Ever sinceDance Momsfirst aired onLifetimein 2011, people have been hooked on the addictive and super dramatic reality show.
But what about all of the drama that never makes it to the screen?
Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at everything the cameras didn’t show you onDance Moms.
Ina 2019 video, formerDance Momsstar Chloe Lukasiak confessed that the segment could actually be pretty harrowing to film.
“When pyramid started, that took about …
I wanna say on average two hours to film,” Lukasiak claimed.
She explained that this lengthy filming time took its toll on the girls.
That certainly makes sense to us!
However, what many people may not realize is that theDance Momscastwas carefully selected to appear on the show.
Ina 2018 YouTube video, Payton revealed the truth about her time on the show.
“They immediately made us look like the bad people,” Payton claimed.
“It got to the point where I was getting death threats,” she explained.
However, Nia went on to clarify that the show was never scripted despite having the occasional setup.
After all, the girls still had homework to do.
AsChloe Lukasiakexplained, the girls all used a nearby doctor’s office as their “base camp.”
The office served as a space for breaks, lunch, interviews, and tutoring.
Nia Siouxalso spoke about the bizarre schooling setup.
“We shared a school teacher across many grade levels,” Nia said.
According toNia Sioux, some of Abby’s rages were even edited out.
No wonder the kids were apparently “traumatized” by the dance teacher.
While everything looked pretty ordinary on screen, the competition dances were far from organic.
Instead, former Dance Moms stars insist that even the competitions were set up by the show’s producers.
Nia Siouxrevealed in a YouTube videothat the dances viewers saw onDance Momsweren’t actually therealdances that were judged.
“The second time, not for judging, the judges even leave the room,” Nia explained.
However, some made more of a splash than others.
At one point during the confrontation,Kelly even slapped Abbyacross the face and yanked on her hair.
Apparently, the famous Season 4 fight was so bad that it actually resulted in an assault lawsuit.
However, the case wasn’t quite as cut and dry as it might appear (viaCBS).
“It was part of the script,” she explained.
Dancer Kalani Hilliker first appeared onDance Momsin 2014 (viaIMDb).
However, the setup was actually invented by the show’s producers not by Abby.
Dance Moms’Chloe Lukasiakrevealed how it all beganin a YouTube video, explaining that pyramid began as “chalkboard.”
Chloe went on to say, “No, we never did pyramid before the show.”
[…] It’s so healthy."
Of course, Chloe makes a good point!
“It is very heavily produced,” Camryn confessed in a YouTube video.
Maddie Ziegler also spoke about the production team toUSA Today.
“The producers set it up to make us all yell at each other,” she explained.
Maddie continued, revealing, “The moms have a fake fight sometimes.
Afterward they just start talking and laugh about it.”
In 2020, Adriana Smith mom to dancer Kamryn Smith took toInstagramto explain her experience on the show.
According to Abby, however, the moment was all set up by producers of the show.
It seems the production team’s influence went a little too far during this upsetting moment.
