1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: You're listening to Jojo Sea Now with me Jojo Sia 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: and iHeartRadio podcast and I might oh Australia Now that's 3 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: a fun one. Normally I'm British. Anyways, Hello, and welcome 4 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 1: back to Jojo Ciua Now where you get me unfiltered 5 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 1: and ranting. Essentially, I feel like this obviously it's my podcast, 6 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: but it truly feels more like it is my rant sessions, 7 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 1: which I kind of love. I'm just gonna tell stories, 8 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: get to talk to myself in a room full of 9 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: myself looking at me, which honestly, like I don't I 10 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: I don't believe that this is me, Like I know 11 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 1: that it is, but like at some point in time, 12 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,480 Speaker 1: like this really was my life. Like I really did 13 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: pose while wearing that. I really did have Bobo, I 14 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: really did have these products. I really did wear that 15 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: ponytail and wear that bow and own that like that. 16 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: It just blows my mind, it really does, because I'm like, 17 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 1: that to me is not me, but it is me, 18 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:07,960 Speaker 1: but it's not me. I don't know, I don't know. 19 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: It's a very strange feeling. Anyways, today we are kind 20 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: of going back to not necessarily how it started. For 21 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: me and how I became a public human being. But 22 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: something that I think really was detrimental to my career 23 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:27,320 Speaker 1: and was massive for me, which was Dance Moms. We 24 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 1: had the Dance Longs reunion just happened, and the Dance 25 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 1: Longs reunion. Ye know, I was a mixed bag of 26 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: bones for me for sure, which I can go listen 27 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: to my whole podcast or the Dance Moms reunion, but 28 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:45,199 Speaker 1: I Dance Moms as a whole is not a mixed 29 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 1: bag of bones for me. It is the biggest blessing 30 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: of my entire life. It is one of the things 31 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: that I am most grateful for. Of course, there were 32 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: hard days, but nothing that I couldn't handle and nothing 33 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 1: that I didn't want to handle and want to have. Yeah, 34 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: there was a lot of tears, a lot of blood, 35 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: a lot of sweat, but look at where it got me, 36 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: and it is a massive part of my career that 37 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: I will always and forever be so freaking grateful for. 38 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: Let's go way back. So I did Abby's also in 39 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: Dance Competition, and that show is produced and on the 40 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:27,239 Speaker 1: same network as Dance Moms was, and AUDC wasn't as 41 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 1: successful as Dance Moms, but it was a spinoff of 42 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 1: the show, and so it was kind of the same umbrella, right, 43 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: But at the end of the day Dance Moms, I 44 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 1: mean it was everybody's school. I remember when Dance Moms 45 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: came out. I was I was little, I would have 46 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: been seven, and my mom was like, why are we 47 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: not on this show? This is literally made for us. 48 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 1: And it wasn't only my mom that was saying that, 49 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: but it was also just like everyone that knew us 50 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 1: was like, this is literally made for you. Why are 51 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: you not on it? And we were like, we don't know. 52 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: But at the time, I mean, we're just in Nebraska, 53 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 1: live in life. Anyways, I'm gonna jump way ahead. So 54 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 1: I finished Abby's Altman dance competition, got on that show 55 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: by just submitting online and hoping for the best, and 56 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:14,360 Speaker 1: it ended up happening very crazy. But then my mom 57 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: got a phone call. Is at a dance convention called Nouvo, 58 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: and my mom got a phone call while I was 59 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: in hip hop class. She stepped out to take it. 60 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,359 Speaker 1: She comes in, she grabs me and she's like, hey, 61 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 1: that was the producer of Dance Moms. They want you 62 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: there on Monday, and I was like, wait, Like it 63 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:32,359 Speaker 1: was Saturday at this point, and I was like, what 64 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: do you mean they want me there on Monday? And 65 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: she was like, it's only for a week. They just 66 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: wanted to bring you in, bring you for a week, 67 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 1: have fun, then you'll come back here and we'll keep 68 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: living life. And I was like, oh my god, Like 69 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 1: that was like winning a fucking oscar. Like going to 70 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 1: Dance Moms for a week was the goal for every 71 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: single dancer. Whether every single dancer wants to admit it 72 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: or not, every dancer at some point in time wanted 73 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: to be on Dance Moms. And it's it's become I 74 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: guess a trend to say. Oh. I was like almost 75 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: like to be too cool for it. No, Nope, at 76 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: some point in time, every dancer, with the exception of 77 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: those who didn't know about Dance Moms, if you knew 78 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: about Dance Moms and you were a dnswer, you wanted 79 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 1: to be on the show. Anyways, that's where we're at 80 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: that I have to go on occasionally to hype up 81 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 1: dance Moms. Always speaking of dance Moms, my dance mom 82 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 1: just texted me. Should we see what she said? Should 83 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: I expose this, let's see. Uh oh oh my god, fun. Wait, 84 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: this is so exciting. I just got a deal with 85 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 1: like literally one of my favorite people in the freaking 86 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: world and we get to h oh. I wish I 87 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: could spoil. I can't spoil just yet, but stay freaking dune. 88 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 1: I'm so excited. Anyways, we go to Dance Moms for 89 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,040 Speaker 1: a week. This was We got the call to go 90 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: on Saturday. They wanted me to fly out on Monday, 91 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 1: which makes a lot of sense because Pyramid was on Wednesday, 92 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: so we would kind of have a day to get 93 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: settled and then do Pyramid on Wednesday for her Wednesday, Thursday, 94 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: travel on Friday. I compete on Saturday. So got the 95 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 1: call on Saturday, and that night went home from the 96 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:10,160 Speaker 1: dance convention and like started scrambling to find clothing, like 97 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:12,720 Speaker 1: cause I wanted to go and I wanted to make 98 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: my impression, like I get one week, I will be 99 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 1: doing my big one all freaking week. But we didn't know. 100 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,920 Speaker 1: We didn't know what to expect, right, didn't know if 101 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 1: I was gonna be Danzig, didn't know if I was 102 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 1: gonna be just like there did it, had no idea. 103 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: So we get there and they actually they put us 104 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: in an apartment complex and we end up leaving on Monday. 105 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 1: We get there, they end up having us. I don't 106 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: remember what happened on the Tuesday. Maybe we were just 107 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: kind of settling in. But then Wednesday they were like, 108 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: all right, your call time is like eight am or 109 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 1: nine am, super early, and we're like, okay, where where 110 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: And they were like McDonald's parking lot down the street 111 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 1: from the studio, and like, at this point, I had 112 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:55,719 Speaker 1: never even been to the ALDC. But this was at 113 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: season five of the show. I came on on season five, 114 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,839 Speaker 1: episode three, and so this was I should get that 115 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: tattooed season five, episode three, S five e three. I'm 116 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: doing it. That's happening because I will never hate that. 117 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: I only get things tattooed that I know I will 118 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,719 Speaker 1: never hate or regret S five e three. I will 119 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 1: never ever for Oh, that's sick. I'm gonna do that. Actually, 120 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: I want to go get a tattoo so soon of 121 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 1: my beast I make up from Karma. I'm I just 122 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 1: don't know where officially I want it, but like I 123 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: think it would be so sick. Anyways, not the point 124 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 1: of this podcast. Point of this podcast is Dance Moms. 125 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: We go to McDonald's parking lot. We sit there for 126 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: approximately two hours. Then they were like, okay, come to 127 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 1: the studio parking lot now, but you have to hide. 128 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:44,919 Speaker 1: So we're like ducked out in the car and the 129 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 1: producers are coming in and out talking to us. And 130 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 1: then finally, after like another two hours, like okay, come 131 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:51,360 Speaker 1: into the studio, but like just stay in the waiting room. 132 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:53,919 Speaker 1: Because the thing with Dance Moms is, now that I 133 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: know how the show is, Pyramid was so unpredictable, right, 134 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:00,719 Speaker 1: and so they basically had me on standby till they 135 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: were ready to bring me in and then all of 136 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 1: a sudden, it was like nobody says I remember. There 137 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 1: was a point in time actually where Maddie Kindall and 138 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: Kilawney ran out to go to the restroom and I 139 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: saw them and they saw me in the waiting room, 140 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: and I was like, I freaked out, Like I had 141 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: watched these girls my whole life on TV, like I 142 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: loved them, I adored them. It's season five, so the 143 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 1: show has had so much hype and I lost my mind. 144 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: And they had known me from aud scenes and they 145 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 1: were just nice girls. And so they were excited to 146 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 1: see me, but it's like we couldn't talk to each other, 147 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: and so I was like away from over the desk. 148 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: It was cute. Anyways, I can like literally picture of 149 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: that visual like it was yesterday. And then all of 150 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 1: a sudden, the producer was like, all right, Jojo going 151 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 1: to the studio. It's time, Like we'll tell you when 152 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 1: we'll give you the key when Abby, says a guest, 153 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 1: and then boom, I walked in and it was I 154 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: I don't think I realized how much walking into that 155 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: studio was going to change my life at the time, 156 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 1: but boy freaking did it. I was only supposed to 157 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 1: be on the show for week and then they really 158 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 1: enjoyed my personality and they really enjoyed my mom's personality. 159 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: And I guess I made good reality TV. I guess 160 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 1: I gave them good shit because they kept me around 161 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 1: then for two and a half years, three years, two 162 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: and a half, two and a half years. I did 163 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: all season five, all season six, and then a little 164 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: little bit of season seven, or did I think that's right? 165 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: I think that's right, a little bit of season seven. 166 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: Our seasons were divided, so they were actually doubled season, 167 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: so we had season five A five B, Season six 168 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 1: A six B. I don't know why it was like that. 169 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 1: I think so they could cram more episodes out of 170 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: the contracts. But yeah, we freaking stayed and it was 171 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: so fun. I mean it was so hard, don't get 172 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 1: me wrong. But the things that you didn't see on 173 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: Dance Moms. Us going to Crafty, which was like a 174 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 1: little cooler and like a little bucket of snacks in 175 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 1: the front lobby of the studio. Us taking class all 176 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 1: night at ALDC after the show wrapped, us getting the 177 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 1: smell of the studio. The fucking smell of ALDC is 178 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 1: the most disgusting thing ever, but the most nostalgic smell. 179 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: What I would give to smell. It smells like dirty 180 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 1: socks bottom of a dance bag, Like actually nasty, but 181 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: so good. And that is nothing that anybody control. It's 182 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 1: a dance studio that is decades old, like it is 183 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 1: going it's just gonna have that set engraved to it. 184 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 1: But I mean, just so iconic. I remember tumbling classes 185 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: were always so fun. I remember bus rides, Oh my god, 186 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,839 Speaker 1: bus rides were so fun. The first bus ride that 187 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: I did all of the girls got out their MacBooks. Now, 188 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:45,199 Speaker 1: mind you, this is I was only eleven, So this 189 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 1: was eight years ago. Nine years ago. Holy shit, nine 190 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 1: years ago. Oh my god, that's crazy. Almost ten Wow, 191 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,959 Speaker 1: Oh my god, that's almost a decade ago. Wow, Okay, 192 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 1: doesn't matter. Anyways, we got on bus for the first 193 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: time and all the girls got out their MacBook. And 194 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 1: eleven years ago, ten year old's twelve year olds did 195 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 1: not have a MacBook. That was not a normal thing. 196 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: And you know, I did it. I didn't have one. 197 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 1: And so then the next day I told my mom, 198 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 1: I was like, hey, like, is there any way I 199 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:17,679 Speaker 1: can get one? To be like the cool kids? Essentially, 200 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 1: and because everyone would play games on them and I 201 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:22,440 Speaker 1: wanted to. I wanted to play too, but I just 202 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: didn't have it. You know, we weren't set up like 203 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 1: they were. So then we took my first check that 204 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 1: I ever made from Dance Moms and we went and 205 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: we bought a MacBook. And that is how I spent 206 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 1: my very first check from Dance Moms. So worth it, uh, 207 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 1: And then yeah, just from there, we moved out of 208 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 1: the apartment complex. It was very weak by week so 209 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 1: after week one, it was like, can you do another week? 210 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: Of course I can do another week. It's fucking dance moms. 211 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: I'll be here my whole life if you want me 212 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 1: to be. And then after that was can you do 213 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 1: another week? Can you do another week? Okay, we're gonna 214 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:53,959 Speaker 1: keep it out for two weeks, so like be prepared, 215 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 1: it's gonna be two weeks. And so it was like 216 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 1: calling my dad back home, like can you send more clothes? 217 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: Can you send more bows? Can you send more shoes? 218 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 1: And my mom had to go buy clothes, and it 219 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 1: was very like we just had to keep it pushing 220 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 1: and like keep playing it by ear, but like you 221 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 1: didn't know, and so we kept doing that, We kept 222 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 1: keeping it pushing, and then we finally ended up actually 223 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 1: moving out of the apartment and we moved into because 224 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:17,960 Speaker 1: it just wasn't the right vibe. It wasn't like, it 225 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: wasn't a very nice apartment, and so it was gonna 226 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: be more convenient for us. It was far away, so 227 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 1: it was gonna be more convenient for us to live 228 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 1: actually in a hotel. So then I lived at the 229 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 1: Double Tree for a couple of months actually, and then 230 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: while I was on the show, kind of temporarily like 231 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 1: kind of toying with my mind, and I gotta stay 232 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: and I gotta leave. That's when the show started to 233 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: transition to LA and we started to do two weeks 234 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 1: in LA, four weeks in Pittsburgh, three weeks in LA, 235 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: one week in Pittsburgh. We'd kind of go back and forth. 236 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 1: And truthfully, all the Dance Momps casts I think enjoyed 237 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 1: LA more because they were used to Pittsburgh. But for me, 238 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: because I wasn't used to Pittsburgh, I enjoyed both. I 239 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 1: liked filming in LA and of course I liked filming 240 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 1: in Pittsburgh. Then I remember there was one week where 241 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: we got back to Pittsburgh, and that is the week 242 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 1: that I got my ALDC jacket. And this was hard. 243 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 1: The way that Abby gave me my jacket was she 244 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 1: had all the girls write down three things that they 245 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 1: liked about me and three things that they didn't like 246 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:26,480 Speaker 1: about me. And a lot of people in the world 247 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 1: have said, like, that's up. But here's the thing. I 248 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:36,440 Speaker 1: knew what was at the end of that tunnel, and 249 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:42,320 Speaker 1: I Abby is tough, but Abby is not cruel. There's 250 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: a very very very fine line of tough and cruel, 251 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 1: and she is not cruel, and she would not have 252 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: everybody stand there and tell me that and then just 253 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: move on with life. There was a light at the 254 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:58,719 Speaker 1: end of the tunnel, and I had been on the 255 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:00,719 Speaker 1: show now for a few weeks at this point, and 256 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: I knew that she wasn't a cruel human being. I 257 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 1: just knew that she was tough. And the reality is, 258 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:10,440 Speaker 1: anybody that's a dancer knows what a tough dance teacher 259 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 1: is like. If you are a good dancer, you know 260 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 1: what a tough dance teacher is like. We all have them. 261 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 1: And truthfully, throughout my life, I've had dance teachers that 262 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 1: were way tough around me than Abby was, and so 263 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 1: that's why I was kind of almost trained to be 264 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 1: able to handle it. Anyways, So I got my jacket then, 265 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:30,559 Speaker 1: and then I was an official member of the team. 266 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 1: So then when we finally moved the show out to 267 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: LA for good, I knew I was safe. I knew 268 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:37,200 Speaker 1: I wasn't gonna be going home unless, of course I 269 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 1: wanted to. We did have a set therapist on Dance Moms. 270 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:41,560 Speaker 1: A lot of people don't know about this, wait a set. 271 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 1: She was actually a psychiatrist. But she is an amazing 272 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 1: human being. And she always told us girls like, if 273 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,800 Speaker 1: you want to leave, leave and I will handle it. 274 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 1: You can leave at any point in time, and she 275 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 1: she meant that, and she did have her ways that 276 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 1: she was able to help us if we needed it. 277 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 1: But luckily, I mean, I think during filming no one 278 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: really needed it. We were always taken care of. As 279 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 1: hard as it was, we were always taken care of. 280 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 1: For some reason, since I started this podcast, the story 281 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 1: that has been in my mind to tell everyone is 282 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 1: Abby eating her baby back ribs on my sweatshirt. I 283 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 1: don't know why this story has been circulating my head, 284 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 1: but I just like, since I'm doing a Dance Moms podcast, 285 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 1: I gotta tell stories that no one really knows about. 286 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 1: So POV. We are in Australia actually for Dance Moms, 287 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 1: and Australia was ka yaw dick. We did not know 288 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: if Abby was coming at all. She had lost her passport. 289 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 1: She's dramatic. We didn't know what was going on. It's 290 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 1: very chaotic and uh, all of a sudden Abby shows up. 291 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 1: It's all fine. We are at the ASTRA Awards. So 292 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 1: we are. We are performing at that, and all of 293 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 1: a sudden, it's our lunch break. We are down and 294 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 1: Abby had ordered baby back ribs for her lunch, big 295 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: old barbecue ribs. And I was wearing my pink Aldcla 296 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: sweatshirt and Abby's all ribby and she's like, I need 297 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:07,600 Speaker 1: someone to wipe this on. She looks at me and 298 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 1: she's like, give me your sweatshirt. And I was like, no, 299 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 1: this is my favorite, and she's like, it's an ALDC sweatshirt. 300 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 1: I will give you a new one, but I need 301 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 1: someone to wipe my hands on. And so she wiped 302 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 1: her hands and her mouth all over my ALDC pink sweatshirt. 303 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: The best part about it is I still have that 304 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: sweatshirt beefy ribs and all I was like, this is 305 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 1: fucking iconic and I am never washing this. So I 306 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 1: still haven't wrapped up in a baggy placed in my archives, 307 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 1: so that way it just doesn't see the light of day. 308 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 1: But it definitely has got Abby's beef juice on it. 309 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: That sounds inappropriate. That did not mean that to sound inappropriate, 310 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 1: but you know what I mean. That's the thing about 311 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 1: dance moms is as hard of times as there was 312 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: there's so many funny times to make up for it, 313 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: so many good stories to make up for it, so 314 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: many moments of accomplishments. I mean, I remember one of 315 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 1: my hardest, hardest moments was when I forgot my solo 316 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: on Dance Moms, And that was tough because it was 317 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: my favorite solo that I have ever done and inspired 318 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 1: by Miley Cyrus and I blanked on stage and then 319 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 1: I remember after it was the first time, actually I 320 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 1: thought Abby was gonna be so mad at me, but 321 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 1: it was the first time that Abby actually comforted me 322 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 1: and it was like it's okay, Like you know, you 323 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 1: messed up, you're clearly upset with yourself, don't do it again, 324 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 1: but like it's okay. And that for me was a 325 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: monumental moment of like it is okay, I am human 326 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 1: and that's that's totally fine. When the show moved out 327 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 1: to LA, we really got to experience the best. The 328 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 1: way Abby had her studio kind of changed the way 329 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 1: studios are in LA. There's always been classes for professional dancers, 330 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 1: but there's a lot of kid professional dancers and al 331 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 1: DCLA was really what Malia Missed FaceTime called did I 332 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 1: not say she was gonna try to call me back. 333 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 1: Nailed it anyways. Abby made it okay for kids to 334 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,359 Speaker 1: come to those professional dancer style classes we used to 335 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 1: have Thursday night hip hop with Guy Groove. There would 336 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:12,400 Speaker 1: be two hundred of us packed into that room like sardines. 337 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:16,240 Speaker 1: It was nuts. And some of the most professional dancers 338 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:19,640 Speaker 1: now that they're adults, were in those Thursday night classes 339 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:23,120 Speaker 1: with us, and it was so much fun. At the time. 340 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:26,080 Speaker 1: It wasn't necessarily a competitive studio, and then it became 341 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:29,880 Speaker 1: a competitive studio within like the first year, but it 342 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 1: was just classes all day long and it was so 343 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 1: freaking fun until about a year in and then we 344 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 1: all got over it. No one wanted to train anymore. 345 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 1: No everybody was over it. We all were like, fuck that, 346 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:44,680 Speaker 1: we'll do the show and then we'll leave. Me and 347 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: Kelauny actually we used to lie about our interview times. 348 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 1: We would joke around because we did interviews on Tuesday, 349 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:56,639 Speaker 1: Pyramid on Wednesday, rehearsal Thursday, Friday, travel on Friday, and 350 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 1: then competition Saturday, and then we'd have Sunday to travel back, 351 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 1: or we would just have Sunday Monday off and we 352 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,639 Speaker 1: always had Mondays off, but Klan and I on Tuesday 353 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 1: at like four o'clock was ballet, and so we'd always 354 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 1: be like, oh, we got the nighttime interviews. Sorry, we 355 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:13,679 Speaker 1: would literally have like the nine am interview. No, we 356 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 1: would not care. We would be like, fuck that we 357 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 1: ain't going to ballet, but then we'd go for the 358 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 1: fun classes after. But it was always just so fun. 359 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:24,640 Speaker 1: We used to do school. We used to live right 360 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,919 Speaker 1: by the Grove. When we started filming in La they 361 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:31,119 Speaker 1: actually let Jill pick where we lived, and Jill wanted 362 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 1: to live by the Grove in California, which is basically 363 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 1: like nice little shopping plaza, so and we all live there. 364 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 1: We'd walk over, we'd go to dinner together. I mean, 365 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 1: we had so many just fun memories together. One of 366 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:49,359 Speaker 1: the hardest things for me is people trying to put 367 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 1: in my head my experience on Dance Moms. People trying 368 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: to tell me that I am traumatized from Dance Moms 369 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 1: or that I am not okay because of what I 370 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:00,360 Speaker 1: went through on Dance Moms, and like, don't get me wrong, 371 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:03,119 Speaker 1: the shit that you saw was brutal, but you didn't 372 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 1: see the good stuff, and the good stuff always made 373 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 1: up for the brutal stuff. Every kid that is an athlete, 374 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 1: that is good, that is talented, is going to go 375 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:13,199 Speaker 1: through some brutal shit with their coach, with their teacher, 376 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:16,199 Speaker 1: with their mentor because they know what it takes to 377 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 1: get them to that good spot. I think the world 378 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 1: is definitely changing where it's like you don't need you can, 379 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:25,639 Speaker 1: you can. What's the saying like progress with positivity. But 380 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:29,160 Speaker 1: at the same time, I always knew that anyone being 381 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 1: hard on me had truly my best interest, And the 382 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 1: reality of it is how you saying, joj all, have 383 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 1: you all learned nothing? Which also that did come out 384 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,159 Speaker 1: of nowhere that was not deserved, that one did come 385 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 1: out of nowhere, but that made it to the TV show. 386 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:45,439 Speaker 1: The good stuff never is gonna make it to the 387 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 1: TV show because in all reality, we filmed sixty hours 388 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 1: a week for Dance Moms and it's edited to forty 389 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 1: two minutes. There's like barely anything is gonna make it. 390 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:59,400 Speaker 1: So of course all of the craziest moments are gonna 391 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:01,919 Speaker 1: make it, and things are gonna be edited so that 392 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:06,879 Speaker 1: way they make the most sense but also quickest. So 393 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:12,199 Speaker 1: that for me is something that I still struggle with online. 394 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 1: I'm like, how is someone telling me that I should 395 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 1: be talking about Dance Moms in one way? Because I 396 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:19,679 Speaker 1: do feel like a lot of people who are a 397 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 1: part of the show don't enjoy talking about the show 398 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 1: or don't enjoy it being a part of their life 399 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 1: or their history, and for me, I'm the complete opposite. 400 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 1: I am so fucking proud to have been a part 401 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 1: of Dance Moms. I truly, truly love it. I am 402 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 1: so grateful for it. I went into the show being 403 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:41,360 Speaker 1: a number one fan, and I came onto the show 404 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 1: being a number one fan. I was on the show 405 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:44,160 Speaker 1: as a number one fan, and I left the show 406 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 1: as a number one fan. When I left the show, 407 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 1: no one really knew why. Honestly, I just literally did 408 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 1: not show up to set the next day. To the 409 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 1: TV show side of things, it looked like it was 410 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:56,440 Speaker 1: because of the ballet dance. And don't get me wrong, 411 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:58,480 Speaker 1: I was pissed about the ballet dance. It was not cool. 412 00:20:58,520 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: We should not have done that, we should not have 413 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:04,400 Speaker 1: been in that position. However, what was really going on 414 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 1: is I wanted to leave the show because I got 415 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 1: another opportunity and the show said no to that. Other opportunity, 416 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 1: and the network said no to that other opportunity, and 417 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 1: so I was like, all right, I want to play ball. 418 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:17,719 Speaker 1: Let's play ball. And so we played ball, and I uh, 419 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 1: I mean, there was a massive you could leave the 420 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,960 Speaker 1: show at any point in time, essentially, and uh. It 421 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 1: was tough though, because I really enjoyed being a part 422 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:28,159 Speaker 1: of the show. And my mom used to say, like, 423 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:29,879 Speaker 1: just say the word and I'll take you back right now. 424 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 1: And I was like, word is said, I want to 425 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: go back right now. She's like, well, I didn't think 426 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 1: you'd say that, so no, but it was it was 427 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:39,399 Speaker 1: hard because I loved it. I loved my friends. I 428 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:41,159 Speaker 1: didn't think my friends would still be friends with me 429 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 1: if I wasn't on the show. I didn't know how 430 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 1: the world was going to react. It was very tough 431 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 1: because it was so real and it was all that 432 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 1: I knew, you know what I mean, And it was 433 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:52,679 Speaker 1: everything got taken away from me. Not only was I 434 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 1: not on the show, but my whole life, my personality 435 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 1: I would dance after at the studio, all that was gone. 436 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:02,360 Speaker 1: And so it was a very tough choice to make. 437 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:04,919 Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, by a Landslide 438 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:08,360 Speaker 1: wasn't the right choice. I mean, my career would not 439 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 1: be the same that it is if I wouldn't have 440 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:12,439 Speaker 1: left the show on that day, in that hour, and 441 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,359 Speaker 1: so very grateful for everything, and I'm very grateful that 442 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,639 Speaker 1: I ended Dance Moms the way that I did. And 443 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:20,880 Speaker 1: I there was a I wish we could remember who 444 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:22,920 Speaker 1: it was, but there was a cast member actually Dancing 445 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 1: with the Stars who lived at the same apartment building 446 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:28,240 Speaker 1: that we did during Dance Moms, and my mom was 447 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 1: talking to her being like, yeah, we just left Dance 448 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 1: Mooms and it was kind of tough, but like because 449 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 1: Jojo really loves it, but we ultimately it was the 450 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:38,360 Speaker 1: right choice for her career, and the cast of Dancing 451 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 1: with the Stars girl told my mom something really good. 452 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 1: She said, the best thing you can do is leave 453 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,639 Speaker 1: something while you still love it and because then you 454 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 1: will never think ill of it, and that, I think, 455 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: for me, is such a good thing. Dance Moms. I 456 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 1: could have been there longer. I should have been there longer. 457 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:53,440 Speaker 1: I wanted to be there longer. But because I left 458 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:55,959 Speaker 1: when I did, I left on a high, not because 459 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 1: I hated it, you know what I mean. It was 460 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,359 Speaker 1: I wanted to do both opportunity, but the network that 461 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: I was with didn't want me to do it, and 462 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 1: so I had to pick which opportunity was better for me. 463 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 1: And at the end of the day, it was not 464 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:11,399 Speaker 1: Dance Moms, which was just I mean, it was tough, 465 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:15,400 Speaker 1: but it was the right choice. And so I think 466 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:17,399 Speaker 1: leaving Dance Moms, while I still loved it, was the 467 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,040 Speaker 1: best thing ever. And I do still love it. One 468 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:23,959 Speaker 1: of my biggest favorite flexes in the world is that 469 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:30,200 Speaker 1: I actually own one of the most iconic memorabilia physical 470 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:34,359 Speaker 1: items from Dance Moms. Early on, Jill gave Abby a 471 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:36,919 Speaker 1: bench that said too Abby loved Jill and Kendall, and 472 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 1: she gave it to it because she was a kiss ass. 473 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 1: But I actually bought that bench. They auctioned it off 474 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 1: for Dances Dance Cancer, which is an incredible charity that 475 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 1: I'm actually a board member of. But I and just 476 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:50,680 Speaker 1: I've worked with my whole life. They helped my grandmother, 477 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:54,160 Speaker 1: They actually helped Abby Lee. They are an amazing foundation. 478 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 1: They were actually off that bench and I was like, 479 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 1: absolutely best twelve grand ever spent in my life. And 480 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 1: now it just sits in the back of my studio. 481 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,679 Speaker 1: People when they see it, they lose their minds because, like, 482 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 1: if you know Dance Moms, you know that bench. But yeah, 483 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 1: no one. I don't have an out on display because 484 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:12,879 Speaker 1: I don't want anything to happen to it, so I 485 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: just kind of keep it hidden. But that is my 486 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:16,960 Speaker 1: like when I tell you I'm the number one fan, 487 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:20,560 Speaker 1: I am literally the number one fan of the show. Yeah, 488 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:22,919 Speaker 1: that's kind of a little bit of a dance BOM's 489 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: fun little BTS deep dive talking about the experience just 490 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:28,959 Speaker 1: a little bit. God, I feel like I could do 491 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,399 Speaker 1: fifty parts to this, but you got a day to 492 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:33,360 Speaker 1: get along with. I got a day to get along with. 493 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 1: And uh, you know, as much as I love to 494 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 1: keep chatting your ear off for forever, I feel like 495 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,400 Speaker 1: I should leave room for part two or part three 496 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:43,680 Speaker 1: to this one. I love y'all. Thank you so much 497 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 1: for listening, and be sure you go stream the Dance 498 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 1: Moms reunion now or don't. Honestly, I can't tell you 499 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:52,439 Speaker 1: what to do. I love y'all. Peace, Thank you so 500 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,159 Speaker 1: much for listening. Everybody, be sure to follow us on 501 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:58,920 Speaker 1: Instagram and TikTok at JOJOESIUA now podcast, Be sure to 502 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,399 Speaker 1: write us a review and maybe if you're feelna leave 503 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 1: us five stars, I'll see you next week.