After years of being ridiculed by Abby Lee Miller on Dance Moms, the cast has finally moved on, and they’re doing better than ever.
In a new interview with E! News, several of the OG cast members and notable replacements discussed their relationships with each other after reality TV. Plus, they shared how growing up under the bright lights together helped them build the perfect relationship.
It’s a trauma thing…
The Dance Moms: Reunion special aired on Lifetime last week, and the girls are spilling more tea than ever before. According to Kalani Hilliker, she said despite the drama on TV, they’re all the best of friends.
“I don’t think people know that we’re friends,” she said. “And there’s so many different storylines on the show between our mothers that people just tend to think that we all hate each other, or that we picked sides with different people. But we’re actually all super close.”
She continued, saying their experience under Abby’s reign has brought them closer. “It’s a trauma bond,” she noted, to which JoJo Siwa agreed. “It really is, whether that be a good trauma or a bad trauma. It doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a negative thing, but there’s just such a familiarity.”
The cast of Dance Moms have a tight bond…
Chloé Lukasiak also discussed her relationship with the girls, saying that no matter the distance between them, they’ll always be tight. “It’s a really strong foundation, and like I was saying yesterday, I could go 10 years without seeing any of them and I’d see them and be like, ‘Nothing’s changed,'” she said. “Because when you go through something like that you create such a strong relationship that you just completely understand each other.”
Kalani called their group’s connection a “family thing,” explaining they all talk to “each other’s mothers.”
“People don’t even realize how close we are. So I always think it’s funny when people write so many negative things about us and our relationships with each other because we are all so close and everything that what other people say, it doesn’t matter, because we’ve gone through so much together, our moms, us, everything.”
Catch the Dance Moms: Reunion on Lifetime.
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