Dance Moms' long-awaited reunion is almost here.
The trailer forDance Moms: The Reunion, a two-hour special event that sees many of the original cast members — mothers included! — reunite to reflect on the iconic Lifetime series, dropped on Wednesday, giving fans their first taste of what’s to come when the beloved girls come back together.
TheDance Momsalums that participated in the reunion special wereJoJo Siwa,Chloé Lukasiak,Brooke Hyland, Paige Hyland,Kendall VertesandKalani Hilliker, with Nia Sioux andMaddieandKenzie Zieglernoticeably absent — which did not go unnoticed.
In the trailer, between teary-eyed clips of the girls on the show a decade ago and musings about how it feels to look back, Siwa, 20, and Vertes, 21, seem to call out the Zieglers for not being part of the reunion events.
“We would not be here withoutDance Moms. it was literally the stepping stone into who we are today,” Vertes says to the group.
In the next clip, Siwa seems to make a more direct jab at Maddie and Kenzie’s absence. “Them not being here is kind of like, ‘Let me erase my past, pretend it never happened, shove it down the drain.’ When it’s like – that’s why you are who you are,” she says as Hilliker, 23, sits beside her, nodding her head in agreement.
Paige Hyland, Brooke Hyland, Chloe Lukasiak, Kendall Vertes, JoJo Siwa and Kalani Hilliker in the trailer for ‘Dance Moms: The Reunion’.Lifetime
Lifetime
The sisters’ absence is far from the only dramatic thing the girls are set to cover in the two-hour special, which airs May 1 on Lifetime. There will also be one-on-one interviews with the six former dancers “as they look back at the most memorable moments of the series and discuss the good, the bad and everything in-between including the lasting impact on their entertainment careers,” per a press release.
The girls’ moms will be weighing in on it all, too, as Jessalynn Siwa, Kelly Hyland, Jill Vertes, Kira Hilliker and Christi Lukasiak will all appear.
In the reunion, “the originalDance Momscast discusses some of the most controversial headlines since the show aired, catches fans up on what they are doing now and provides some shocking revelations as theDance Momsdrama comes full circle.”
‘Dance Moms’ alums JoJo Siwa, Chloe Lukasiak, Brooke Hyland, Paige Hyland, Kendall Vertes and Kalani Hilliker reunite for the reunion special.Dance Moms/Instagram
Dance Moms/Instagram
“It’s hard to say I forgive her when she did so many nasty things to me,” Paige admits, while Vertes says of Miller’s intensity, “It’s just so bizarre that dance can get to that.”
“I don’t think anybody can explain how complicated all of our relationships are with her,” Hilliker adds.
Millerserved an eight-month sentence in prison in 2017after she was found guilty of fraud charges, andhas been confined to a wheelchairsince 2018 due to complications of Burkitt lymphoma, which affects her spinal cord. Despite her health battles, Miller has remained steadfast in her defense of her actions as a dance coach to the young dancers, even after Maddie, 21,called her experience onDance Moms"toxic"in 2022 and revealed she and Miller haven’t talked since she left the show in 2016.
In response,Miller said there are “devastating things” between her, Maddie and the Ziegler familyon theSofia with an Fpodcast, much of which stems from her sister Mackenzie’s early musical endeavors.
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The Lifetime reunion special is not all fans are getting from the former reality stars, though. Starting on March 18, more than nine hours of newDance Momscontent will begin streaming up until the May 1 reunion, including “in-depth sit-downs with theDance Momscast on the set of the reunion where they answer burning fan questions and look at of some of the most controversial moments from the series.”
source: people.com
