JoJo Siwa thinks about the latest Dance Moms: The Reunion something special and an opening statement about some behind-the-scenes drama that took place during production.
Siwa, 20, spoke candidly about the Lifetime special in a new episode of her podcast. JoJo Siwa Now, and explained that the reunion didn’t go as she expected when she first signed up.
“There were a few times in the reunion that the producers tried to do some shady shit,” Siwa claimed, stating that she felt the producers were trying to stir up unnecessary drama between her and fellow former star Kalani Hilliker . Kendall Vertes, Chloé Lukasiak, Paige Hyland and Brooke Hyland.
“The producers wanted Chloé and I to get into it a little bit and talk about our online pursuits, and honestly, I don’t feel that way anymore,” Siwa claimed, adding that they were also told Call them Dancing mothers Stars who refused to attend the reunion — including Nia Sioux, Maddie Ziegler And Mackenzie Ziegler.
One of the biggest problems Siwa had with producers had to do with the show’s former star, a dance instructor Abby Lee Miller. Siwa claimed that producers tried to pressure her into calling Miller during filming.
“Me and Kalani are the two who have a relationship with Abby. … Paige, Brooke and Chloé don’t have one and it wasn’t a healthy end to a relationship,” Siwa said, referring to the infamous altercation between her parents and Miller This led to them leaving the show. “And the producers kept wanting me to call Abby.”
“And I thought, ‘Absolutely not.’ “I gave it full throttle,” said Siwa. “I thought to myself, ‘Not only am I putting myself in the awkward position of calling in this environment that no one has invited her to, but I’m also putting Abby in a weird position where she’s talking to people that she does.’ .’ I don’t necessarily know how to talk to them.
She also worried about how her co-stars would feel about it, explaining, “There’s real trauma there.”
“I have a good relationship with Abby. “I chose that Abby always wanted the best for me and was always hard on me because she wanted the best for me,” Siwa said. “So for me, I wanted to protect my relationship with Abby, and I wanted to protect my relationships with Brooke, Paige and Chloé.”
Ultimately, though, Siwa said she found the reunion special “so healing for all of us.” However, that doesn’t mean she thought that was the best route Dancing mothers See you again at all.
“Honestly, I thought there was a better way to do it. And I think we could still do that depending on whether people are depressed or not,” Siwa said.
As for her pitch? “Put us all in a house for a month,” Siwa suggested. “In the two days we were together there was drama… little seedy bits. Just imagine that! I think it would be so much fun.”
In December, ET spoke to Siwa At the Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic Special and she spilled the tea on the highly anticipated reunion, which comes five years after the series ended after nine seasons.
“We have a squad, that’s good! There are many,” she said at the time.
This interview came after a photo of the group during filming made its way to social media, getting fans excited about the reveal project. Under the photo, dozens of commenters asked and encouraged the missing members Siwa responds in the comments,
“Grateful for this day! For anyone wondering about the few people missing, everyone was invited today, but only some wanted to be here,” she wrote in December.
Also present at the special event were mothers Christi Lukasiak (via FaceTime), Jill Vertes and Jessalyn Siwa. Check out the video below to learn more about it Dance Moms: The Reunion.
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