an unnecessarily long recap of dance moms drama

[@AmandaTodhunterOfficial]

Check out my last video! kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3WtnGSAZrqUrLc

[@e2l0i2f4]

Xcm pp

[@e2l0i2f4]

😮.

[@TangentialTif]

I didn’t realize how short Jojo’s time on Dance Mom’s was, it makes her comments about Maddie at the reunion even worse.

[@katek8311]

Yeah especially when the og girls GREW UP in that toxic environment

[@omghilol]

she wasn't even on there for a full season acting as if she experienced the whole package.

[@Rainescoven]

@@omghilolshe did all of season 6

[@katievx]

@@Rainescoven no she didn't?

[@Rainescoven]

@@katievx yes she did. She left in one of the first 10 episodes of season 7 but she did 90% of season 5. All of season 6 and the first 10 episode of season seven

[@haileygrimmius9451]

I wrote a paper about dance moms in high school and I took count of the number of times each girl is on the pyramid. In the entire series Maddie is on top of the pyramid 68 times. Nia is on top 12 times. I can’t remember the others but I remember thinking that it was insane that Nia was on top of the pyramid that little and she was on the show the longest.

[@auggiemain]

"Your mom must be real proud of you too, Abby 😊" "My moms dead 😐"

[@elliottsalibi]

i can’t believe abby said “i know how to groom these children” i watched the show multiple times and i don’t remember that 😭

[@Kristianalexis1]

I was shocked 😮 I was like you did not just say that

[@emaildryer]

not to defend her but grooming has multiple meanings and in that context she meant it as she has completely raised these dancers and are products of her training

[@cuppupink]

she meant it in a way that explained she knows how to make the kids into stars, idk but i think grooming in the sense we use it commonly is kind of a new term so she just tried to use an elegant word for making but it just didn’t come out as intended…

[@cuppupink]

also she said it in the very first episode i’m pretty sure!

[@remyw1409]

@@cuppupink In a way that was a complete Freudian Slip 😂😂😂

[@celinay]

Abby calling Kelly's hair trendy and cool after being slapped by her will never not take me out for some reason

[@onlyloserever]

revealing that brooke was returning that way was so unnecessarily cruel. like what was the reason if not to disappoint and humiliate peyton??

[@orangeants]

Not to mention the editing was literally all focused on Peyton being sad

[@Ninamode16]

Asia crying about her dads childhood dog Diablo dying always sends me

[@blckoutday]

Also Abby kissing Maddie should’ve never aired. And her mother and everyone else laughed like it was cute and funny? In what world do grown adults get to kiss a children on television? it’s sick.

[@MrHound-yuhyuh]

⁠@@Noname-ds4lothe situation has me kinda torn. It should’ve never aired, sure, but Melissa and Abby had known each other for a long time. I’m sure they all knew Abby didn’t mean anything like *that* . Still gross, though.

[@blckoutday]

@@MrHound-yuhyuh If you grew up as a dancer, you would know how weird is it for a coach of any sort kiss you on the lips. It’s not just that Abby crossed the line, but on top of that she was forcing a child to kiss someone she didn’t want to. Maddie expressed being uncomfortable kissing a boy, what would make Abby think she would be fine with forcefully kissing her? It’s not normal for any one let alone a coach or a friend of her mothers to ever put their hands or mouth on a child. That is just common sense.

[@MrHound-yuhyuh]

@@blckoutday Yeah you’re right. I can’t argue with that. I didn’t grow up as a dancer either so what would I know🤷

[@user-we1pe8vl5r]

Especially considering that was Maddie’s first kiss and she was talking the whole episode about how she didn’t want to kiss someone and for it to be for a tv show.

[@danicee]

I’m sorry, she made a student kiss her to show her it was okay because it was pretend?! 🚩🚩🚩

[@rrenneee]

I was a dancer from the age of 3-18 and yet I didn’t watch Dance Moms until I graduated. All I can say from my experience and the anecdotal experiences I’ve heard from others is that the dance industry is extremely toxic for children and teens. The teachers tear you down emotionally, mentally, and physically little by little. It feels like being surrounded by mean girls but they’re all 30+ years old and have fully developed brains. I think it’s sad that my memories of dance have been ruined from the bad experiences I’ve had. I still love to dance but hated the environment

[@violetaortiztoth3226]

it´s kind of crazy the fact that abby start teching her OWN competitive dance team at such a young age

[@project_jaw]

glad to have found this gem right as i was about to do homework

[@ScarlettMcMahon-be1dx]

I'm also glad to have found this gem during a five-minute break from doing my homework.

[@anyweighs]

this vid isn’t going anywhere, do your homework first pooks!!!!

[@harperburgess9769]

I’m guessing that five-minute break turned into an hour? LMAO

[@remyw1409]

Also I haven't noticed anyone else mention this, but JoJo has continued in Abby's name being an 💫abusive💫 dance teacher with her mum. XOMGPop was exposed for some really horrible things, like JoJo (maybe Jessalyn, idr) yelling at these girls through ear pieces while dancing, telling a disabled dancer to "put a pad on her costume so blood doesn't get on it" when she started bleeding out of her belly button. They also pressured this girl to start dancing less than a MONTH after having SPINAL SURGERY even though she wasn't supposed to for multiple months because, you know, being a young person who's just had spinal surgery. As well as not letting the girls do their legally required education minimum, with one girl reporting that she did less than 8 hours of schoolwork in a month? (Don't quote me on this, it happened in Feb and my memory is hazy hahaha.) They also didn't pay the girls/their mums enough and left them sleeping in dance studios and scrubbing Jessalyn and Jojo's toilet to earn more money. Lots of people are thinking Jojo's rebrand was to avoid those allegations and have people talk about that instead of the Rolling Stone article alleging all of this, which I 100% agree with lol. So yeah, JoJo isn't actually the greatest and has definitely been groomed to accept it as normal from a young age

[@clementine8853]

52:43 my theory is Jojo is STILL wanting to be favored by Abby, thus her being the ONLY one willing to discuss or be apart of anything she’s in

[@queenbothered01.]

Did I already know all of this lore? yes did i still listen? absolutely

[@jimswim3719]

appreciate the Danny Gonzalez references

[@tatianabacca5]

When I was a dancer, they used "I'm grooming this student" as "I'm holding this student to a higher standard because they want to make dance their life and career"....didn't age well.

[@EbonyTackie]

Wait it think Jojo and her mom have abuse claims against them from the girl group they formed

[@tacoreibrown6560]

yup that’s the one

[@oliviavenkus9651]

As someone who watches dance moms on a never-ending loop, I was fact checking everything u said in my head😂 like " Nope, actually minister dawn WAS seen again when abby tried to make her pay a check"🤣

[@jesalynndoesthings]

Was about to do schoolwork and then I saw this and decided homework can wait, this video cannot

[@HeejinBunni]

i’m about to clean my whole house fr

[@tangelo56]

LMAOAOAOA

[@glitchezartist]

Why did I not know Shangela taught Abby how to deathdrop 😭

[@mintytoasted]

i often forget how big of an impact shangela had in media at the time, like she was involved in a shocking number of shows. it only makes me wish all the more it was anyone else considering all of the (very true) allegations against her.

[@Live_Laugh_Loathe]

NED FLAMES REFERENCE IN INTRO 🔥🔥🔥

[@MadiW2000]

We aren’t getting a new Dance Moms The New Era - the studio (Studio Bleu) closed before the season even premiered lol. There’s a lot of drama surrounding it

[@katvelyte]

I saw a tiktok of abby lee starting to walk again today so thats kinda slay for her

[@dylanmccormick2675]

It really was a wild show, I grew up watching this with my mom and younger sister and it was so unhealthy. Abby was low key abusive and the moms were all just insane, it was such a toxic environment filled with drama and kind of traumatic experiences for the girls to have to go through. Seeing this notification was crazy, it brought me back to younger times :). Also, the yuuge orange man comparison is dead on.

[@xnina92x]

It hurts my heart, that none of the mothers really protected their girls from Abby. None of the children learned that its NOT okay for a person to talk to them like that and they will be vulnerable for this kind of people their entire life.

[@urfavsh1teditor]

I strongly believe Abby was on drugs in late S5-7 and thats how she could've lost all her money. Plus if you look at her physical appearance and how crazy she was acting it makes sense honestly. No makeup or hair done, manically laughing for no reason. No wonder the Zieglers wanted to leave at this point

[@jadaok888]

i did dance when i was younger and my recital photoshoots had similar costumes and that same grey background.

[@babyturtleshoe8451]

As someone who grew up doing dance from a young age it can be a pretty stressful environment sometimes but it should never be the level of dance moms

[@_smallmac_]

Sigh, I feel like this isn’t long enough. Gonna need a Pyrocynical length KZbin documentary of some random thing I haven’t heard of and won’t remember after I’m done watching the video. Thank you Amanda

[@dreams4357]

21:00 similar to Layla in winx being an og

[@MoreCoral]

DANCE MOMS AND AMANDA?!??! I’M IN LOVE ❤❤

[@RileyLastname]

I also grew up in the dance sphere and the level of grooming that happens in this world is rampant, traumatizing, and far too normalized. I'm currently in therapy and working through my own experiences which-while traumatizing themselves-still only mildly compare to what these girls experienced on national television. tragic is exactly the right word for it. I have to be in a very specific mood to be able to consume dance moms content because it can be so triggering. that being said, I had no idea about pretty much anything Chloe has been doing post-dance moms, I'm surprised I hadn't heard about anything you mentioned. I would be really interested in that follow up if you were willing to cover it!

[@Bettytruffles]

Girl this a normal length vid. I watch vids that are like 4 hours sometimes

[@jillm9165]

EMPTY CHAIR DO A SOLO

[@HorseJoint]

We BACK!

[@magventures]

Amanda for president 🙌🏻

[@michelangelothornton3584]

ned flames mention

[@CalDeanOffical]

Jojo had her own show and there are some pretty bad allegations about things that happened behind the scenes

[@Mary-eg5hr]

I hope I can still dance

[@soni3279]

girl sidenote i wish i looked this pretty without makeup, love ur vids

[@wintersqx]

ive been cleaning for the past hour while listening to this video, thanks

[@mabbidy]

It freaks me out that the aldc girls are college aged now- I had Vivi in a class with me and I didn’t want to make her feel weird by bringing up dance moms but I couldn’t stop thinking about the ring quote 😭

[@frankieholt6721]

ned flames reference

[@sydneyd6252]

That My Lady Jane comment is so real😭

[@RamenKitsune]

I watched a 7 hour recap of law and order svu and its will they wont they of stabler and benson. Just letting you know what comes to mind when I read "unnecessaryly long"

[@boinkadoink9538]

i allegedly went to high school with one of the girls i dont remember who people said it was but i literally never saw her in school once so now ive started thinking that was just a rumor and she didnt actually bc it was a private school so like are they paying for her to skip school? i also need to recommend shay a, shes made a few reactions to episodes including the rosa parks one, i really like her stuff

[@milesboop]

HOLLY THEY COULD NEVER MAKE ME HATE YOU

[@lizzie404]

In love long content I always watch when I’m eating😍 😂

[@HeejinBunni]

I BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE !!

[@darianharvey2907]

I’m so ready for this😂 dance moms was my jam when I was younger

[@cebellak]

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

[@dari8759]

Now this is what I call unnecessarily long, thank you.

[@EarlineO]

kinda unrelated but honestly when I think about it now the book of henry was actually so crazy 😭

[@asia742]

l’m sorry, but an hour is still too short to be called “unnecessarily long”. Dance Moms drama could garner Quinton Reviews-level discussion

[@meeeg7029]

Me: *looks at 1hr run time* oh! A short essay

[@Bogfrog1]

She got that HOI4 Civ6 Paradox gamer music bro

[@allyc1214]

Loved this video, but personally I would swap Kelly and Cathy on the Abby mom tier list. I've listened to a fair amount of Back to the Barre (Christ and Kelly's Podcast) and the hatred between Kelly & Abby really runs deep

[@averysinisterspoon]

I could be getting this wrong but I'm pretty sure Jojo also kinda acted like Abby Lee Miller 2.0 on her gameshow thing?? I don't remember much other than this little girl who had surgery started to bleed from her belly button and was just told to slap a pad on it so she didn't get the blood on the costume. Again, I could be getting it wrong.

[@group5time]

This is off topic but you sound like Bella Thorne

[@maestroclassico5801]

In real life Cathy and Abby are actually kinda tight.

[@bad_bau]

Ok you should totally dive into the JoJo lore

[@jakobjourdane1881]

Hadly was never apart of the aldc team??

[@k2kush4centric]

EARLY

[@MrNioMoon]

dance moms is a trash show

[@irhrjjrjrkekwoowoe]

i met abby lee irl 🤩

[@rythemchaudhari696]

First 🎉🎉

[@dipsettopnotch]

what is this unnecessarily long recap clickbait titles you using the last video was 20 min this video is a hour man stop it 2 hrs or more going forward

[@laurenann4693]

12:30 damn even a runner up in getting an intro lol

[@boopsbadoinks7922]

54:55 J-M-U DUUUUUUUUUKES

[@elizabeth-lmhxmx]

7:39 this clip ijbol 43:20 WHAT….

[@NotUrLov3r]

22:14 Dannyyy

[@melly7174]

Kendall's middle name being just the letter K is so funny to me lol

[@bananaannanna]

The casual integration of "A ca-scuse me" absolutely pitch-slapped me

[@flyxelf]

how many times can amanda reference danny gonzalez in one episode lol

[@AIIy3000]

Not enough :) (I’m a Greg)

[@bradentheman1373]

hello fellow gregs

[@CharlizeL5151]

I see dance moms and Amanda so I click immediately

[@literally.saturn]

real

[@lll.24601]

SAME!!

[@betsybreen1102]

Exactly

[@annasrosebush]

@@betsybreen1102nn a

[@persiebun]

I grew up as a dancer and shouting is pretty normal, but being degraded isnt. Theres a massive difference between a correction being shouted at you over music vs being abused

[@benjjji]

"you can adopt!" "Not now im a felon.. so.."

[@katie5547]

wait lowkey need a recap of russian figure skating drama from you now 😭 i never knew anything about dance moms but everyone always compared abby lee miller to eteri and i GET it now after this video 😭

[@Hazeljv3]

Going from prison to cancer to paralysis is a WILDLY unfortunate series of events. Almost feels like karma came for Abby's ass after she spent 3-4 too many decades traumatizing children.

[@Kristianalexis1]

The first thing that came to mind was the TikTok audio that spread like wildfire of Abby Lee Miller saying what the pyramid order was. Paige was at the bottom.

[@MiaLeos-lw8so]

The reason Cathy’s team was so messy and confusing was bc she refused to put her real dance team on the show to protect their names I believe

[@Riley_Shea]

Also just like to point out the Jeanette’s daughter Ava was Tall Girl on Netflix

[@RawTimee]

The crazy thing is..the girls parents TRIED to get them off the show earlier but their contracts and the shows team would NOT let that happen..like they fought hard for years and then finally they started leaving the group slowly.

[@lll.24601]

NOTE: Chloe left because Abby made fun of Chloe’s eye.

[@neverseenlou]

ned flames mention!!!

[@blckoutday]

Maddie has always been my favorite IDCCC even when everyone thought she was a brat i still loved her. And the funny thing is, she was never an actual brat. Producers manipulated a child’s image on television for drama, not caring if she got hate online, or from the other mothers on the show. I have so much respect for her for constantly having to play down her achievements and apologize for being talented, just to make her friends mothers feel better. My girl has a whole career now i’m so proud of her.

[@theyaremycrocs6009]

This is what I needed. An hour long video essay about my favorite trashy reality show 🙏 I will now be watching this whole thing in one sitting instead of being productive 😁

[@kellystan4597]

This is exactly what I needed rn 🙏🏻

[@DDiegoG]

Now this is the investigative journalism work that we ACTUALLY need

[@mikad9610]

im not sure if its just a rumor but a lot of people are speculating that chloe's competition shut down because of christi getting a DUI

[@jaqijarboe3374]

I know these take a lot of work, but long for content is literally tops. I like my videos 1 hr 30 +

[@lexxel9249]

the fact that NO ONE is talking about how jill is kris jenners evil twin 😭😭

[@amen_thol]

holy shit they even look like they could be related

[@roxanne_]

OMG! I literally was just on a Dance Moms binge-watch right now, we are like this 🤞

[@biggestnerdalive8476]

The most I’ve heard of this show was an ex-friend who liked it. Of course that friend would turn out to be two faced (and a pedo) so I don’t associate it with anything good

[@purinluvrr]

this long ath video we won so bad

[@H8teaJoyless]

Great video! Hadley never danced for the ALDC though, only the Candy Apples. And Kevin's episode is back up, I just watched it a week ago, but it was taken down previously. I'm still watching but great so far, please do more!

[@H8teaJoyless]

Brynn also didn't leave before the other girls, she just stayed with Abby so she was on a different team competing against the other girls

[@neb.9489]

@@H8teaJoylessShe technically did leave before the other girls. She left the show before the irreplaceables did.

[@gabssza8569]

I clicked to see if you adress the fake unnecessary long title, thank you