Dance Moms’ Abby Lee Miller is the ultimate evil genius; Simon Cowell and Kevin O’Leary have nothing on her. When people appear on American Idol or Shark Tank they get blasted by O’Leary and Cowell and slink off the stage with their tails between their legs. BUT Abby actually gets PAID and paid a lot by the people she is constantly criticizing, yelling, and screaming at.
Abby’s Elite Competition Team (or whatever it’s called this week) travels all over the country from Pittsburgh to California, Florida, wherever. These kids sign contracts with her and pay her a fortune to train with, not to mention the money they spend on travel, costumes, etc.
Yet, Abby has all the graciousness and tact of a lion killing a gazelle; she’s brutal with both the students AND their parents. Who would pay someone thousands of dollars a year to be horribly mean and cruel to them and their children? Apparently these Dance Moms. They bitch and moan and watch Abby undermine each child but they keep coming back for more. Is Abby Lee Miller the only dance teacher on Earth? Is Bravo TV paying them that much? I highly doubt it.
Abby loves covert activity. She makes secret phone calls, pulls auditions and solos, all in the name of spite, while pirouetting herself all the way to the bank.
If her kids make any money off their talent, Abby profits as she has locked up contracts with all of them. She controls every aspect of their “careers.”
Melissa has home schooled her kids so Abby’s little darling, Maddie, can spend hours upon hours spinning on her toes. Maddie has gotten some success and public notoriety, appeared in a music video, TV shows, and even performed at the Grammys. I don’t know much about dance so I can’t comment on how good a dancer Maddie really is but she has a lot of personality and Abby on her side. I think Abby might have yelled at Maddie, once. Her little sister, Mackenzie is not so lucky. Not only does she have to live in her sister’s shadow and be constantly compared to her, but she has to endure the wrath of Abby just about every day as do the others.
The Dance Moms bicker amongst themselves just like the Real Housewives of (insert name of city here). They pit themselves against one another like lionesses protecting their cubs, each one trying to win Abby over. Yet, I think they claim to stick together. Frenemies?
Some will stop at nothing to get on Abby’s good side. Does she have a good side? Jill has bought her gifts, finally shut her mouth, and it paid off has her daughter, Kendall, is now one of Abby’s faves and recently shot one of the most dreadful music videos ever.
The once classy, highly educated successful career woman, Holly has now let Abby send her into tears over Nia’s “career.” All Holly tried to do was get her daughter further along and all it did was piss Abby off. Not a good idea; but, Holly keeps writing the checks.
Abby’s girls win a lot but is it because of their talent, her teaching, or their Bravo TV exposure? If they don’t win, the fangs and claws come out, big time.
Abby is also a little nuts. When her dog died she had it stuffed. I find this really creepy and no one loves their dogs more than I. At least she buried the stuffed dog with her mom when her mom died. That’s kinda creepy too.
I wondered if Abby’s antics were just for the camera; but a friend of mine whose daughter has danced against Abby’s girls, says it’s all real.
I would love to get paid to yell and scream at people all day long and have them write me big checks.
I think I’ll be a professional dominatrix specializing in humiliation. Some guys really dig that.
I don’t watch this show much, but I’ve never seen Abby actually teach dancing or train the dancers. Does she, or is she just there to be blustery for TV?
Does screaming and yelling at the kids count as teaching? It does in the horse world.
It does not, in the human world.