Abby Lee Miller may put Dance Moms: A New Era on the bottom of the pyramid.
Nearly two months after dance coach Gloria “Glo” Hampton introduced a fresh group of young dancers on reality TV, Miller is sharing her honest review of the new retiration of Dance Moms.
“I was expecting bam,” Miller, 59, exclusively told Us at the Us Weekly + Pluto TV Reality Stars of the Year Party at the Dream Hotel on Thursday, October 10. “I was greatly disappointed in the dancing and the kids. I don’t think the kids were ever disrespectful on our show. Maybe behind everybody’s back. Maybe they rolled their eyes with their mother at home, but not on the show.”
The original Dance Moms, which followed the Abby Lee Dance Company’s junior elite competition team, ran for seven seasons through February 2017. The show helped launch the careers of successful dancers including JoJo Siwa, Chloe Lukasiak, Nia Sioux and Kalani Hilliker.
An eighth season returned in 2019, starring Miller and new dancers. Now, Dance Moms: A New Era features Hampton.
According to Miller, she filmed her own new season of Dance Moms, which she hopes viewers will get to see one day.
“The dancing is absolutely incredible,” she explained. “[We can expect] talent. Real talent.”
Away from the dance floor, Miller has had to overcome serious health scares. In 2018, Miller was diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma after undergoing emergency surgery to treat an infection in her spine. She has used a wheelchair since the diagnosis.
Although Miller announced she was cancer-free one year later, she faced a near-fatal sepsis battle this summer.
Abby Lee Miller on ‘Dance Moms’ Dance Moms/YouTube
“I’m all right,” the reality star shared about her current health. “I was in England for a long time. I was in Prague judging the Dance World Cup … I was everywhere. I think my whole system kind of got caught up with me.”
Despite doctors asking her to slow down, Miller said she is “constantly” on the go and working on new projects including season 2 of Mad House and a special Halloween event.
When asked to share the secret behind her longevity in reality TV, Miller described it as an “evolution.”
“I just try to keep the dance current and the choreography moving forward and the fight’s new instead of old,” she said. “Do we have to fight about the same thing again? I mean, come on.”
With reporting by Amanda Williams
