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Speaker 1: I remember there was an episode like way back in
Speaker 1: the beginning of this podcast where I used to open
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Speaker 1: feel like I might have to bring that one back soon. Honestly,
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna lie. I really like the British accent vibe.
Speaker 1: Any users, Welcome back to je Zea Now. How are
Speaker 1: you doing it?
Speaker 2: Is today a good day? I hope it's a good day.
Speaker 1: We are over halfway through twenty twenty four now, which
Speaker 1: is so crazy. Also, I was thinking about this the
Speaker 1: other day. COVID was four years ago. Four it feels
Speaker 1: like two.
Speaker 2: Tell me that I'm wrong.
Speaker 1: Tell me like I feel like right now is twenty
Speaker 1: twenty two, Like I did Dance It with the Stars
Speaker 1: three years ago. That doesn't feel right. That's crazy. Time
Speaker 1: Time literally.
Speaker 2: Is a thief.
Speaker 1: I know it's a cheeky, cheesy saying, but time is
Speaker 1: literally the biggest thief. And I man, I'm I feel
Speaker 1: so grateful that I get this life like, I really
Speaker 1: love my life. I love my people in my life.
Speaker 1: I couldn't imagine life without my people, and I just
Speaker 1: I'm a happy girl.
Speaker 2: What can I say.
Speaker 1: Anyways, A big part of my life is this little show.
Speaker 2: Called Dance Moms.
Speaker 1: I grew up on Dance Moms watching the show, and
Speaker 1: then when I was nine years old, I did Abby's
Speaker 1: Ultimate Dance Competition, which is, you know, kind of the
Speaker 1: spinoff of Dance Mom's competition show, and Abby's the judge
Speaker 1: and Rich and Her show were also judges, and I
Speaker 1: did that show and then from there I went on
Speaker 1: to Dance Moms for two years, and that was really
Speaker 1: where the world got to know me for the first time.
Speaker 1: And so I feel always super defensive of Dance Moms
Speaker 1: because it is such an iconic show. It is such
Speaker 1: an iconic piece of reality TV history of the dance
Speaker 1: world history. Whether you like it or not, Dance Moms
Speaker 1: did change the dance world. It shaped the dance world,
Speaker 1: and it made some of the most famous dancers in
Speaker 1: the world. Any dancer that touched Dance Moms back in
Speaker 1: the day immediately had a name for themselves. And it's
Speaker 1: such a magical platform that I'm just so proud to
Speaker 1: say that I got to be a small part.
Speaker 2: Of and is a massive part of my career. And
Speaker 2: I've got nothing.
Speaker 1: I've got nothing, nothing bad to say about the Dance Moms,
Speaker 1: the original Dance Moms, and now we've got a new
Speaker 1: Dance Mom. So we've got Dance Moms of new era.
Speaker 1: It's on Hulu. I have lots of thoughts. I have
Speaker 1: lots of thoughts. First thing that I want to say today,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna get into the five my five thoughts on
Speaker 1: the New Dance Moms. But if I was one to
Speaker 1: just give an overall review, Okay, I have not finished
Speaker 1: the season, but I'm deep into the season and I'm
Speaker 1: enjoying watching it. But I am enjoying it for quite
Speaker 1: some wrong reasons, if that makes sense.
Speaker 2: I think that.
Speaker 1: You're gonna get to hear all of my thoughts and
Speaker 1: why I think it's the wrong reasons. But Dance Moms
Speaker 1: is so special that recreating it is almost impossible. But
Speaker 1: I do think in some ways they're actually doing a
Speaker 1: very good job, and I think in other ways it's
Speaker 1: just a little bit disastrous. One of the things that
Speaker 1: I want to say before I jump into. This is
Speaker 1: the thing about Dance Moms back, I mean now still
Speaker 1: with Dance Moms, but back when I was filming is
Speaker 1: what I'm gonna speak to. We filmed sixty hours a week,
Speaker 1: and that got edited down into forty two minutes, and
Speaker 1: so you only saw the craziest moments. You never saw
Speaker 1: the sweet moments, the wholesome moments, the healthy moments, because
Speaker 1: not to be whatever, but no one wants to watch
Speaker 1: a healthy thing on TV.
Speaker 2: It's just not the vibe, right. Everyone wants the drama.
Speaker 1: But there was a proper way of having the drama.
Speaker 1: And I think that the original Moms did a very
Speaker 1: good job of doing that and making the drama between
Speaker 1: them and between Abby, and I think that the kids
Speaker 1: alway stayed out of it, and the kids were always kids,
Speaker 1: and the girls were always friends, and we always had
Speaker 1: each other's backs, and that that really I feel like,
Speaker 1: shaped me as a human being as well. And Dance
Speaker 1: Moms taught me so much at such a young age,
Speaker 1: so I'm so grateful for it. That's like my little,
Speaker 1: my little preface rant, But now it's time to get
Speaker 1: into my real rants.
Speaker 2: Here are my five thoughts on the new Dance Moms.
Speaker 1: Now, first thing that I want to talk about is
Speaker 1: I really respect that they do draw attention and pay
Speaker 1: their dues to the original Dance Moms. They Glow, who
Speaker 1: is the dance teacher of the new Dance Moms, gives
Speaker 1: a little bit of a speech to Abby. I guess
Speaker 1: now the problem is here. That's not true, and that's
Speaker 1: something that makes me very upset. Is everyone right now
Speaker 1: is saying, oh, we tried to reach out to Abby,
Speaker 1: we tried to get Abby to be involved.
Speaker 2: That's not true.
Speaker 1: And it's not my position to speak on Abby's behalf,
Speaker 1: but I do you know that Glow and Abby were friends,
Speaker 1: and then Glow went completely behind Abby's back while doing
Speaker 1: this project, and it was definitely a stab in the
Speaker 1: back to Abby, especially when there was a lot of
Speaker 1: different studios that were approached to do this show, and
Speaker 1: all of them, you know, reached out for advice and
Speaker 1: to see if it was a good idea, and Abby
Speaker 1: did give them advice and said, hey, you should try
Speaker 1: to have these be your filming hours. That way you
Speaker 1: can still run your studio business after and she she
Speaker 1: did give some good advice to We were talking about
Speaker 1: it the other day and unfortunately glow fully just a
Speaker 1: bit aborted her relationship with Abby.
Speaker 2: And I believe they and I might.
Speaker 1: Be wrong on this, so don't quote me on it,
Speaker 1: as every thing press article on America is going to
Speaker 1: quote me on this. But they asked Abby to judge
Speaker 1: the last competition episode and that was the only thing
Speaker 1: that they asked her to be a part of. And
Speaker 1: what's shady about that is they essentially, I guess, just
Speaker 1: wanted her face to be a part of it, and
Speaker 1: she I think Abby deserves a little bit more credit
Speaker 1: than she gets for Dance Moms and creating Dance Moms.
Speaker 1: Obviously she's not the creator of the show, but it
Speaker 1: would it would not be Dance Moms without her, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean, especially in the beginning. So I
Speaker 1: gotta say I appreciate a little bit of attention that
Speaker 1: they drew to it.
Speaker 2: In the first episode.
Speaker 1: You know, GLO was saying, you all are gonna be
Speaker 1: compared to the ALDC and now you're Studio Blue. But
Speaker 1: people are gonna hear Junior Leaite team and see a
Speaker 1: pyramid and they're gonna think Abby Lee Dance Company.
Speaker 2: And I appreciate that.
Speaker 1: I think that that instead of avoiding it, like it's
Speaker 1: an elephant in the room, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: And they're talking about the pyramid, and they're like, you
Speaker 1: get to do this. We are the second studio that
Speaker 1: gets to compete every weekend, instead of being like I
Speaker 1: have a junius idea, let's compete every weekend. Like nah, bitch,
Speaker 1: you didn't come up with that idea, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. And so I like that they give their
Speaker 1: little bit of paid dues, but hm, I just wish
Speaker 1: it was fully truthful their paid dues. I want to
Speaker 1: talk about the kids. The kids are insanely talented. That's
Speaker 1: my second thought. They're amazing little nuggets. They are tiny tats,
Speaker 1: They are very young, and they have a lot of
Speaker 1: talent in those little bodies, and I am excited for them.
Speaker 1: I'm excited that they get this platform. I'm excited that
Speaker 1: they get to grow their dance careers while being seen
Speaker 1: by the world.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 1: I hope that if some of them don't like the spotlight,
Speaker 1: they learn how to run as fast as they possibly
Speaker 1: can away from it. But I think they all seem
Speaker 1: pretty good, and I do enjoy watching them dance because
Speaker 1: they are talented little kiddos that I think are going
Speaker 1: to be very successful in life. Now, my third thought
Speaker 1: is also about the kids, and this is a little
Speaker 1: hard to talk about, but these kids, some of them,
Speaker 1: need to be nicer to their moms. They don't see
Speaker 1: how much their moms are doing for them, and it
Speaker 1: really it isn't cute to see. And this is just
Speaker 1: for kids all over the world to take a look at.
Speaker 1: It's not cool to be mean to your mom. It's
Speaker 1: not funny to be mean.
Speaker 2: To your mom. You don't look cooler because you're mean
Speaker 2: to your mom.
Speaker 1: You look bad and you look not nice your mom,
Speaker 1: or your dad, or your guardian, whoever might be the
Speaker 1: one raising you. I guess this is what I should say,
Speaker 1: whoever's raising you, that person has your best interest, and
Speaker 1: especially if they are giving up.
Speaker 2: Their life to be on a TV show with you.
Speaker 2: And I think that.
Speaker 1: A lot of times that's taken for granted at a
Speaker 1: young age. And I think that some of these kids
Speaker 1: need to sit back and be like, wait, wow, my
Speaker 1: mom's actually being really helpful, being really good. And yes,
Speaker 1: everyone's mom annoys them at times, and trusts me, kids,
Speaker 1: you annoy your mom's way more often than they annoy you,
Speaker 1: and that's okay.
Speaker 2: That's how it's supposed to be.
Speaker 1: It's a mother daughter of relationship, it's a father daughter
Speaker 1: relationship with father's son. Human to human, it's natural. As
Speaker 1: long as there's two people in the world, there's gonna
Speaker 1: be a little bit of annoyance. And so I think
Speaker 1: that these kids need to grow up, get some maturity,
Speaker 1: even though they're very young, they need to mature up,
Speaker 1: and they need to be like, hey, you know what,
Speaker 1: maybe I should be a little kinder to my mom,
Speaker 1: because I think that that's very important. And you won't
Speaker 1: go far in life if you're not a nice person.
Speaker 1: And I think that's a very very important lesson in
Speaker 1: whatever field you choose, whether that's the dance world, whether
Speaker 1: that's being a neuroscientist, whether that's being a golfer, whatever,
Speaker 1: whatever you might want to do in this life, you
Speaker 1: gotta be kind of those around you.
Speaker 2: Now. My fourth thing that I want.
Speaker 1: To talk about the freaking creative department. The creative department
Speaker 1: on this production team is freaking eating music is eating.
Speaker 1: Costumes are eating props are eating themes. The themes are crazy.
Speaker 2: This season.
Speaker 1: I I'm like entertained, like it gets to the dance
Speaker 1: and I'm like, yeah, the dances go, but then you
Speaker 1: see the prop and you see the costume and the
Speaker 1: hair and the makeup, and it's like, dang, they're really
Speaker 1: really doing their biggest on this show.
Speaker 2: And I don't know.
Speaker 1: I don't know who that necessarily is. I don't know
Speaker 1: if it's the producers. I don't know if it's Glow
Speaker 1: fighting for certain things. I don't know if Kayley's coming in,
Speaker 1: who is Glow's daughter being like, hey, I have ideas,
Speaker 1: but I think that the creative team, when it comes
Speaker 1: to the actual numbers, is just doing such a great
Speaker 1: job on those dance numbers and those creative numbers. I'm
Speaker 1: very I'm personally, very very entertained. Okay, the last thing
Speaker 1: that I'm here to talk about this this is a
Speaker 1: soft spot. It irks me and I talked about it
Speaker 1: a little bit in the beginning, but now I'll go into
Speaker 1: some more details. Dance Moms has a very famous quote
Speaker 1: said by Abby, and that quote is everyone's replaceable. There
Speaker 1: is one human who is not replaceable, and that is
Speaker 1: the creator of that quote, Abby Lee Miller.
Speaker 2: She's not replaceable.
Speaker 1: And it goes back to my beginning point of they're
Speaker 1: doing a good job of giving their flowers, but not
Speaker 1: exactly nothing about the Dance Moms girls, the Dance Mom's cast,
Speaker 1: the originals, I mean, go back to the original original Maddie, Kenzie,
Speaker 1: Nia brook Page, and Chloe. Go back to them and
Speaker 1: their moms Kelly, Christy, Melissa, Holly. I'm gonna Chuck, Jill
Speaker 1: and Kendall in there as well. They're not replaceable, they
Speaker 1: never have been and they never ever will be. And
Speaker 1: then you know, add in those who came later, Colonie
Speaker 1: and Kira, my mom and myself, Brinn and Ashley. The
Speaker 1: mini is, Yeah, that's something that's never gonna be able
Speaker 1: to be redone. Now you can do a new thing
Speaker 1: for sure, but be redone, you're always gonna be compared
Speaker 1: to something that was at the peak of iconicness.
Speaker 2: It's never.
Speaker 1: It's never gonna match up, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: And so I think that's something that while watching the show,
Speaker 1: I'm like, it's it's I'm not gonna lie like I'm
Speaker 1: watching I'm tuned in.
Speaker 2: I turn it on at night. I want to know
Speaker 2: what's happening next.
Speaker 1: I want to know if foot's actually broken like I'm
Speaker 1: really in but I'm like, hmm, You're not Abby, you
Speaker 1: are not Melissa, you are not Maddie, you are not Jojo.
Speaker 1: And I think that that's that's kind of a hard
Speaker 1: thing to watch from somebody who was really in the
Speaker 1: Dance Salms world. Is they tried to picture perfect recreate everybody,
Speaker 1: and you're never gonna do that. It's not gonna happen.
Speaker 1: But yeah, I think that those are my like top
Speaker 1: five things that I wanted to talk about with this
Speaker 1: new show. I've got a couple more episodes left in
Speaker 1: the season. I'm excited for the finale. I've seen little
Speaker 1: like trailers and clips from the finale and it seems
Speaker 1: really good. I will say it was episode three when
Speaker 1: the Medium came in and the conversation. If you if
Speaker 1: you haven't watched it, I would recommend to just get
Speaker 1: to this part. And also the Sabrina Carpenter fight is
Speaker 1: the funniest shit I've ever seen before. It's one of
Speaker 1: the girls just not being very kind to her mom,
Speaker 1: and her mom was like with Sabrina Carpenter, act like
Speaker 1: this to her mom, and the girl just goes off,
Speaker 1: and like the medium comes in and this is all
Speaker 1: on TV, so you can go watch it for yourself.
Speaker 2: But she comes in and she sits.
Speaker 1: Down, and if you haven't seen it yet and you
Speaker 1: don't like spoilers, pause, go watch come back. But this
Speaker 1: is one of my favorite stories from the show this
Speaker 1: season so far, is the medium sits down and she's like,
Speaker 1: right away, I'm getting a mail and a car accident,
Speaker 1: and anybody like, does anybody relate to that? And no
Speaker 1: one says anything, and so then the medium was a
Speaker 1: little thrown off, and she's like, okay, whatever, glow, there's
Speaker 1: some oras around you, like both your parents are gone, right,
Speaker 1: and they were talking and whatever. All of a sudden,
Speaker 1: ten minutes goes by and they were talking somehow, and Mina,
Speaker 1: one of the little girls, was like, yeah, I have
Speaker 1: a brother. He died in a car accident two years ago.
Speaker 2: And everyone was like what.
Speaker 1: And she started to cry because she's this little, tiny peanut,
Speaker 1: and of course anybody talking about that would shed it tear.
Speaker 1: And it was just such a shock because no one
Speaker 1: said anything while they were in the medium circle. But
Speaker 1: the medium picked up right away, and I mean, it
Speaker 1: blew everybody's mind. And it turns out that the mom
Speaker 1: just didn't want to talk about it because she couldn't.
Speaker 2: You can't, she couldn't. And the brother was only thirteen when.
Speaker 1: He passed, and it just like that was like a
Speaker 1: jaw dropper on set and on the show, and I
Speaker 1: can only imagine the producers and the cameraman being like,
Speaker 1: no way, like.
Speaker 2: There's no like, that's you can't make that up. That's
Speaker 2: I will say. That is one of my favorite.
Speaker 1: Things about Dance Moms back in the day when I
Speaker 1: was on the show, even now on the day, like
Speaker 1: you can't make it up. You cannot make some of
Speaker 1: this stuff up.
Speaker 2: And I will.
Speaker 1: I will give them their flowers. I will say, I'm entertained.
Speaker 1: I'm interested to know, number wise, how the show actually did.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go google that asap. I hope for their
Speaker 1: saga did well. I think it'd be fun if they
Speaker 1: did a new studio every single season. I think it
Speaker 1: was fun to get to know these girls. But I
Speaker 1: don't know if I'd be as interested in the drama
Speaker 1: next season.
Speaker 2: But I would be interested.
Speaker 1: In another studio, you know, if it was kind of like, hey,
Speaker 1: this is our formula and we almost want to see,
Speaker 1: like how this studio attacks, the challenge of Dance Moms,
Speaker 1: the challenges, the pyramid rivalries. The challenge is a group
Speaker 1: dance or solos every week, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: I think that that's an interesting concept to change it.
Speaker 1: So it's more of like like, here is the task.
Speaker 1: You're on this show, you get this season, what are
Speaker 1: you gonna do with it?
Speaker 2: And see what people do with it?
Speaker 1: Anyways, those are just my thoughts on Dance Moms and
Speaker 1: Dance Moms a new era.
Speaker 2: All love a little bit of shade. Of course, I'm
Speaker 2: defensive of the original dance Bombs, and so seeing the
Speaker 2: way that.
Speaker 1: These girls are treated by producers and creators and everything,
Speaker 1: and compared to how we were, and knowing now that
Speaker 1: the reunion was only done to promote this show, there
Speaker 1: is a bit of a little bit of shade, but
Speaker 1: it's more of like like, oh, that was shady on
Speaker 1: their behalf, and so now all of us are just
Speaker 1: kind of like, ooh, I saw Paige Highland did a TikTok,
Speaker 1: but I was like, I was here for the new
Speaker 1: Dance Moms until I saw them with their Tiffany gift boxes.
Speaker 1: Where was our Tiffany gift box? And I was like
Speaker 1: period page, you go get them.
Speaker 2: I agree.
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