JoJo Siwa is reflecting on the latest Dance Mothers: The Reunion particular, and opening up about some behind-the-scenes drama that performed out throughout manufacturing.
Siwa, 20, obtained candid concerning the Lifetime particular throughout a brand new episode of her podcast, JoJo Siwa Now, and defined that the reunion did not play out the way in which she anticipated when she first signed on.
“There was just a few occasions on the reunion the place the producers tried to do some shady s**t,” Siwa claimed, stating that she felt the producers tried to fire up pointless drama between her and her fellow former stars — Kalani Hilliker, Kendall Vertes, Chloé Lukasiak, Paige Hyland, and Brooke Hyland.
“The producers needed me and Chloé to type of get into it slightly bit and discuss our on-line beef, and actually that is not how I really feel anymore,” Siwa claimed, including that they had been additionally instructed to name out the Dance Mothers stars who refused to be part of the reunion — together with Nia Sioux, Maddie Ziegler and Mackenzie Ziegler.
One of many largest points Siwa says she had with the producers needed to do with the present’s former star, dance instructor Abby Lee Miller. Siwa claimed the producers tried to push her to name Miller on the cellphone throughout filming.
“Me and Kalani are the 2 which have a relationship with Abby. … Paige, Brooke and Chloé haven’t any, and it was not a wholesome finish of a relationship,” Siwa mentioned, referring to the notorious altercation their dad and mom obtained into with Miller that resulted in them leaving the present. “And the producers stored wanting me to name Abby.”
“And I used to be like, ‘Completely not.’ That’s the place I put my foot down,” Siwa mentioned. “I used to be like, ‘I am not solely placing myself in a clumsy place of calling on this atmosphere, that nobody invited her to, but additionally I am placing Abby in a bizarre state of affairs the place she is speaking to individuals who she does not essentially know find out how to discuss to them.”
She additionally anxious about how it might make her co-stars really feel, explaining, “There’s actual trauma there.”
“I’ve a superb relationship with Abby. I’ve chosen to see that Abby solely ever needed what was finest for me and solely ever was robust on me as a result of she needed what was finest for me,” Siwa mentioned. “So for me, I needed to guard my relationship with Abby, and I needed to guard my relationship with Brooke, Paige and Chloé.”
In the end, nonetheless, Siwa mentioned she felt the reunion particular “was so therapeutic for all of us.” Nonetheless, that does not imply she felt it was one of the best ways to do a Dance Mothers reunion within the first place.
“I assumed there was, actually… a greater technique to do it. And I believe we might nonetheless do that, relying on if individuals are down or not,” Siwa mentioned.
As for her pitch? “Stick all of us in a home for a month,” Siwa instructed. “Within the two days that we had been collectively, there was drama… little shady bits. So simply think about! I believe it might be so enjoyable.”
In December, ET spoke with Siwa on the Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic particular and she or he spilled the tea on the extremely anticipated reunion, which comes 5 years after the present ended following a nine-season run.
“We obtained squads, it is good! There’s rather a lot,” she mentioned on the time.
That interview got here after a photograph of the group whereas filming made its means onto social media and amped up followers for the tell-all undertaking. Below the photograph, dozens of commenters requested concerning the lacking members, prompting Siwa to reply within the feedback,
“Grateful for today! For everybody questioning concerning the few individuals lacking, Everybody was invited right now however just some needed to be right here,” she wrote in December.
Additionally in attendance for the particular had been mothers Christi Lukasiak (by way of FaceTime), Jill Vertes and Jessalyn Siwa. Take a look at the video under to listen to extra about Dance Mothers: The Reunion.
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