Y'all, for some reason I decided to rewatch Dance Moms for the first time as a grown-ass woman and, TBH, I'm not sure why I did.
DANCE MOMS IS WILD
Actually, I do know: It's because this show is chaotic as hell, and I love mess.
However, even though I live for the drama, I myself cannot condone some of the egregious actions from the cast.
So, here are some of the most fucked up things to happen on Dance Moms:
1. When Abby kicked Ava out of the dance group because she was "too tall":
2. When Abby had the girls dressed in aquamarine hot pants and bra tops:
3. When Abby made Maddie — who was 11 years old at the time — kiss Gino at the end of her dance:
4. Also, for the same dance, when Abby KISSED MADDIE ON THE MOUTH to show her how to kiss:
5. When Abby had the girls do a "showgirls"-themed dance and wanted them to give the illusion of being nude:
6. OH, and they were essentially nude underneath:
7. When Abby made JoJo dance in a bubble...
8. ...or, you know, a straightjacket:
9. When Abby removed JoJo from the pyramid because she was too afraid to watch Carrie alone in her hotel room:
10. When Abby said that Kalani — a white girl — was "more African" than Nia — a Black girl:
11. When Jill made Brynn cry because she was having "a better season than Kendall (aka her daughter)":
12. When Abby told Holly to fix Nia's weave because it was "horrible" and didn't blend in with the rest of the girls:
13. When Abby made a Candy Apples dancer cry after telling her to get her ears fixed:
14. When Jill tried to convince Abby to give the dance role of Rosa Parks to Kendall instead of Nia:
15. When Christi and Leslie got into a drunken brawl in the middle of the street in New Orleans:
16. When Kelly pulled Abby's hair in the middle of the rehearsal room in front of the girls:
17. Finally, when Kathy — and (pretty much) every other dance mom — made pointed barbs about Abby's weight:
