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Yes.
Moms are gonna hash it out.
Christi, you're not the victim.
You're the one who had the bruise
from punching me.
KELLY: You still think I'm 12.
I'm 42.
I'm paying you for a service.
Yeah.
So get that straight before you talk...
COLLINS: And Abby has a big surprise.
You owe
an apology to that child.
Okay.
Thank you.
Thank you, 'cause I'm going to dinner.
♪ Get up, get on the floor ♪
♪ My world is with my girls ♪
♪ Livin' on the dance floor. ♪
(crowd cheering)
Welcome to season three's Dance Moms Reunion Show.
We like to call this one Hurricane Abby.
(crowd applauding)
I'm the executive producer of Dance Moms, Jeff Collins.
And we've got the eye of the storm herself
right here, Miss Abby Lee Miller,
Hello.
How are you?
I'm good, thank you.
Well, as we've all seen,
this season ended with a category three storm
that left viewers wondering
which moms will survive
and which ones are gonna be washed ashore,
never to be heard from again.
Plus we're gonna show you some shocking footage
that has never aired.
So let's dive right in and take a look at this clip
that sets the stage for what really happened
in New Orleans.
Better grab Christi, she's going nuts.
CHRISTI: Sorry, I'm a real dance mom.
Why are you yelling at us?
What are you doing then?
Shush!
You had too much to drink.
You better settle with that.
***!
(bleep) ***!
(bleep) kick your ***!
Stop, stop!
Get...!
Leslie!
Well.
As you can see,
accusations and hurricanes, as in those big giant ones
that people drink, flew.
You weren't there.
You didn't see it.
You saw it just now.
What's your reaction?
Those two adults,
who should be grateful to me first and foremost,
have not only tarnished my reputation,
but they have succeeded
in destroying something that it took me 30 years to build.
They are representing me.
They acted like trash in the middle of Bourbon Street.
And that's exactly what they are.
All right, so, Abby, let's bring out Leslie and Christi
and hear their side of the story.
Aren't you excited
to hear this tale?
(both laugh)
All right, so listen, we had to separate them.
Leslie is the only mom not in the green room.
Here seeing each other for the very first time,
please welcome
(crowd cheers)
Come on out.
Hello, ladies.
How are you?
Have a seat.
Hi, Jeff.
It's good to see you.
All right, so, Leslie and Christi,
we-we really want to hear
your side of the story about what happened.
You know, I don't really know.
We were having fun and it just got ugly.
And I said the next day when we came back to the studio,
"I shouldn't have done that."
I said, "I wish it hadn't gotten to that point."
And I felt bad about it.
It was an ugly thing, I was wrong.
At the beginning, I know I was.
And the police came.
And they wanted me to do certain things,
and I said, "You know what?
This isn't what I want to do."
And I went home.
And I'm willing to take the o-ownership
that I behaved incorrectly, you know, but that's just me.
So, Leslie, what do you think? What's your side of the story?
Well, you're very predictable.
You just sat there and told that whole story to Jeff,
I did look at you.
You weren't looking at me, you were looking down.
No... I didn't...
I just took responsibility, Leslie.
But I need to tell you my side of it.
So can you give me a minute and let me speak?
Mm-hmm, yeah, nobody ever stops you from speaking.
I walked away from you many of times
and tried to get out of your path.
And out of nowhere, you just go into this craze
and you did this, so this has to come deeper within
than just me saying, "Why are you yelling at us?
We didn't do anything wrong."
It has to go a lot deeper than that, Christi.
Okay, but let's make something very clear, Leslie.
You have been involved in assaults in the past,
where I have not.
You're gonna keep bringing that up?
There you go again.
I know.
Christi, you're not the victim.
Neither are you, Leslie, because you're the one
who had the bruise from punching me.
What were you thinking right before you assaulted me?
I was talking to my friends.
I did not assault you.
I threw a drink. I hit the bottom of your cup.
Well, if you look up the law,
throwing alcohol in somebody's eyes is
just like punching them with your fist.
All right.
offense.
Had no idea.
Okay.
Can you please...?
Let's just put it all out on this table right here
in front of you. What-- why am I a threat to you?
I'm not a threat to you.
My daughter's not a threat to your daughter.
You're not.
I've been on this earth longer than you,
and I've been fighting for my two girls to get
into this industry a lot longer than you have.
Okay.
Who cares?
The difference between you and I is,
I don't step on people's backs.
I don't burn my bridges.
And I don't ever treat people the wrong way.
Like you do.
Okay.
COLLINS: What do you have to say about this?
Well, the Abby Lee Dance Company
has a contract for situations
like this. However,
I decided that I had to put my foot down.
That I could no longer look the other way
for the sake of the win.
That going to nationals with a number,
that didn't matter as much
as my contract and my reputation
and putting my foot down for the future.
You know, when people go
and they represent the Abby Lee Dance Company,
you're not representing you and her.
They are representing everybody
that came before them.
So I looked at the dance,
I looked at the kids, and I said, "You know what?
They have to go."
Immediately...
Leslie was remorseful.
She was humbled by the situation that she took part in.
She apologized.
She apologized to me and to the group.
And Christi has yet to apologize to me
or to the dance company.
And frankly,
you owe an apology to Chloe!
You owe
an apology to that child.
You owe her an apology
because she had nothing to do with it.
COLLINS: Listen, the New Orleans Police Department was called.
And some ladies were sent home packing.
So here's what happened next.
Including some footage you've never seen before today.
So let's take a look at this.
What am I?
I'm a mother
who's trying to protect her daughter-- what are you?
Look at you.
Look what you're doing.
Okay, you know what?
You better go home.
You better go home! You better go home.
Oh, I'm calling the police, baby.
Because you hit me.
Oh, I'm calling the cops.
Calling the cops, Leslie.
They better pull me off of you!
You're acting like a (bleep) out here.
Yes, I'd like to report
an assault in Jackson Square.
Another adult struck me and I'd like to report an assault.
Can I have a cop here, please?
All right, so, looking back on that, do you think
calling the police was a little bit too far?
Yeah, of course.
I mean, and that's why I didn't go through.
Like, I walked, I talked to them.
I didn't do anything.
And-and you can believe what you want,
but Kelly was in there with me,
and I explained the entire situation to them.
You called the police, they probably laughed at you
No, actually...
when you assaulted this woman first?"
No, the police actually wanted me
to take a restraining order out on you
They wanted to...
You know what?
The truth is... you were wrong.
You were wrong to call the police.
And you know what?
Leslie, let me ask you a question.
What-What's been the toughest part
for you of dealing with the dance moms?
Like, in... especially Christi.
The toughest part is that a group of them
can still stick together
and back each other up when it's just not the right thing.
I am not out to get anybody or hate anybody
or treat anybody different just because their child is good
or gets some opportunity.
Because that's why we're all there.
We wouldn't all be there if that wasn't the case.
I don't want to run you out!
just like you've run every other mother
I don't care that you're there.
for the same opportunities that you have.
No, I haven't.
Christi, what-what's your biggest issue with Leslie?
Uh, you know what?
My biggest issue with Leslie is just the fact, like,
she's very aggressive.
Everything is very, like, in your face.
And, like, nobody gets to have an opinion, two cents,
they never get to say anything, she's right and she just keeps
at you and at you and at you and, like,
it's frustrating, it's frustrating.
You get all the other moms out here
and every single one of them will tell you
(sighs)
Let's switch gears here for a little bit.
We have a dance
that is the perfect follow-up to this conversation.
From two moms battling it out to two dancers,
please welcome Asia and Mackenzie
in a duet called "We Hit Harder."
(cheering)
(hip hop playing)
♪ Go ahead and take 'em down ♪
♪ We're gonna spin their heads 'round, 'round, 'round ♪
♪ We're gonna chew em up, then spit 'em out, y'all ♪
♪ We're gonna show them what this team is all about ♪
♪ We're gonna sock it to 'em in the worst way ♪
♪ We came to steal your fame and take your name ♪
♪ We came to steal your fame and take your name ♪
♪ We came to steal your fame and take your name ♪
♪ Y'all hit hard, we hit harder ♪
♪ Y'all hit hard, we hit harder ♪
♪ Y'all hit hard, we hit harder ♪
♪ Y'all hit hard, we hit harder ♪
♪ Y'all hit hard, we hit harder ♪
♪ Y'all hit hard, we hit harder ♪
♪ Y'all hit hard, we hit harder ♪
♪ Y'all hit hard, we hit harder ♪
♪ Hoo! ♪
♪ Hoo! ♪
♪ Hoo! ♪
♪ Hoo! ♪
♪ Hoo! ♪
♪ Hoo! ♪
♪ Hoo! ♪
♪ Hoo! ♪
♪ Now on the count to three, go ahead and take the enemies ♪
♪ On the count of three, go ahead and take the enemies ♪
♪ One, two, three, break ♪
♪ One two, three, break ♪
♪ Break! ♪
(song ends, audience cheers)
Coming up, more aftermath
Welcome back to season three's Dance Moms Reunion Show:
Hurricane Abby.
(audience cheers)
All right, well, she's got a lot of 'splaining to do,
so let's get her out here
and hear her side of the story.
Please welcome Kristie Ray.
(audience cheers)
So, listen, a lot of alliances are always shifting
with this company, and in New Orleans,
with the whole Christi and Leslie incident,
you took sides.
Why?
When you go into a studio, after I saw what I saw,
and I see Christi there
and no Leslie, I have a problem with that.
There's two people involved,
two people should be gone.
When I'm sticking up for Leslie
because she's not there, all the mothers had
That's not my fault
that I was sitting there
and the other mothers had a different opinion.
That's my point.
You should have said right at that point...
No, no.
You know, when we're out, and you're not
around, they say you bully them.
We're looking at the tin man
You have no idea, Abby.
I'm not the one...
It's cold, it's calculated, it's manipulative.
Well, you know what's really funny,
is she talks about me having no heart, when it's her
who's made it a mission
to destroy a 12-year-old on television.
Uh!
You've destroyed your own 12-year-old.
(audience exclaims)
I just don't put up with your garbage.
And so, therefore, in your opinion, I don't have a heart.
All right, listen, let's watch a clip that may give us some,
some better understanding to Kristie Ray's motives.
Let's not candy-coat it
and let's tell what really happened.
That this is (bleep).
You know it is, okay?
And Leslie's not here to defend herself.
This has nothing to do with you.
No, but I'm pissed off
when people try to tell a different story
when someone's not here to defend themself.
And this story right here
is not how it happened.
You got in her face first.
You can say all you want with words,
but when you directly start it,
you better be able to back up your (bleep).
She called me a drunk!
Control yourself!
You know what?
I'm not playing this stupid game that you guys like to play
with the manipulation!
You need to settle yourself down.
No, I don't, because I hate (bleep) liars!
MELISSA: We don't like to curse.
Really? You guys all do, except Holly.
So don't start acting like you're on this high roll
No, we really don't.
She's a liar, and you guys are all backing up the lie!
So, Leslie, when you see that, you know, Kristie Ray
standing up for you, what do you think?
I appreciate her. I appreciate
that you were there to defend me.
I wasn't there to be able to do it.
And someone got my side out there.
And you know what? Even though that happened,
you still never reached out to apologize to me.
So it just shows what kind of person
Leslie, it goes both ways.
I do not owe you an apology.
So with moods
and alliances changing at a moment's notice,
I guess we'll have to wait for the next season
to see who will and who will not
still be a part of this group.
Needless to say, the Twitterverse and the blogs
were ablaze whenever Abby and Kelly were at odds.
Thanks. I need it.
Let's get her out here and hear her side of the story.
It's the mom Abby's known the longest.
Please welcome Kelly to the stage.
(cheering)
So, Kelly, you've been more defiant
than we've ever seen you before.
You seem to be more than willing
to be combative with Abby,
to confront Abby.
What's going on with this newfound confidence?
I've made up my mind, I'm not putting up with
what I've been putting up with.
I don't want to fight with Abby.
If my kids have something that they need to do
to get ahead in this business, they're gonna do it.
Give me an example of that.
Are there things in particular that you're pursuing
that she's not happy about?
I have Brooke doing, you know, a music career.
I want Paige to do modeling.
I'm focusing on my children,
and, you know, sometimes my kids have to miss dance class
to go and do these other things.
And if that's what it takes,
then that's what I'm going to do.
I think Kelly is sounding a little naive.
I just want my kids
to be the very best that they can be.
I don't want a one-hit wonder.
Brooke was an amazing dancer
and still could be.
So what I'm saying is, don't let this be it.
Let this be just the beginning.
COLLINS: So, Kelly caused an uproar
when she made a very critical decision quitting the recital.
Let's take a look at Kelly in action.
Or...
I love how you volunteered her.
You notice, whenever
you asked people, nobody volunteered.
She did not volunteer. You volunteered her.
When any one of these kids were asked to do a new solo,
none of them chose to.
That's all I have to say.
Right, they didn't. So let's do it again,
and I'm gonna ask again,
and then you say, "Me, I'll do 'Survivor.'"
Would anyone like to take the place and do a solo?
Anybody?
Maddie, what?
Never in 40 years
of being in the Abby Lee Dance Company
has anyone been given a solo the day of the (bleep) recital!
You're out. You're out.
Call the police. Get her out of here.
Please take me. Let's go.
Let's go.
Let's go. Let's go.
You're finished. You're out.
Thank you.
Every single dance concert you leave!
You're the one that always says
that Paige is always the weak link.
Why would you give the weak link in the group the new solo
the day of the recital?
Why wouldn't you give it to your star pupil?
Because the new solo was gonna make Paige look great.
It was adorable.
Okay, okay.
All right, well, listen, let's switch gears just a little bit.
This season, Kelly stood her ground with Abby
more than ever before,
sometimes to the extreme.
Here's a scene that will help us understand
this very complicated relationship.
I'm supposed to sit here.
You are no longer a member of the Abby Lee Dance Company.
I'm not moving.
Go around.
I could stand here all day.
I'm sitting there having this confrontation with Kelly,
trying to ignore her.
And now this nincompoop is
holding up the entire competition.
She has the social graces
of an ant at a picnic.
You really want me to climb over a seat in a dress?
I pay her for her service
and she doesn't own this dance competition.
If I want to go there and I want to support my team,
then I'm going. I'm done taking her (bleep).
Right. There's a thousand seats in here.
Put your butt in one.
Not this one.
Let's go.
The producers tell me
that you stood there for 30 minutes.
It was like a stand-off.
I'm sitting there and the entire judging panel
has turned to look at me,
including...
the people in the wings
are now looking at me, onstage.
KELLY: Wondering
...Orlando, Florida...
...and let the person in.
That's what you do in an auditorium.
No, you arrive on time.
...and let the other person
walk in and sit down.
No.
...you are seated
You walk in after the music stops
and in between dances.
That's when you go in and sit down,
and that is what I did.
And who taught you that, sweetheart?
Right.
So I walked in
when I was supposed to.
Theater etiquette...
You still think I'm 12.
I'm 42.
I'm paying you for a service.
I'm not your dance student
...paying me on Sunday
to be at a dance competition.
Okay. Well, you
don't own the thing.
I was there for my children.
And my teammates.
So stick your butt in a seat and shut your mouth.
COLLINS: All right, coming up...
All right, we're gonna switch gears again.
It's time for some more fun with another performance.
This one has Maddie, Chloe,
Brooke, Paige, Nia, and Kendall
with a number called "Gone Too Soon."
(audience applauds)
♪ I hear echoes inside myself ♪
♪ Banging the walls for help ♪
♪ Some kind of malady I can't spell ♪
♪ Eating at my heart ♪
♪ Choking on the darkness ♪
♪ Outside myself ♪
♪ Can I embrace the moment? ♪
♪ I can't take another wasted day ♪
♪ I know that I'm so close ♪
♪ 'Cause I can taste it ♪
♪ I'm dazed, I'm broken ♪
♪ I can't blame anyone ♪
♪ Oh, I won't wait this time ♪
♪ I won't break ♪
♪ I hear echoes inside myself ♪
♪ They're banging the walls for help ♪
♪ Some kind of malady I can't spell ♪
♪ Eating at my heart ♪
♪ Choking on the darkness ♪
♪ Outside myself ♪
♪ Banging the walls to tell me that ♪
♪ I'm not an empty shell ♪
♪ It comes from inside of me ♪
♪ My reality ♪
♪ There's nothing I can't be ♪
♪ And the echoes inside myself ♪
♪ Yeah, they're banging the walls to tell me ♪
♪ That I don't need no help ♪
♪ 'Cause I can be ♪
♪ All that I dream ♪
♪ Inside myself ♪
♪ No, I won't wait. ♪
(audience cheering)
All right, great job, girls.
All right, so, Kelly,
every-everybody's curious about
your return to the Abby Lee studio.
According to Abby herself,
you snuck back in.
Let's take a closer look
and see what really happened.
(line ringing)
Who are you calling?
I'm calling Kelly.
Why?
Because.
I don't owe you an explanation.
No, you don't, but I think it's rude.
CHRISTI: Kelly...
Hi, Kel.
CHRISTI: I'm just calling
to let you know that, um...
Abby's not here.
I don't know where she is. Um...
But anyhow, the girls are learning a group dance,
and since you kind of
made your statement that you're back on the team...
I-I don't know if you have plans
for your girls to dance this week,
but if you do, or if you want them to learn the dance,
I-I would suggest that you
get here.
All right. I'll talk to you later.
Kelly can come back right now
because Abby's not here,
so she's not facing that big fight at the front door,
and her girls can come and dance,
which is all Kelly really wanted in the first place.
KELLY: I always come back to this studio
because my girls miss their family.
They have been together since they were three years old.
And as much as Abby doesn't like it,
we are part of this team.
Excuse me.
My kids are here to learn the group dance.
So, Kelly, why did you come back to the studio?
Because I'm part of the team.
And every single one of the moms
and the child... the kids...
want my kids here.
So, Leslie, I'm told that you may not agree
with, um, this version of the story.
Do you think she came back at the right time?
No, I think it was wrong for her to show up then.
LESLIE: Because it was
uncomfortable for Payton and I.
We came in to fill in for you
and your child...
And did I tell Payton and you to leave?
But it still makes her uncomfortable.
Because she's there to take Brooke's spot.
Uh, Leslie, guess what-- I'm a part of the team.
How many times do you think it takes
for you not to be able to come back?
Do we want to bring up why I leave?
You are solely responsible.
That's why I leave.
Because I take responsibility...
You are responsible
for their decline in their dancing.
And that's why I leave, because you treat them
the way you do, so I pull them out.
Let's switch gears for just a second and lighten the...
Did you just say I should be committed as a wacko?
No, I said if you want to get off the show, you can.
COLLINS: No, no, no, no.
No, no, wait a minute. She can sit there
Thank you.
Thank you, 'cause I'm going to dinner.
...as a wacko? And it's okay?
I did not say that, I said if you
Okay.
Okay.
Well, I'm not a wacko.
Your eyes say something different.
Go ahead.
COLLINS: Abby, hold on.
Where you going? What's that about?
Every time
I say something to Abby
about the way
she treats my kids...
she runs.
COLLINS: Well, Hurricane Abby
just, uh, left.
(laughs)
All right, well, certainly we can't go any further
without bringing out the other moms,
as they're certain to have an opinion on this subject
and all subjects.
So, Melissa, Jill, and Holly,
please come on out.
(audience cheering)
COLLINS: Hi.
Va-va-voom. She wore white.
There's the team.
COLLINS: Welcome, ladies.
All right, so I want to know... let's get right to it.
What do you have to say about Abby's disappearance?
The only thing we asked was that
she have the courtesy to give us a call.
To notify us. That was the only thing.
That's what... She never did that.
She didn't tell you.
She disappeared. She just left us high and dry.
How do we feel about this?
Like, she didn't show up for two competitions,
and she just... walked out.
It's just what happened with Kelly...
She just had a little tempter tantrum.
I take a little bit different take on all this, though.
You women talk about her.
Your analogies about her...
You tell...
You constantly don't want her near your kids.
CHRISTI: She never
MELISSA: You weren't there.
Leslie, you were not there.
No.
One moment you don't want Abby near your children,
and the next minute you will find every little detail
and complain about why she's not here.
We're not complaining about...
All we wanted was a phone call
where she was. That's it.
COLLINS: So Abby didn't show up
to two competitions in a row.
Why? Let's watch a clip
which, uh, may enlighten us all about what happened.
Does anybody follow Abby on Instagram?
(laughing): Abby just put a picture of herself up on Instagram.
Oh, so that's really recent.
CHRISTI: Abby's all about making money.
If some competition dangles cash in front of her
to go judge a competition, she'll be there.
Maybe she's at a meet and greet.
True.
She was at a competition
for three hours, so she is very...
JILL: But she didn't tell us that.
COLLINS: All right, so, Christi...
Now, we understand that you all had a pact
CHRISTI: Yes.
which is airing now.
So tell us about it.
So we said, as a group,
we were going to not send our children
if asked.
And...
Melissa sent Maddie. (laughs)
So how did you feel?
Did you feel betrayed by Melissa,
Um... absolutely.
Why does there have to be a pact?
Well, there isn't anymore. I mean...
Why does there have to be a pact that you asked for?
Don't talk about something you don't know about.
I'm not! Because we all follow your rules.
That's foolish, because if there's an opportunity
for each one of you girls...
Melissa's the smart one.
I am gonna take an opportunity.
The children come first, other than a friend.
The only issue we had with Melissa, to be honest with you,
was, if she wasn't going to do it,
she should have just been up-front. That's it.
All right, well, let's watch this clip
to see how the moms really felt about Melissa's decision.
You know what I think is really sad is
that you point-blank said to all of us
that when the children were invited,
that you were not going to send Maddie.
But then you screwed the group.
When we made an agreement
about what we were gonna do with the girls,
we all stood by that, and you didn't.
Melissa, if I would have disobeyed the group
and went and had Brooke do it...
CHRISTI: Brooke would be in much better standing.
...Brooke wouldn't have been at the bottom
of the pyramid this week, I can guarantee you that.
But I didn't do that because I'm a team player.
You know what? That's my choice as a mother.
So, basically, your choice as a mother is dance trumps all.
(chuckles) That's funny.
Why is that funny?
Because you know Christi sneaks all the time. You said it.
Well, I'm saying I wouldn't do it.
What do I sneak about?
What do you mean? You talk to everybody.
Give me a break. If you could sleep
with Abby, you would, and you know it.
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah.
Well, that's how you tend to get ahead in life, Melissa.
Oh, yeah, I sleep with everybody.
You do. Boss.
I never slept with my boss.
Yes, you did. You married him.
Yes, I married Greg after.
Yeah, after you slept with him
and had an affair when he had a wife
and you had a husband.
Guess what. I didn't sleep with him.
And don't start with me again, Christi.
You know what?
I know, storm out. We love it.
I am storming out because this is not being brought up.
I know.
You know what?
You want to play those games?
JILL: She has to live
with the decision she made.
Like, I'm not gonna sit up here and make this easy on her.
She didn't make it easy on any of those six little girls.
She-she knew she had that coming.
So, Melissa, why'd you break the pact?
My daughter wants to dance professionally.
So I have to take opportunities.
Just pisses me off. Why should I even be
in a pact with you guys
when you talk bad about my husband and me,
and me having an affair, which I did not?
Melissa, you seem really angry at Christi, like...
I was pissed
Right.
...because that has nothing to do with dance.
And she doesn't have any correct information.
Well, that shows her character, so you should be upset.
That shows her character. You should be upset.
It's a low blow, and I think, "You know what?
Leave my husband out of it."
And speaking of betrayal, it was not just Melissa.
Jill also angered the moms, namely Christi Lukasiak,
when she said she'd do the same. Take a look at this.
I think both of you have seen
how well it works for Melissa
to do whatever Abby wants to keep their kids
in her good graces.
And I think that you both are headed down that path.
No.
When we all agreed
not to send our kids to Abby's West Coast competition,
I said to all of you on the phone,
"I was asked here and now.
"I said no. So I need all of you
to guarantee, if you're asked, you're gonna say no."
Abby did ask Kendall to go.
She didn't ask her to perform.
So I said, "No, I'm not gonna go."
But if she would have been asked to perform?
I can't say that.
It's time for me to kick this *** out.
What?! What?!
Did you just say that?
Why do you want to be divided all the time?
CHRISTI: I'm not divided all the time.
I didn't lay down the gauntlet.
What's the gauntlet?
Stop talking. I'm walking out.
Why? Don't tell me to stop talking.
I'm done.
Jill?
Well, it speaks for itself.
If Kendall had the opportunity to dance
on Abby's Ultimate Competition show
and promote herself, I probably would have sent her, yes.
Regardless of whatever a parent decides to do for their child,
you're a parent, that's your decision.
The only thing is, just be up-front and honest
and be a person of your word.
Your word means a tremendous amount to me.
We make decisions as a group about a lot of things,
and there's a lot of times that you do what you want to do...
...you do what you want to do,
you do what you want to do,
and it has nothing to do with what I say to do,
because I think that there's a misconception out here that,
I, like, tell you all what to do.
We talk about these things all the time.
All right, coming up, more questions, more answers, and
All right, welcome back to Hurricane Abby.
So far, we've talked about Christi Lukasiak versus Leslie,
and Abby versus Kelly. So what's left?
Jill versus Kristie Ray, of course.
Let's take a look
as these two headstrong moms battle it out.
Asia's gonna work. Let me, let me get this straight to you.
Asia's gonna work and take jobs and train whenever she can.
So if you have a problem with that...
I don't have a problem with that.
Obviously you do.
You just said, "You weren't here."
So you have a problem with it. If you're telling me that you...
You-- did you not hear me say...
...I had a problem
with where she was on the pyramid?!
I don't care where the (bleep) she works!
Excuse me?
Did you hear me?!
Oh, oh, oh!
Look at Jill drop the F-bomb!
You're screwed in the head.
No, you're a hot mess,
because now you're dropping F-bombs.
Well, okay, I think you're a hot mess.
You only get mad when you're wrong.
Nope.
My favorite part is, "Whoa-whoa!"
Well, "nope" is one of our words that we use.
Well, because I'm not allowed to drop the F-bomb, so...
Well, we're not allowed to either, so...
Kristie. I've got a question for Kristie.
Some fans consider Jill to be a little bit pushy.
How do you describe her?
My interaction with Jill
is always repeating myself.
I think she needs to concentrate on Kendall,
and not me and Asia, and she'll be less miserable.
So, Jill, why do you think
Kristie Ray bailed on the dance moms just before the nationals?
Oh, I know why. She got a better offer.
She used our kids, she used Abby...
Go ahead.
Let me put it straight to you.
I'm not using your kid-- and especially not your kid.
Asia...
Okay, I'm not using the team. Guess what.
You did.
Whoo-hoo.
Get that straight before you talk and run your mouth.
Okay.
What she said, yeah.
Okay, yeah, I know.
I know how this is like a little team now.
Well, how did Brooke get on the pyramid when Payton danced,
and she left the team to go cheerlead?
It's the same thing. I didn't say a word.
Yeah.
Payton wasn't even on the pyramid.
'Cause she's not a part of the team.
But you didn't think anything was wrong with that, though.
But Asia was training. Asia was training, though.
See, when people call you women out
on your delusional thoughts, you have a problem with it.
It's not delusional. It was a fact.
That you give anybody that comes onto this team,
any mom and child who's here for the same reason that you are,
that you don't want it.
You really don't want anybody else into your pack.
Next subject. Two moms who didn't exactly see eye to eye
are Holly and Leslie.
Holly, you formed a strong opinion about Leslie,
saying that she didn't fit in.
All right, well, let's take a closer look
at Holly and Leslie's
very different parenting methods,
and you can make your own decision.
You wouldn't like me on this team anyway, though,
because I would do everything for my kid.
I won't hurt your kids,
but if my child gets an opportunity, I'm taking it.
We're not just raising dancers,
we're raising people.
No matter how much I want Nia to succeed in life,
if she's not a good person, then I have failed.
And that might be the reason
why Leslie doesn't quite fit in here.
Even Melissa and Jill-- the biggest dance moms around--
want more for their daughters than stardom or fame.
I'd rather be who I am and be not a success on Broadway.
Because I can look myself
Exactly, Holly.
When opportunity comes knocking,
you'd better take advantage of it.
What kind of kid are you raising?
I want my daughter to have this!
Shame on you!
So, Leslie, what do you think when you see that?
Do you think Holly's parenting skills are soft?
No, I just think it's taken out of context.
I think she doesn't understand me.
I will never be a mean person,
but I will lay it out on the line
from the very beginning, Holly:
I am here for-- to get Payton ahead.
Then you shouldn't have to compromise character
to get ahead and be successful.
There are values, there's a moral fiber, as mothers,
we need to equip our daughters with.
I don't think any one of these kids are ruthless.
I think the parents might be, but it doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter...
I don't think we're ruthless.
...who here is ruthless.
It matters what the child wants.
All right, it's time for another incredible dance number,
and it's an aptly named one for this Hurricane Abby Reunion.
It's a solo by Maddie called "Drowning."
(applause)
(soft ballad plays)
♪ ♪
♪ So I know that this might calm down ♪
♪ And I know ♪
♪ I could sink and not drown ♪
♪ But treading all night's ♪
♪ Getting old ♪
♪ And sunrise these days leaves me cold ♪
♪ I know, I can't turn this around ♪
♪ 'Cause when I cut your lifeline ♪
♪ I started falling ♪
♪ So far ♪
♪ I couldn't look back ♪
♪ When I cut your lifeline ♪
♪ You were calling ♪
♪ So hard ♪
♪ I couldn't shout back. ♪
♪ ♪
(song ends)
(audience cheers, applauds)
COLLINS: All right, great job, Maddie.
So, uh, I've just been backstage,
and I understand that we've come to, um,
an agreement, to have Abby come back.
And Kelly, unfortunately,
I need to ask you to leave...
...because that was the agreement
that we came to.
Can I go, too?
COLLINS: No, you may not.
We're gonna find out
Abby's side of the story,
but, um, we would prefer
KELLY: Okay.
So thank you very much for coming.
Here she is.
She's back.
Abby Lee Miller.
♪ Livin' on the dance floor. ♪
COLLINS: All right, welcome back to
season three Dance Moms Reunion.
This one's called Hurricane Abby.
All right, so, as you can see, Abby's come back
to join us.
I asked Kelly to leave
so that we could come back and hear your side of the story.
Because I know she upset you,
you know, when she was out here before.
No, she just is always the victim
and everybody's mean to her kids.
I love those two kids
like they were my own.
She has put this wedge in between us.
You have to put the work in.
So you feel like you're still
back in the role of, like, the teacher,
and she feels like you're being unfair.
Well, everyone whose kid's not winning
and not on top
always thinks I'm unfair.
If we're all being honest here,
the moms have an issue
with you getting up and walking off the show,
because they say that you're always
trying to tell the kids
that you have to do your job,
the show must go on,
there's a work ethic,
and you didn't show up to two competitions this year,
and you just got up and walked off your own show.
I know.
Holly?
You're the leader of this organization,
of this team.
You set the example
and the girls follow you.
So if you even walk off,
they think it's okay,
and that's because their leader's walking
Well, you know what, Holly?
Every woman has a right to change their mind.
Number one.
I agree with that.
Mm-hmm.
Let's say, for 25 of those years,
I put my life
on the back burner.
I put my aspirations aside
for other people's children.
Well, without the explanation of why you're-you're walking off
or doing those things, they don't know the reason why
you're doing those things
to give them a context,
that "this is the reason why I walked off."
That's what they need to hear from you,
Okay, Holly,
I'll write it all down for Nia. She'll get it.
COLLINS: All right. On that note...
We've been teasing it throughout the episode,
and it's finally time to reveal
the big news Abby has.
ABBY LEE: My big news
is...
this season, we will be
auditioning nationwide
for new members of the Abby Lee Dance Company.
(audience applauds)
We're taking it on tour.
We're gonna be in four huge cities.
This is to audition
for the new Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition.
And then we're also
going to be auditioning for members
of the Abby Lee Dance Company
"elite competition team."
So when we go to a city to attend a competition,
I will be hosting
an open call.
That's...
that's great!
I think that's great.
JILL: Uh, when you... Do you consider
this team elite?
Are you talking about older children, or...
You remember back when we were at nationals, and
Chloe had to leave with her mom?
And Kendall got the solo.
She had this amazing breakthrough.
She was absolutely stunning and gorgeous onstage.
And she knew it
She did.
She was in her element.
Then...
she didn't show up for *** camp.
She missed all the rehearsals...
...all the lessons.
Okay.
No, I didn't.
And I'm waiting for somebody
I took a family vacation
for five days.
Yeah, but you picked the wrong five days,
She had five days left of summer
Well, you know what?
I'm sorry, but she wasn't the only one who missed.
COLLINS: All right.
Well, this next performance is, um,
is one that's very special to us.
It's Brooke's national TV singing debut.
Performing here
her new hit single, "I Hurt,"
put your hands together for Brooke.
♪ ♪
♪ I keep moving ♪
♪ Going through the motions ♪
♪ Step by step ♪
♪ Doing what I'm told ♪
♪ The lights are on me ♪
♪ Everybody's watching ♪
♪ But nobody knows who I am ♪
♪ 'Cause I hurt, yeah, I hurt ♪
♪ All over my body ♪
♪ I dance, I just dance ♪
♪ To get through ♪
♪ Yeah, I hurt ♪
♪ Yeah, it hurts ♪
♪ All over my body ♪
♪ But it hurts most waiting for you ♪
♪ Waiting for you ♪
♪ Waiting for you ♪
♪ I just keep dancing on ♪
♪ Dancing to different songs ♪
♪ I just keep moving on ♪
♪ Even when you have gone ♪
♪ 'Cause I hurt ♪
♪ Yeah, I hurt ♪
♪ All over my body ♪
♪ I dance, I just dance to get through ♪
♪ Yeah, I hurt, yeah, it hurts ♪
♪ All over my body ♪
♪ But it hurts most waiting for you ♪
♪ Waiting for you ♪
♪ Waiting for you ♪
♪ I'm waiting for you ♪
♪ Just waiting for you ♪
♪ Just waiting for you. ♪
(cheering, applause)
COLLINS: Thank you, Brooke, that was really beautiful.
Great job. And great job to Abby and the moms
and their talented daughters
for an incredibly rocky
but incredibly entertaining season.
Until next time, thank you and thanks for watching.
♪ Livin' on the dance floor. ♪
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