. Any experienced dancer can see that chloe was never better than Maddie. If she got more training, maybe her technique would be better but u can’t teach artistry and emotions that chloe truly lacks. In all honesty, Maddie was just simply better than the rest of the originals but all of them weren’t that great.
7:30 Ok but it's so awkward how Christi gossips about Maddie without Maddie being there to defend herself to very young girls???that being said, I do think that Melissa would lie and be fake nice so her kid(s) could get ahead. like 10:00, I'm sure that Melissa was VERY in on it, but just shifts blame when she gets caught
Regardless of whether her comment directly referenced Maddie or not, clearly the context had the focus of it shifted to Melissa. So no, it wasn't gossip about Maddie - it was gossip about Melissa.
It wasn’t about Maddie jeez lol it was about what Melissa did to push her kid forward to just happened to be Maddie had it been the same for Mackenzie she would’ve been brought up as well
Maddie and mackenzie's perspective: oh everyone can just get privates all you have to do is sign up. Reality:1. Abbys favourite which is really hard 2. Pay a lot of money AND 3. Have a sneaky mother
Can we just talk about the zeiglers last episode when Areannas mom was talking about bringing her disabled son to come see Ari perform her solo for him and melissa cut her off to whine about how it's her kids last week and it should be about them 🥴
I was ok with Melissa in the first few seasons but later on like in season 5, Melissa started getting an attitude and was really rude to Holly and the other moms. That’s when I stopped liking her. Her attitude really started getting noticeable on season 5. I would like to see a video on the competitions that the kids actually won or did the producers change the scores for the show? For example, if Maddie really won all of them or if it was just for the show to make it seemed like she won a lot. Also how many times, Chloe actually did beat her in a competition.
I don't think people pay attention to how insane the kids' schedules were. Acting classes in the morning, then school, then leave school to practice during gym, recess, or lunch (which is terrible. Practicing when you're supposed to be eating lunch? Omg.) then go back to school, then go back to the dance studio to film, and who even knows what else. That's a schedule that I wouldn't be able to keep up with as an almost 20 year old adult. How Maddie (and the other kids) managed it, I will never know. They were blatantly overworked, and that mixed with the way the producers constantly stirred up drama and put more stress on them...insane. The fact that they had to deal with such a hard schedule in front of cameras is insane I liked dance moms but I'm glad the show was cancelled so the kids don't have to keep dealing with this shit.
As someone who watched Dance Moms when they were quite young, watching these videos nearly ten years later really opens my eyes to how messed up a lot of it was. I guess it is often within the realms of reality show madness but the fact that children are almost always implicated in the issues makes it so much more unsettling. Ngl, when I was younger I wanted to go to the DM meet and greets, but looking back at them now for what they are- it's so.. weird? Grown women (like we see Christi and Abby doing in the clips) 'exposing' young kids and their mothers to an audience of preteens (who have paid them 100s to do so)??. It's just weird. I understand wanting to spill the show's secrets for the paying fans, but going into Melissa's finances, telling a story about Maddie (who I'm guessing would've been like 8?) forgetting a solo almost jubilantly? You do great work with your videos btw!
cheer noodle this hits the nail on the head for me too when I first watched the show when I was around 8 I loved it but now that I am older and seeing all the things that happened I can’t help but kinda feel bad for the girls
I was thinking about th meet and greets too. I always laugh seeing the clips because I’m thinking about the parent (who is probably bored as hell) listening to these women gossiping about who lied about this and who deserved that win and thinking “why did I let my kid watch this what the hell is this” all the while their kid is literally listening so attentively or recording it. It’s a strange concept lol I can see why my mom didn’t like me watching it
very strange indeed. if i went to a meet and greet Id want to see the girls dancing, and the moms tell cute lil funny moments. not grown women making fun of children and bringing up very private information imo. but i guess the fans ask questions and they answer them how they see fit. the moms and abby love drama is all i can say🤷🏾♀️
Just a few more requests (last time, I promise ☺️): . Why some dances like Children with Guns and Playing with Matches were modified for the show . Season 4 Nationals (Chloe leaving, mysterious evacuation, dance orders being changed etc.) .Other rival studios (BDA, Studio Bleu, MDP etc.) . Mackenzie, Kendall, and Brooke’s music careers .Minister Dawn (she is so overlooked and her side of the story needs to be discussed) .The Select Team in Season 4 .How the girls/moms really feel about each other .How show impact the cast’s mental health .Are the girls really as sweet and wholesome as portrayed? Thanks! Great episode as always ❤️ .
She had regular dance lessons, acting lessons before school, 3 private lessons, competitions, and school. Also where’s your other child during this? This is wild. I remember she eventually pulled them out of school and homeschooled them pretty early on I believe but omg.
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@@Queteaaa Actually she was talking about tweets. Kendall tweeted that she had reached out to Chloe and got no response. But Chloe and Christi said the only one who did was Nia and Cathy
I’ve always been interested in knowing more about the students that Miss Abby has claimed have made it big on broadway thanks to her training.. could you please do an episode about who these people are? And if Miss Abby’s training did help them get onto broadway or into professional dancing careers..... it’s something I’ve always wondered about 💯💜
I feel like Abby and melissa wanted Maddie to be like a JoJo to be everywhere every store everybody talked about her everything on merchandise when she is kind of just a basic Instagram girl
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So every time the moms accused Melissa of having extra rehearsal time for Maddie and that that's why Maddie always knew her choreography during her "first" rehearsal of the week and Melissa denied it, she was in fact lying. This woman is immoral and ruthless
Omg, I was waiting for an episode on Melissa! I've always wondered if she was as sneaky as the show portrayed her. Excellent job on the video as always! 💕
From what I understand, the reason the mom's would get angry about Maddie learning her solos during her privates was because they were supposed to learn during the Elite team's rehearsal times. So she would be at an advantage.
Hell, yeah, she did. If she did all of that just to make her daughters successful, I wouldn't put it past her. Not only that, she and her husband filed for bankruptcy prior to their divorce due to her spending habits and the tuition at Abby's studio for both girls. She bled her first husband dry and luckily for her (though not him), the second husband, is a millionaire. I wouldn't be surprised if the marriage didn't last long. She's never held a job outside of working at the mall, working for Abby, and her husband. She even stated she regretted not going to college and getting a career. So basically her second husband and her kids are financing her lifestyle.
@@Bloombaby99 totally agree. Not to mention the the secrecy and the fit she threw when the other moms started asking her about her engagement. Most likely because her then-fiance was still going through a divorce and because of his distinction, he couldn't have it too public.
@@nevermindmyname813 - I'm obviously not getting something. I agree its ridiculous. But this was my reasoning. Melissa had an affair with her boss? She worked behind the desk of ADLC, so isnt her boss Abby?
Ok. I get what you’re saying. I think that they all have their negative traits. Melissa was really strict with her girls but I think that as a whole she only wanted the best for them - she’d always pay for extra privates for her girls and she’d avoid getting into conflicts with Abby because she knew that it’d negatively impact her girls. She did put a lot of pressure on them though, especially Maddie. So I see both sides. I personally always liked Melissa because she’d do what was best for her kids. She’d avoid getting into unnecessary conflict to avoid her children getting punished, and she’d let her kids grow and develop on their own without being overly controlling. One problem I always had with most of the moms (Jill in particular), they’d freak out over little things. Abby literally told Kendall to point her foot and Jill threw a tantrum and threw Kendall into a panic. Christi threw a tantrum when Abby asked Chloe to apologize for accidentally hitting Maddie (she wasn’t yelling or anything,) but Christi started name calling Abby, which led into Chloe getting punished later.
Somewhere in earlier seasons of DM, when Melissa confronted Abby to ask whether or not Abby intentionally made Maddie’s music skipped so Maddie would get higher points to keep dancing.. Melissa slipped and said “It cOulD ruIn my DaUghTer’S caReEr” - meanwhile Abby stood there and replied “What abt my carreer!?” I think Melissa slipped and since then I think that both Abby and Melissa knew each other were a bad person but stick up to one another because they have similar ambition. Abby needed Maddie to keep winning so her name and studio would be famous for “back-to-back win”, meanwhile Melissa needed Abby to boost Maddie’s name. She wanted her daughter to be famous so bad she forgot that her daughters still needs to be a child. Oh anyway, the one where Melissa I said “slipped”, Maddie was still so little that time and hardly have a career outside DM.. so why would Melissa refered to “Maddie’s career?” -bcs she already had it inside her head that they need to made Maddie on top so Maddie could be a famous.
private lessons during lunch and recess?? So she basically was never allowed to be a kid
Marykate Meunier well her mom did it and if Maddie didn’t want to do it anymore I’m sure Melissa wouldn’t have let her, she probably would have went to Mackenzie
No wonder she won every time no girl could have a fair chance...
Ryleeforeverfan Melissa was good, she made sure her kids were ahead and she wanted them to be stars and she got that
@@destinyking8992 at what cost?
anir2 why are u asking me, that question is for Melissa, she’s the one who did it
Maddie must have been so overwhelmed, she was so young working all day
I don’t think she took it that negatively. She seems to want it. She was always a perfectionist and really passionate
Chamallow yeah I’ll have to agree I think season 5 that’s when she started to get over it, but the earlier season she enjoyed it and there was no way to work all day if they had school too. Jess also said that they had to film for 4hrs or 5 if I’m not mistaken.
Also is Maddie didn’t want to do it I don’t think Melissa would be taking her out of school just for privates.
Chamallow I didn't say it was negative, just overwhelming. And no matter how she took it that's an insane amount of pressure to put on a child and ultimately led to trauma as she's expressed after the show
Marissa Rose overwhelming is kind of a negative word. If you had said « Overwhelmed with joy » maybe it would have been positive ^^ But it’s not how it sounded like
Maddie was never allowed to be a child huh? That's really sad.
Yeah, cause her mom was a greedy stage mom.
@@RandyWalt yeah but I’m sure there was a lot of damage done :/
@@Ally-gs3bb she does have it better than a lot of females though
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Honestly most of them weren't allowed to be kids. Telling them their not allowed to go to school events and field trips during the day. Screaming at a kid and then saying "you're 10 grow up" you cant belittle a CHILD and then bully them when they cry
The fact that Mellisa asked the producers how much they paid the judges when Chloe won .... that was absolutely sick .. imagine if your kid won and you overheard some people saying “Did somebody pay the judges for her to win?”. I would lose all my respect for that women ... also when Christi confronted her she was giggling and winking 😧 ... she literally thought of it as a joke.If Christi did that to Maddie, everyone will start attacking Christi like how dare she! And Christi will be labelled as a horrible mom for doing that,but it’s Mellisa!
No wonder christy doesn’t like her
And the facts she made to be the relatable mom on the show when in reality she was a liar and snake is also bad. Holly is the most relatable mom on the show and that’s a fact.
I hope Melissa has changed, because she was awful, and very fake and it was seen many times on the show. Even Abby called Melissa out for talking trash about her.
But the producers often payed the judges for someone to win or lose, it was rude for her to do it but it was maybe true 😕
Hannah Barley true
I love the fact that Abby is just exposing all these things as if it doesn’t make her look bad. You’re supposed to teach each child fairly regardless of who’s child’s parent is paying for your dinner, it’s hard but it’s professional.
Jade A Completely agree. And she’s so much hate and bitterness for the Zieglers that’s she do anything to put them down right now.
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Honestly half of it's probably bullshit because all of this 'stuff' never existed until the Zieglers stopped talking to her
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Exactly. She’s been using the Zieglers all these years and waiting for them to raise her up to fame. Now that they left to escape from the unhealthy relationship, Abby’s coming up with random things to sabotage them.
@@pric4799 I don't think the check thing was random
Abby’s obsession with Maddie was weird, creepy and disturbing no cap.
I’m not even gonna lie, this comment was nearly a year ago and I never really saw Sia’s obsession with Maddie until now. I’m glad it’s being highlighted but honestly it’s disgusting seeing it.
OmfgLivvy12 agreed!!! And it isn’t talked about enough!!!
Princess Eleler it’s between the fact that she kissed her on the lips and the fact that she constantly sabotaged and destroyed another student who may have have the potential to be better than her
And she still is obsessed with maddie, she constantly feels the need to post or talk about the zieglers or maddie it is really creepy
Geral c the fact that she was so besotted with her, then slags her off 24/7 shows how bitter she is that her previous child doesn’t speak to her no more
OmfgLivvy12 EXACTLY!!! Someone who understands... They’re are some people who don’t see any issue with a grown woman kissing a child on the lips, (what if Abby was a male teacher?!) And she destroyed Maddies friendships and relationships even with her own sister, which in my opinion is just as bad, if not worse than being yelled at everyday. She was very manipulative and put an insane amount of pressure on that girl. And fed her bad lies, “nobody will be happy for you” If Maddie wasn’t present, Abby would be completely lost.
One of the problems it was that Abby said " look at Maddie she learned the dance in 15 min" . But it was because she already learned on her private lessons. And Abby make every girl feel bad because they couldn't learn it so fast. Abby make this idea that Maddie was this super inteligent girl that can learn a dance so fast(she is a great dancer ) and the other girls are so slow to learn. And Melissa was complicit and lie that they didn't have private lessons.
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Maddie was actually an amazing dancer and yes she could learn choreography really fast. She learnt a Rockette routine in an hour.
@@omao4938 yeah after years of being on the show and learning how to pick up choreography quickly.
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@@megmur1766 true and the other girls never got to learn how to do that
@bxbblesubs where did I discredit Maddie? I said her years on the show was why she was able to pick up that routine in an hour.
I think Melissa was so fake in the earlier seasons but became more herself later on, and I think that’s because her daughters were stars and she no longer needed to kiss anyone’s ass. I also think she is sneaky and secretive but she is a baaad liar. I feel like you can see when Melissa is being herself versus being what she needs to be because she’s a bad actor. Despite all these character flaws I do think she cared so much about the other kids. She didn’t fight for them because that wasn’t her place but she cared a lot. Evidence of this would be her relationship with Paige (and how upset she was when Paige forgot) and lots of other times you can see her in the background of scenes crying, which I think is empathy. Maddie and kenzie are like this too, there are many times you can see them crying when another girl is upset.
I agree with everything you said! She’s sneaky and will do anything even stab children and friends to get ahead! But I saw that same scene and the look on her face you could tell it broke her heart and she actually cared, also when Ashley went after Kendall she and mackenzie were all upset for Kendall and Jill. I think she genuinely cares for some of the kids (not chloe tho) but when it comes to getting Maddie ahead they are just collateral damage to her daughters rise to fame. She lies constantly and is horrible at it and then always has a evil smile when she tries to lie her way out of it
This is a pretty accurate statement to make. What you said about how it's easy to tell when Melissa's being herself versus not also makes me think of the earlier seasons when the kids would do the interviews, which MackZBOSS also actually covered in an earlier DMU. In the earlier seasons, it was very obvious which interviews they did where they weren't being forced to say something for the sake of the show versus when they were. I personally think that (and a lot of credit to another comment on this video which I can't seem to find again for the life of me) she was very much given a character to portray on the show, such as how Christi's was being a drunk, Jill's was the entitled dance mom, and quite possibly Melissa's was assigned as being the liar out of all the moms. I think as the show went on she probably didn't have to lie as much because her kids were the stars of the show in the eyes of Abby and the producers, so she wasn't held as much to a standard of keeping up her persona for the show - this makes a lot of sense to me personally because in the later seasons (such as Season 3 onward, but more going into Season 4) she doesn't quite come off as the lying type as much or at all. She definitely calmed it down later on in the show, and I would bet money that it probably had a lot to do with the fact that her kids were in such high standing with Abby and the producers that she didn't have to work so hard to portray herself as the character she was made out to be for the show.
Which also, side-note, the character that Vivi-Anne was given really made me so mad throughout the show once it ended. How she was portrayed as a kid that just didn't like dance, wanted nothing to do with it, but then we got to know that once the show was over, Cathy talked about how much Vivi loves dance. There's videos only posted by Vivi of her dancing in both ballet and tap, and she loves tap. Vivi is a perfect example of being "assigned" a character on that show and it getting stuck to you if you don't have the favor of the producers behind you.
Sorry for the long comment lol. I had a lot to say.
Yeah because she’s a good digger, she’s still acts like this in real life. It has dial down for sure but she still has her moments
I think when Christy and Kelly left, she started acting like her natural self.
Actually would agree
melissa was definitely one of the most irresponsible mum's and people barely questioned it. she put maddie's dance career over her school and allowed her to be in dangerous relationships with adults.
there was also an episode where she left maddie and mackenzie in abby's full care for a week while she was going on vacation with her boyfriend. how irresponsible
@@heatherking9974Wtf??? Thats horrible
When Melissa became an “LA women”
Holly- “I think I preferred you on mute.” 🥴
Yeah she went really quickly from frumpy mom to wearing White House Black Market, hair extensions, heels, makeup, glam!
Anna Halko-Angemi once her kids became stars and working with SIA the frumpy style went away immediately
@@augustharper15 Yeah because her kids and Greg were paying for it all! Remember, she and Kurt filed for bankruptcy prior to all this due to her spending habits.
@@Bloombaby99 I don’t think Melissa is a deeply terrible person but she def forced those kids into stardom so she can take a cut 💰💰
@@augustharper15 100% accurate.
I still believe Melissa testified against abbey and got an immunity deal. I think she was part of the money situation and was smart enough to get ahead of it. I believe that’s why they left the show early
Definitely possible. Especially since the check was forged with the signature M,M&M (possibly Melissa Maddie Mackenzie) and Abby said she thought a “mother of two little blondes” had the money and that she never saw it. Melissa is a smart woman; the moms have been saying it since the early seasons.
That's exactly why and she did get immunity. Think about it back in Pittsburgh Melissa had a lot of control in the studio there. She was in charge of the desk. She handled tuition and schedules. Which also happens to be how her kids got so many privates. And she delt with a lot of money. At first I thought the deal just came from the check in Australia but now I'm starting to think it comes from stuff that happened in the very beginning
@@maritjohnson how’s melissa smart
@@gloriouscharles2313I think she is but honestly, she is just dirty.
Every mom had a character, for example Christi was ‘a drinker’ and they made Melissa ‘a liar’ the contract stopped her from being honest because she would have got in trouble if she said certain things so it made her look like a liar. I really don’t think she’s a bad person or a bad mom, Abby had too much power and I think it scared Melissa because she didn’t want to hold her kids back.
The worst thing melissa did was favor maddie and she pretty much forgot about kenzie and gave all her attention to maddie
Christi was not a drinker, I blame the producer and Abby for all these things.
Jiya Ramdhanie I know. It was her character. They portrayed her that way
@@jiyaramdhanie4626 which means that Melissa isn't a list, as the producers made her look that way
@@kelsey2333 for the last time mckenzie wasnt even supposed to be in seasons one and two and in season three she protected mckenzie from kristy and im im seasons four and five she started on her music career with abby and in season six she always fought back against abby
Ok but can we talk about Melissa helping out other parents pay their tuition? That’s actually really nice of her.
yh but she didnt do it to be nice
@@arnipatel1376 maybe so, but I bet it still helped a lot of kids out
@@arnipatel1376 how do you know she didn't do it to be nice?
Didn’t you hear Abby? She didn’t actually pay
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That’s probably why Mackenzie was “smarter” than Maddie. With Maddie being late to school and skipping classes, and Mackenzie not
Both girls got homeschooled after season 2.
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It’s no wonder that Maddie doesn’t want to be that much in the spotlight now and mostly do her work with Sia along with Morphe and Fabletics.
That poor girl was overworked as a young kid.
It’s so disgusting that Melissa would claim that it’s rigged or the judges were paid when Chloe beat Maddie. I remember Maddie saying it made her happy watching Chloe dance and usually seemed happy when Chloe won. It’s just disgusting how Melissa had to sabotage that friendship along with Abby
Well it’s also because a ton of people would judge and shame her for things. If she takes a pic with a boy, everyone says she had so many, if she take pictures with her friends then ppl will start accusing her of stuff
It’s sad that Maddie has Melissa as a mom
Tbh it was both melissa and christi who was hurting their friendship even abby took part in it
@@alyssakellander3874 now dont say that, that's too far, melissa is blessed to have maddie as her daughter and maddie is a fortunate blessed kid to have a mother who loves her....not many people have that
BigDreamer jones that true what I meant that it was so sad Maddie was so overworked as a kid
i’ll never understand why maddie got so much hate from ppl because she was the favorite. she never chose to be.
I think most people were hating the favoritism itself, not the person who was shown favoritism. Obviously her name is going to be connected with the comments, but I don’t think it had anything to do with actually hating on Maddie.
A'Mariah Lovelace no. ppl actually did not like her because abby upheld her the most out of all of other kids as if that was maddie’s fault.
@@kierra3825 I haven't seen anyone who actually hated Maddie because of the favoritism. I've seen many hate on her because the show portrayed her as a brat.
A'Mariah Lovelace yeah. it’s both. ppl say “she’s not even that good of a dancer to be abby’s favorite”
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You’d be surprised.
Go onto any Chloe solo during the first three seasons. It’s all, “she’s so much better than Maddie, Maddie sucks because Abby likes her,” and “Chloe should have been the favorite. Maddie’s an awful favorite,” and the most common one, “Maddie is such a brat, she never supports the other kids and is a bad favorite.”
Like, she did support the other kids several times.
And what can she do about the favoritism? Absolutely nothing.
I love how they tried to make Melissa the most relatable but anyone with half a brain cell is getting the fakest stage mom vibes coming through
Shayla Pavone I don’t think they tried to make Melissa relatable. They always portrayed her as sneaky and as the bad guy. That’s why they aired Christy, Kelly, and sometimes even Holly’s interviews of calling a Melissa out for her bad behavior. They never showcased Melissa’s good moments, but instead made a good portion of the show’s viewers believed that she was a bad mother, which had to be extremely hurtful for her to hear.
@@sierra7007 But they also did that to everyone except Holly really. They made Christi seem like a jealous drunk who was just aggressive. They made Kelly seem like a dumb carefree mom. And they showed Jill's true colors to be honest 🤣
@@zamayafrasier1144jill's true colors 😭😭
The tweet @5:48 that claimed Melissa paid Abby’s mortgage occasionally explained soooooo much. I remember in the episode when Abby was mad at Kelly over not having a chair prop completed and threw it near Paige, Kelly stormed out and said “Good luck paying your bills without my tuition” and for some reason I ALWAYS found that odd to say. But it’s all coming together
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tuition is what keeps that company going so if she stops then no she can’t pay bills lol so what are u talking bout
@@jusstmilan yes, i understand that part. But I wasn’t too familiar with the full episodes of this show outside of the 4-5 minute clips on here. I genuinely thought Kelly said that as a general statement and to be bitchy because she’s paying two tuitions, I never thought Abby was literally down that bad financially .. it may not make sense to you but I understand what I was saying.
It's really clear when Melissa was lying. She would always curse like crazy the second she got caught and tell the other people "You don't know me!"
She had a lying face that's she would make as soon as she started lying
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Give her a PhD
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She does such great research and is so detailed; I know Dance Moms is her thing, but I honestly wished she did this for other shows as well.
Melissa got really nasty and rude season 5. There are many times during that season I just want to say to her “do you hear yourself right now? Grow up.” Melissa and Jill were my least favorite moms.
And you remember when the week they were leaving and Abby gave the little girl on the mini team a solo for her special needs brother who was going to be there. And Melissa was all this is my kids week. She was acting like everyone should bow down and kids her and her kids feet. Like I'm pretty sure it took them a really long time for them to plan for her brother to be there with all his health problems and Melissa was upset because she said she was leaving at the last minute. Like that's not something you can just reschedule. I had a cousin who I believe had the same condition as her brother and everywhere we took him had to be planned out months in advance
@@zamayafrasier1144 ikr that was so rude
@@zamayafrasier1144 that also left a very bad taste in my mouth about Melissa. Her behavior that week sealed her fate as "Worst Mother Ever".
@@jessicajamesspeaks i just think Melissa got very cocky the longer they were on the show. She married a wealthy guy her kids were making her money she got away with fraud, she felt like she was on top of the world. I remember her telling the new mothers that made Dance Moms and that she was the show and that everyone would hate them
@@zamayafrasier1144 I remember that. She has two talented kids, no doubt but she should've taught her kids to be more humble and count their blessings. She needs to grow TF up!
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well at that time she didn’t really like dancing so i don’t think she would have caref
Kenzie probably knew about her privates, i mean they live together lol
@@dawn4897 Idk man seem like Maddie may have lived at the dance studio
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I think Melissa was sneakier than the show portrayed. Shady, shady, shady
I wanna know what happened with Melissa smuggling money back to the US from Australia.
Whoa!
@Black Mass I don't put it past her. She's a gold digger and will get it any way she can.
@@Bloombaby99 what happened?
@@frogsmith9578 If my memory doesn't fail, Abby insinuated that Melissa was the one who smuggled the australian money
She got immunity for giving more info on abby. Abby posted a pic once of melissas handwriting on a check for like 5000 signed to “MM&M LLC “ and so abby was claiming that in australia, melissa put that money in the bank
unfortunately for Melissa, there were many times on the show that made her seem like a very apparent liar. i.e the Maddie and Kalani duet situation, whether or not she spoke to Kelly on the phone about the skipped CD, what really happened with Mackenzie's foot, the cease and desist letter sent to the other moms etc. yes we all know producers can manipulate scenes but unfortunately her track record speaks for itself.
Well for Mackenzie, she actually does have an extra bone in her foot. That was actually real. It’s actually common for dancers. It will cause pain and make you feel like you have an injury, but you don’t/do. I know a few ppl who have an extra bone inside their foot. Two of them had surgery to get it removed because it was causing them to many problems.
I have always said for the character Melissa on the show, she was definitely a compulsive liar in the first few seasons, manipulated by Abby in the middle, and fed up by the end. As for real life Melissa, I’m sure she has told some lies, but that doesn’t make her a bad person.
TexasGirl22 yes I know in the end there was actually something wrong with her foot, it was more to do with the timings, particularly when it came to competing against Asia and going on the view
A'Mariah Lovelace I honestly completely agree with you, I guess in a situation like that you’ll do anything to ensure your daughters get ahead. As for now, I’m sure she’s not the same Melissa we saw on the show.
Beth Rossiter well most of the drama, fights, scenes was actually caused by the producers. It’s been proven time and time again.
I'd love to see a video about the MattyB music video. Melissa's insanely competitive, and it never made sense to me that she would blindly sign a contract that didn't give Mackenzie the credit she deserved, especially given that both her girls had had contracts before and she definitively had access to a lawyer. Also the girls had already done the Freaks Like Me video where Mackenzie was billed as a featured artists, so I imagine the contract wouldn't be that different.
That's because Melissa didn't really care about Kenzie as much as she cared about Maddie besides Melissa knows nothing about contracts or how they work so yeah I'm not surprised she signed it
Yes I’d love to see a video on this!!
Mari Flores Ummm no. That wasn’t the case at all. She cares about Kenzie. That was just a storyline made up for producers
@@ilsenleon2378 girl you have to stop using the producers as an excuse for her behavior 😂 the producers manipulated the show a little bit but not all of it, also there's things that Melissa has said or done that edited or not showed that she favorite Maddie over Kenzie
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If you look at what Kenzie says though, she’s stated several times that her mother and her sister are her biggest supporters. Would she really say that if Melissa wasn’t supportive?
The producers have shown to be very manipulative and purposefully change up scenes. Yes, there were some scenes where Melissa seems to prefer Maddie, but there were also times where Melissa preferred Mackenzie. Like when Christi started yelling at Melissa during Season 1 and Maddie and Mackenzie started crying, Melissa stood up for Mackenzie, not Maddie.
She pointed at Mackenzie and said, “Shut up, you’re making my kid cry,” while pointing at Kenzie.
It always bothered me that Melissa called Greg and said, "Call my (or our) attorney. They're doing it again," about the wedding, but then she said Greg called the attorney, not her. It was technically true, but he did it because she wanted him to, so that came off as super sneaky.
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She actually said: "Please call your attorney." Still, she can lie and deny all she wants to, she wrecked their marriage and all for money.
About time because that little sob story about how he did it not me never made sense to start with
And Jill came out and said that Melissa started talking about her not wearing her ring earlier that day it just didn't make it in the episode so when they brought it up later she went berzerk
I think it's sad that in order for someone to get ahead of Maddie or get more private lessons they needed to sacrifice their education. Personally, I've just always believed that school should always come first and you shouldn't have to tamper with that to get more attention from Abby
Exactly and I believe thats why Abby was made a Christi, Kelly, and Holly because they made sure that school came first and she didn't like that she want them to be focus on dance instead of school.
If Maddie wants to take dance to a career level, that's great. She just couldn't have talent and no book smarts. Will she be dancing in her 50s or if she sustained a permanent injury? I don't think so 😂
If u think these public schools are doing good teaching our kids them idk what to say…U prob don’t live in America then because our public school education is a joke, they would learn more outside of the classroom or homeschool with a tutor
@@jeanakatherine9369 still whether it's a joke or not, dancing is temporarily and education lasts forever...
I've seen plenty of kids with inherent talent doing less schoolwork than the average school day. They don't necessarily fall behind. Homeschool can be done in a few hours versus sitting in school for 6+ hours, then there's time for the kid's interest or activity. Not everyone's life is gonna fall into a neat little box that looks like everyone else's. It just looks like a bunch of gross jealousy in this topic. She got ahead because she worked hard and had the resources.
I feel so confused talking about anyone on dance moms, its like they all have 75 different characters
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Working on my homework while listening to this is a vibe
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Yeah! Her voice is so calming
Im doing that 😂
Please do an episode about the real reason why Dawn and Regan Check left! There recently has been a leaked extended/deleted scene in where Regan says "I'm not trash!" and says "You called me fat!" You could also DM her about it!
Do you have the link for that video?? I haven’t seen it before and would like to see it if you have the link :)
Tomholland Isbae instagram.com/p/CFGrtQzp7f-/?igshid=i1dyw9tfet3t
LoomerE thank you!!
Wow, I've never seen that part before! It's just so awful, Abby calling her fat, but I guess we're not surprised :/ poor Regan :(
Who is Reagan
Ooooo the ministers daughter ooooooo
Melissa showed her true colors Season 6. She’s selfish, manipulative, and sold her kids out for money and fame when one of them was only 6 years old.
She's a blonde Kris Jenner.
@@Bloombaby99 she's not nearly as good as KJ lol don't disrespect her like that. Kris would never get caught up in all these lies like this. She's too smart
@@megmur1766 True, true.
@MoMo no she didn't. We all knew she was slime from the first season when she ratted out Chloe for going to the movies. Like who rats out a ten year old as a grown woman
@@megmur1766 Thank you
I will never forget Melissa saying to Christie 1 point when Chloe won Nationals, Chloe danced beautifully
"bY a FiFtH" melissa-
Which nationals?
It backfired on Melissa that she went dressed in mom jeans in the first episode.. at that point the American looked at the moms personalities and related to them that way.. for example I’m African American so seeing something who is African American on TV I related to Nia plus having a mom with a masters degree I related to them.. but I also related to Christi and Kelly who always spoke up when they seen something unfair happening.
yes absolutely! I personally never felt like I related to Melissa based on how she dressed so that was a dumb thing to say on the producers part
Personally I understand both sides. The producers and Abby wanted to portray Melissa as an easy to like, relatable woman that mothers or girls who watch the show could relate to, so they decided to contrast her casual, loungey outfit that most mothers tend to wear (mom jeans and a simple top) with the other mothers (who Abby wasn’t as close with and didn’t care about their images as much). The other mothers were all fancy and dressed up, portraying them as harder to relate to, thus being harder to like. Not all mothers have the money to have Holly’s Louis Vuitton bag. However, I definitely found myself relating more to their personalities once I delved into the show more and more. I think the outfit thing was just for general first impressions and not for the entirety of the show.
@@sissyray They wanted to portray her as simple and like she didn't have a lot of money. Because not everyone could afford to dress like they did. That was the plan
One of the biggest problems I had with Melissa on clips from the show alone is that she'd side with the other moms when Abby wasn't around but would backstab them in front of Abby.
Seeing Melissa not really caring about their schooling, it’s no wonder in season 3 Maddie didn’t seem to care either and never wanted to do her homework because she wanted to go to dance early
I want an episode on whether Melisa did steal some money from the australia tour bc Abby claims she never reported it and that's why Abby got caught up
Whaaa?!
She got an immunity deal
Wait. The studio had a high tuition and no electricity or water. And people still went there? Surely there are other studios.
The moms probably didnt care because they just wanted their kid to get the training or just want to be on TV for their kid to be famous
@March the original girls were already at the studio before the show started. Christi said that the studio was close to their house & Kelly danced there as a kid so it probably has something to do with convenience & familiarity.
Abby black listed dancers that left her studio in the dance world so studios wouldn't take them they couldn't find work it was horrible. One of the moms talked about it on the show
Which mom?
I can only admire Maddie's hard work. They say "advantage" as if it was grated the wins, she literally danced all day long. She was a little girl working more hours than adults.
I could always tell when Melissa was lying on the show. She has a face she makes when she lies its so funny 🤣
Just want to clear things up : being a professional dancer or a professional athlete doesn't mean that you don't commit to your education. Most of the time, these children are more efficient in the way they do their school work and learn faster because of their tight schedule. You just study in the evening or the early morning and even on the weekends.
something i think about is how Melissa sneaked the other moms when she needed to, then sneaked abby when she needed to, and all the years abby backed melissa up when she’d sneak the other moms, little did abby know melissa would do it to her in the end
Christi told her Melissa was no good she didn't listen
Wow, I've never thought about it this way! I love your deep and detailed analysis of all these situations, it's really making me see this show in a new light. There's so much going on behind cameras, it sort of scares me how much stuff is hiding behind a "fun" reality show.
Me: sits back and waits for the tea to be spilled
I love how in one tweet Melissa says "I'm not a gold digger." Uh...there's TOO much evidence that says otherwise. She's a blonde Kris Jenner.
And I'm sorry but can I ask you. If you are married and you all of a sudden are getting a divorce and then say your getting married to another man. And you and this man go through a divorce at the same time and then get married right after wouldn't you expect people to assume you had an affair. And then Leslie said that Melissa told her she was having an affair and took her by his house one day
Tea 🍵
@@khorrijones You know how Melissa has a lying face and how her voice changes when she lies. That episode where she said she didn't have a affair with her boss she was lying. Look at her body language listen to her voice and see how she frowns up face
I find some of the recent stuff Abby says questionable because she has it out for the zieglers but at the same time idk tbh
Kenny B when Abby says things at time, she’s telling the truth. I’ve noticed that
i don’t trust anything abby says lmao
Destiny King abbey is also a liar, she straight lied about a competition that Chloe won and a judge called her out on it. Other judges also confirm and backed up what this judge said. When chloe won she went to the judges scolding them that she didn’t deserve to win but Cameron did. She threw her own student under the bus. And when Christi found out she called abbey out and the judge said she is lying. That is a pathological liar, to easily lie about something that can be easily disproven. She has also done this on other occasions as well. This is a person who went to jail for fraud, regardless of what she said she had to have known she was laundering money. So whatever she says people should take with a grain of salt. However I will give her this I don’t trust Melissa either and she could have been involved but of course I don’t think Maddie or Kenzie knew about any of this since they were just little kids.
A Temperamental Baker that’s why I said “most of it” I believe the things she says about Melissa
Kenny B I feel like she only liked the Ziegler’s because they were good for Abby’s publicity. There were certainly some genuine feelings, but still. Like, Abby hated Jojo, but now she loves Jojo because she’s one of the most successful girls, if not the most.
I feel like every mum got a narrative however you were able to act as you normally do .They tried to paint dr holly as an absent mum but she proved them wrong
Yeah and Christi as the drinker
girl almighty Kelley was the the drinker actually lol
Well, she quit her job so she could be on the show more. It’s sad.
It’s sad that they painted holly as an absent mom when there are WAY more absent parents out there in the world. holly clearly cared about nia, but she also loved her job as a principal (which probably requires a lot of time, effort, and maybe sometimes emergency unavoidable meetings). I’m glad Holly was able to be with Nia though and prove Abby wrong that she was truly invested in Nia (which all of us really knew all along that she was)
that bothered me !
Melissa: I didn’t send the letter, Greg’s attorney did!
Also Melissa: Greg, call your attorney, these mother-effers are doing this agAiN!
It was the producers
@@jerriscott6426possibly could’ve been but Christi and holly confirmed they actually did receive calls from their attorney regarding this matter. then Melissa confirmed her boyfriend sent it . So no it wasn’t the producers it was Melissa…
Melissa was always so odd to me...absolutely no personality through the show and always seemed to be the victim. I think the last season she was on was when she showed her true colors 💅🏻 At least Maddie and Kenzie seem to be doing well for themselves and seem like genuinely good girls.
Its sad how she did all off that for Maddie than Mackenzie!🤬😡🤮🤢🐍👺👿
that is a good thing
Because Mackenzie wasn’t interested in a career in dance, not as much as Maddie.
Maddie always expressed interest in dance and pursuing it as a career while Mackenzie didn’t start pursuing it as a career and taking it seriously until Season 2-3.
@@pric4799 omg exactlyy
@@pric4799 and kenzie was more into music than dance and being constantly compared to her sister discouraged mackenzie.
Bec makenzie didn’t want that
I believe Melissa is a stage mom, but who on this show isn't? You have to be to want your little kids on TV. Melissa came on the show and did what she needed to do to get her kids recognized, and build platforms and then when the show was no longer bringing them opportunities they couldn't get on their own, they left. Was she sneaky? Probably. But... Business is business.
Right, they knew it was about the win. Only Melissa went the extra mile. They can’t complain when her kids are doing the best as a result. Besides JoJo, her kids are blowing the others out of the water right now.
I think of all of the moms, Kelly was the least "stage mom". She wanted her girls to dance, but I think she would have been fine if they would have been in any normal studio. Her girls didn't need to be superstars, she's always been fine with them being who they want to be.
@@HLJRMAI1 I agree. I think if the Hylands were never on the show, Brooke would probably still be dancing.
@@Jk_hbngfvg I agree. I mean some of the others are doing pretty well for themselves, Nia and Chloe especially, but I believe it's because their moms are also stage moms. They just didn't like Melissa 's strategy. But hey, it worked. And Jess is the ultimate stage mom lol. But she is lucky that JoJo loves the stage. It would have been very sad if she didn't.
Laura Mai she literally said she wanted Brooke to do singing and Paige to do modeling🤦🏾♀️
I think Melissa should'nt have ever gotten so mad at Maddie for forgetting a dance. You know in ways Melissa is a lot like Abby. She is deceitful to Chloe like Abby, she lies like Abby, she only cares about Maddie like Abby, she hates losing like Abby, its just some stuff that are weird and if your doing that your shouldnt be a mother.
Is Maddie okay? How the hell is any kid able to handle this packed schedule that's both mentally and physically draining? Not only that, the amount of adults who surrounded this poor child always creeped me out. I hope that she is in a better place mentally right now and is healing her inner child.
this is always the highlight of my day
i adore this series
it bothers me how the abby portrayed maddie as some amazing dancer (dont get me wrong she is) and as someone who could memorize a dance in 5 minutes and that she was soooo much better than everyone naturally, when really she was skipping school for privates and thats why she could "learn" a solo in 5 seconds and why she was better than everyone else. Chloe is my fav and if she had as much private time as maddie, she definitely wouldve beat maddie A LOT more. It gets old watching maddie win all the time on the show tbh. wouldve been better if maddie and chloe went back and forth on who won/got second
Disagree with this. Chloe at an older age was still not better than Maddie at age 8. Any experienced dancer can see that chloe was never better than Maddie. If she got more training, maybe her technique would be better but u can’t teach artistry and emotions that chloe truly lacks. In all honesty, Maddie was just simply better than the rest of the originals but all of them weren’t that great.
I had a feeling Melissa was very competitive when Chloe won nationals and Christi was all excited but Melissa had the need to remark “BY A FIFTH”😂😂
Abby is just the real life ursula. I hope i did not misspell any word
This is the perfect description of her 😂👏👏👏👏😂😂😂
Now I can't unsee Abby as an evil sea witch 😂😂
Brilliant spelling and perfect description of Abby also! ❤
@@holliejackson8453 Thank you😂💗
@@Nodeal757 😆😂
I just saw the title and I do think that she is a liar cause it's pretty obvious but I think some she was forced with producers
No I just think she's not completely comfortable being open around people or like being in public she feels she has to act a certain way
@@Holyanointing exactly, the Ziegler's never looked comfortable being on tv like the others did
7:30 Ok but it's so awkward how Christi gossips about Maddie without Maddie being there to defend herself to very young girls???that being said, I do think that Melissa would lie and be fake nice so her kid(s) could get ahead. like 10:00, I'm sure that Melissa was VERY in on it, but just shifts blame when she gets caught
AndYouWillBeWithMe she was talking about Melissa and what happened 💀
@@destinyking8992 Yes, and I thought it was awkward 😂
Regardless of whether her comment directly referenced Maddie or not, clearly the context had the focus of it shifted to Melissa. So no, it wasn't gossip about Maddie - it was gossip about Melissa.
It wasn’t about Maddie jeez lol it was about what Melissa did to push her kid forward to just happened to be Maddie had it been the same for Mackenzie she would’ve been brought up as well
@@shawnakay5290 I.... literally said it wasn't about Maddie, but okay, go off i guess
Maddie and mackenzie's perspective: oh everyone can just get privates all you have to do is sign up.
Reality:1. Abbys favourite which is really hard 2. Pay a lot of money AND 3. Have a sneaky mother
Dance Moms is a good example of what not to do with your child. If you're child is working more than yourself you are doing something wrong
She was all about money: her husband and her girls are her meal tickets.
Can we just talk about the zeiglers last episode when Areannas mom was talking about bringing her disabled son to come see Ari perform her solo for him and melissa cut her off to whine about how it's her kids last week and it should be about them 🥴
I was ok with Melissa in the first few seasons but later on like in season 5, Melissa started getting an attitude and was really rude to Holly and the other moms. That’s when I stopped liking her. Her attitude really started getting noticeable on season 5.
I would like to see a video on the competitions that the kids actually won or did the producers change the scores for the show? For example, if Maddie really won all of them or if it was just for the show to make it seemed like she won a lot. Also how many times, Chloe actually did beat her in a competition.
I never really liked Melissa but you’re completely right that her attitude got 10x worse by season 5
I never liked Melissa but in Season 1 I liked her
Never liked her could tell she was a selfish money seeker from day one
I never liked or had no respect for Melissa from the get-go.
I watch this series more than I actually watch Dance Moms. Amazing, love how you have evidence for everything!
I don't think people pay attention to how insane the kids' schedules were. Acting classes in the morning, then school, then leave school to practice during gym, recess, or lunch (which is terrible. Practicing when you're supposed to be eating lunch? Omg.) then go back to school, then go back to the dance studio to film, and who even knows what else. That's a schedule that I wouldn't be able to keep up with as an almost 20 year old adult. How Maddie (and the other kids) managed it, I will never know. They were blatantly overworked, and that mixed with the way the producers constantly stirred up drama and put more stress on them...insane. The fact that they had to deal with such a hard schedule in front of cameras is insane I liked dance moms but I'm glad the show was cancelled so the kids don't have to keep dealing with this shit.
No one:...
MackZboss: I'm about to end this woman's career.
Me: AND WE'RE HERE FOR IT
As someone who watched Dance Moms when they were quite young, watching these videos nearly ten years later really opens my eyes to how messed up a lot of it was. I guess it is often within the realms of reality show madness but the fact that children are almost always implicated in the issues makes it so much more unsettling. Ngl, when I was younger I wanted to go to the DM meet and greets, but looking back at them now for what they are- it's so.. weird? Grown women (like we see Christi and Abby doing in the clips) 'exposing' young kids and their mothers to an audience of preteens (who have paid them 100s to do so)??. It's just weird. I understand wanting to spill the show's secrets for the paying fans, but going into Melissa's finances, telling a story about Maddie (who I'm guessing would've been like 8?) forgetting a solo almost jubilantly?
You do great work with your videos btw!
cheer noodle this hits the nail on the head for me too when I first watched the show when I was around 8 I loved it but now that I am older and seeing all the things that happened I can’t help but kinda feel bad for the girls
I was thinking about th meet and greets too. I always laugh seeing the clips because I’m thinking about the parent (who is probably bored as hell) listening to these women gossiping about who lied about this and who deserved that win and thinking “why did I let my kid watch this what the hell is this” all the while their kid is literally listening so attentively or recording it. It’s a strange concept lol I can see why my mom didn’t like me watching it
very strange indeed. if i went to a meet and greet Id want to see the girls dancing, and the moms tell cute lil funny moments. not grown women making fun of children and bringing up very private information imo. but i guess the fans ask questions and they answer them how they see fit. the moms and abby love drama is all i can say🤷🏾♀️
Just a few more requests (last time, I promise ☺️):
. Why some dances like Children with Guns and Playing with Matches were modified for the show
. Season 4 Nationals (Chloe leaving, mysterious evacuation, dance orders being changed etc.)
.Other rival studios (BDA, Studio Bleu, MDP etc.)
. Mackenzie, Kendall, and Brooke’s music careers
.Minister Dawn (she is so overlooked and her side of the story needs to be discussed)
.The Select Team in Season 4
.How the girls/moms really feel about each other
.How show impact the cast’s mental health
.Are the girls really as sweet and wholesome as portrayed?
Thanks! Great episode as always ❤️
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I love that the background translation clips are quick examples of the topic you’re about to go indepth in. Love your videos!!!
“Was Melissa a compulsive liar?”
Ummm..... did Dance Moms air as a tv show on tv? So yes. Lol.
lunch and recess???? this kid was forced to dance during free time?
She had regular dance lessons, acting lessons before school, 3 private lessons, competitions, and school. Also where’s your other child during this? This is wild. I remember she eventually pulled them out of school and homeschooled them pretty early on I believe but omg.
How on earth do you not have over a million subs, you deserve the world and more! From your amazing editing to your investigation skills! You are great and down stop, I love watching your videos❤️
We need a video on Christi and Jill's fight in season 7 what were the tweets Christi was talking about
She wasn’t talking about tweets it was when Kendall claimed she called Chloe and FaceTimed her and Kendall said she got no response
@@Queteaaa Actually she was talking about tweets. Kendall tweeted that she had reached out to Chloe and got no response. But Chloe and Christi said the only one who did was Nia and Cathy
Why is dance moms content so addicting 🤪
I’ve always been interested in knowing more about the students that Miss Abby has claimed have made it big on broadway thanks to her training.. could you please do an episode about who these people are? And if Miss Abby’s training did help them get onto broadway or into professional dancing careers..... it’s something I’ve always wondered about 💯💜
the fact that i was watching dance moms when you posted this lmao
SHE WHIPPED OUT THE SCHEDULES OMGGGGGG
please never stop doing this series, i love it sm :))
I feel like Abby and melissa wanted Maddie to be like a JoJo to be everywhere every store everybody talked about her everything on merchandise when she is kind of just a basic Instagram girl
lol no, maddie was already becoming a star before jojo came on the show
@@damianasuzette483 Either way Jojo is more popular than her...
@@Mel-qs8wx no duh but at first she wasnt.
@@Mel-qs8wx jojo is doing the best yes but after her it’s the Ziegler’s let’s not
I just want to say, please never stop making these videos!!! I’m so sad that Dance Moms had to end, but this series makes it feel like it’s still going. We appreciate you!
So every time the moms accused Melissa of having extra rehearsal time for Maddie and that that's why Maddie always knew her choreography during her "first" rehearsal of the week and Melissa denied it, she was in fact lying. This woman is immoral and ruthless
Omg, I was waiting for an episode on Melissa! I've always wondered if she was as sneaky as the show portrayed her. Excellent job on the video as always! 💕
As always, your research and presentation is impeccable. I absolutely loveee this series it’s amazing!
From what I understand, the reason the mom's would get angry about Maddie learning her solos during her privates was because they were supposed to learn during the Elite team's rehearsal times. So she would be at an advantage.
The other girls solos often never got finished or they learned it at the last minute that's why they were always so angry
I can’t imagine how much research and editing this takes, props to you✨
Your research skills are incredible!
I definitely think Melissa had had an affair with her boss
Hell, yeah, she did. If she did all of that just to make her daughters successful, I wouldn't put it past her. Not only that, she and her husband filed for bankruptcy prior to their divorce due to her spending habits and the tuition at Abby's studio for both girls. She bled her first husband dry and luckily for her (though not him), the second husband, is a millionaire. I wouldn't be surprised if the marriage didn't last long. She's never held a job outside of working at the mall, working for Abby, and her husband. She even stated she regretted not going to college and getting a career. So basically her second husband and her kids are financing her lifestyle.
@@Bloombaby99 totally agree. Not to mention the the secrecy and the fit she threw when the other moms started asking her about her engagement. Most likely because her then-fiance was still going through a divorce and because of his distinction, he couldn't have it too public.
@@nevermindmyname813 She also didn't want to face the fact that the divorce her now-husband was going through at the time was because of HER!
@@helenahayes6150 how in the world did you deduce that?
@@nevermindmyname813 - I'm obviously not getting something. I agree its ridiculous. But this was my reasoning. Melissa had an affair with her boss? She worked behind the desk of ADLC, so isnt her boss Abby?
Not me binging your series at 1 am when I should be catching up on reading for a class
Christi was right when she said Melissa got secret privates 🥴🥴🥴 years later Christi was right!!!
What I noticed is every time there was a duet or trio and they won, one child would rip trophy out of another child's hands.
It makes sense that Melissa is a compulsive liar bc there was always something off about her on the show.
Girl, your channel is seriously underrated! Keep up the good work!!♡♡
I'm waiting on Kurt Ziegler or Mackenzie to drop a tell all book about Melissa.
Mackenzie adores her mother stop
Melissa’s husband took Abby out to dinner. Jeez 💀💀😂
I honestly can’t hate Melissa. She’s has been the most outspoken mom about Black Lives Matter and I appreciate that.
For sure! 😄
Ok.
I get what you’re saying. I think that they all have their negative traits.
Melissa was really strict with her girls but I think that as a whole she only wanted the best for them - she’d always pay for extra privates for her girls and she’d avoid getting into conflicts with Abby because she knew that it’d negatively impact her girls. She did put a lot of pressure on them though, especially Maddie. So I see both sides.
I personally always liked Melissa because she’d do what was best for her kids. She’d avoid getting into unnecessary conflict to avoid her children getting punished, and she’d let her kids grow and develop on their own without being overly controlling.
One problem I always had with most of the moms (Jill in particular), they’d freak out over little things. Abby literally told Kendall to point her foot and Jill threw a tantrum and threw Kendall into a panic. Christi threw a tantrum when Abby asked Chloe to apologize for accidentally hitting Maddie (she wasn’t yelling or anything,) but Christi started name calling Abby, which led into Chloe getting punished later.
Oh, please. Melissa is a clout chaser. She can't be too BLM if she allowed Kenzie to date a racist.
This should be a Netflix series
Ok but like, I CANT STOP WATCHING THIS SERIES!
Same
Somewhere in earlier seasons of DM, when Melissa confronted Abby to ask whether or not Abby intentionally made Maddie’s music skipped so Maddie would get higher points to keep dancing.. Melissa slipped and said “It cOulD ruIn my DaUghTer’S caReEr” - meanwhile Abby stood there and replied “What abt my carreer!?”
I think Melissa slipped and since then I think that both Abby and Melissa knew each other were a bad person but stick up to one another because they have similar ambition. Abby needed Maddie to keep winning so her name and studio would be famous for “back-to-back win”, meanwhile Melissa needed Abby to boost Maddie’s name. She wanted her daughter to be famous so bad she forgot that her daughters still needs to be a child.
Oh anyway, the one where Melissa I said “slipped”, Maddie was still so little that time and hardly have a career outside DM.. so why would Melissa refered to “Maddie’s career?” -bcs she already had it inside her head that they need to made Maddie on top so Maddie could be a famous.