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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
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-Jabby says that back in the day, Kelly was fun, beautiful, talented and had lots of potential. Kelly says Jabby back in the day was bossy and mean, but Jabby taught her a lot. That’s why she brings her kids to ALDC.
-They rehash CDgate. Kelly SWEARS Melissa told her that the CD skipped on purpose, but Melissa stands by her denial. Jabby is mad because the allegations call her professional reputation into question. Christi notes that in ten years, Kelly has never lied to her, but Melissa has.
-Christi continues to bring Chloe to the studio because she wants her to have opportunities she didn’t have. Christi would have left if Chloe hadn’t won that national title. Christi’s twitter clarifies that she meant a national title when Chloe was eight, not last week.
-Holly has no problems with ethnic dances, just “those” ethnic dances.
-Shrill joins them and Jeff makes fun of her phone-sex voice.
-Shrill swears she’s not a studio hopper. Jabby says she let her return to ALDC because Kendall is a good kid. Christi likes Shrill ever since she took dollar bills out of a man’s pants with her mouth (while he was in them).
-Shrill still maintains she didn’t cheat during Coshtume-gate. She says all the moms used old costumes and they will have to agree to disagree on that.
-Melissa says SHE wasn’t threatening legal action against everyone, it was her fiance’s attorney. She only went on national TV with the secret engagement because it was a special time in her life and it’s none of anyone’s business. They plan on getting married as soon as his divorce is final (any day now).
Remember Jabby’s necklace made of seafood? It has nothing to do with anything. I was just reminiscing.
-Jeff: One word to describe Cathy?
~Jabby: Witch
~Holly: Silly
~Melissa: “Little shoes going scritch, scritch, scritch.”
~Christi: Jerky
~Kelly: Stalker
~Shrill: Annoying
~Holly: “I call her ‘special’”
-Cathy comes out and Jeff mentions some “tense” moments that happened recently. In a REUNION EXCLUSIVE we see footage of Jabby ridiculing the Candy Apple’s's “failures,” Cathy throwing water on Christi and then Cha Cha DeGregorio calling Christi a hillbilly. We do NOT see footage of Christi choking Cathy, as has been reported. Does this mean it didn’t happen? Of course not, but we’ll probably never know what really happened unless they show it next week.
-Cathy is not stalking the ALDC girls; it’s totally random that she just happens to always be at the same competitions as them.
-Christi will never go out to lunch with Cathy, but she appreciates her quick wit. Jabby snots that they say terrible things to each other in front of the kids, which is not cool (because Jabby has never said anything mean to anyone in front of the girls). Cathy says she has way more class than Jabby any day. (Beef jerky = class, obviously.)
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I can’t believe you didn’t mention Jabby’s ridiculous skull necklace and earrings and bracelets and rings. It was a silver hot mess! Now on Halloween that would have been cool, but not just to wear around any old day!
I do think the moms get along in real life and it shows through sometimes. Kelly and Christi are like my best friend and I. We are honest with each other and fight, but we know that we work it out and are friends for life no matter what. I think they all like Jill a lot too.
I am glad you clarified about the Chloe title comment because that confused me. It was Kelly wanting to leave and Christi talking her out of it and I was like “What Christi was going to leave too?” Kelly said she was staying. Of course she is, Brooke just won a big title! Plus you know, the show and all that.
Melissa did not look pregnant today as much. I just think it is because of her huge knockers and how certain dresses can accentuate that. I am a busty woman with a bit of a tummy but skinny everywhere else and I get accused of being pregnant all the time. Just because the only place I am big is my middle area. Maybe she has my issues. I thought all the moms looked nice.
@April – I didn’t even notice the skull jewelry until today after I posted the recap. I wish I had gotten a screenshot!
Also, totally forgot to mention that Kelly wouldn’t say whether she is leaving or not leaving.
Like you, I see no need for a “reunion” especially when they never have been apart! Whatever. I have a hard time thinking that any one of them like Melissa. She just sat there most of the time shaking her head and rolling her eyes as usual. I find Christi quite well spoken. I really like her because you never have to wonder what she is thinking. I appreciate people like that. Looks like Kelly has calmed down a bit. I hope she doesn’t leave, I like her. I don’t agree with your thoughts on Abby. I think most of her hatefulness is for the show. Many times on the show as well as last night they will catch her smiling or laughing and as soon as she realizes she’s been caught she stops. I really don’t think that someone that hateful would keep any students around for any length of time if they really were that bad. I know I wouldn’t stick around!
haha its okay Snoop. It almost disguises itself as regular giant silver jewelry but totally all skull themed! That lady wears some audacious jewelry alright!
From what the cameras showed, the ALDC was not doing much besides chanting after them after CADC chanted outside their dressing room earlier. So not going to criticize them for giving them a taste of their own medicine.
That reunion was pretty much a waste of time. I thought we might get something real for once but after they stuck to the script and pretended the pyramid was Abby’s creation right off the bat I knew it wouldn’t be so. All we got was self serving statements and excuses. Anytime a reasonable question I’ve had was brought up (like Abby’s “why would you continually bring up your friend’s engagement after she made it clear she didn’t want you to?”) it was dodged or the person attacked. When people tried to clarify something everyone started talking over each other. What a mess. They all come off as being so unlikeable, although I’m sure that’s largely because of the ridiculous editing.
I have to agree with Abby’s comments about Christi living vicariously through Chloe and seeing her as a way out. She is milking the “fame” from this show more than anyone. She’s going to wear Chloe out doing meet and greets and visiting dance studios practically every week.
https://twitter.com/BrookeHyland1/status/248161625964695552
Not surprisingly, Kelly hasn’t left. It’s all talk for the show.
I was somewhat surprised that the Candy Apples were telling the truth about the girls (sort of) taunting them after the competition. Not that it was a big deal (they certainly blew it out of proportion imo), but I had thought for sure that was made up. It’s weird to see them be the aggressors in the “rivalry.” I have to assume the producers “suggested” they all follow Cathy after the competition to try and start some drama after Cathy was actually a good loser for once. At the end of that clip it looked like some of the moms were positioning themselves between Cathy and Christi in a defensive way, and it seemed pretty heated. It looks like there probably was some physical altercation, but who knows how bad it really was. They must be afraid of turning off viewers if they aren’t going to show it.
I love that the producer guy asked Abby why she does the pyramid when it was production’s idea in the first place. Also how Cathy said she didn’t know that they were chanting outside ALDC’s dressing room when there was an “ALDC” sign on the door.
@April I’m not sure where it was clarified because I don’t see it here but for anyone who does not know Christi tweeted that the title she was referring to was won when Chloe was eight.
I was hoping we’d get some good dirt, like on the recent Beverly Hills Nannies reunion. Ah, well. I hope Black Patsy stirs up some good drama next week.
And is “special” what we’re calling it these days, Dr. Holly? Huh.
I almost had to laugh when Melissa said the other moms aren’t invited to her second wedding. And yet they’re a family and she just looooooooves everyone.
I hope they bring the girls out for interviews. They all seem really close, despite the fact that their moms are (for the most part) insane.
This was such a waste of time(and I watched all minutes). I can say since Shrill has come back I like her so much more, loved her calling out Melissa and DIGGING IN in regards to her becoming engaged to a married man. I hope part two will bring our girls
. My favs, Chloe, Mack,Nia…with my dark horse Paige(who knew I’d become a Paige lover 
). Of course the adorable Maddie(did anyone else notice she has grown into her teeth), Brooke(who I hope is ‘retiring) and Kendall.
I don’t get the big deal with Melissa’s engagement. I don’t know her situation beyond what we see, but I do know it’s not uncommon for people to separate and decide not to get a divorce at that time, which is what it sounds like Greg and his former wife did. Not the best move because then it becomes a hassle if you want to remarry, but it happens a lot. Anyway, an engagement is just the promise to get married, so it’s not like you can’t get engaged while the divorce is going on. If they love each other and are planning on getting married then really what’s the problem? I just don’t see this as the scandal they’re making it out to be. It’s just more annoying forced drama. Hopefully this is the last we hear of it.
*60 minutes.
i enjoyed every minute…………..watching it while laying back in my lazyboy!! i love watching abby and the girls going at it..at lest the kids were not there…cant wait until abby new show comes on..she’ll make simon look like a school girl…………….lol
I was to understand that Melissa got with Greg when he was not separated from his wife. Like it was a cheating thing. Then that lead to a separation/divorce. She was working for him and the old cliche of the boss banging the secretary or something like that.
Also I think Melissa was still married to Kurt at the time too. I got that from what Leslie was saying about how Melissa was being kinda sneaky about it. No reason to be sneaky if it is all on the up and up.
i love how when kelly said she should have called abby a virgin & abby was all like “is that a bad thing ? just so your kids can hear?” and kelly was like yeah it is ahah.
Also how could cathy “not have known” it was the aldc dressing room they were chanting outside of , when the door said “ALDC” Once again why do the CADC moms think its ok when they chant stuff like that, but when abbys kids do it , its horrible. (not saying its right at all though) & we didnt get to see christi choke cathy!!!
Abby said Chloe is Christi’s ticket out ??? any thoughts on that ?!
I think that the reunion was kinda silly. There was really nothing new brought to light. We all knew Melissa was with a guy who wasn’t divorced, not a shocker. Although, I must say that I understood where she was coming from. If she had asked them to not talk about it with cameras around and they continued to do it, then I can see how Greg could have had a lawyer send a letter… Not saying that Melissa was right for seeing someone that was married or whatever, just that “friends” don’t air other friends dirty laundry on TV… everything else seemed “normal”, Christi kinda whined about Chloe, Kelly was mean to Abby, Holly was politically correct, and Melissa didn’t say much and took up for Abby, seems like par for the course?
I don’t even see why they are bringing in “Black Patsy”, she was there for a week or two, why not bring in Leslie or Brandon’s mom?? They have been there forever, I bet they have good dirt!
This reunion has been stupid, all we’ve seen is stuff we see on the show. Kelly mad at Abby, Christi being whiney, Holly being politically correct, and Melissa stick by Abby… BORING!
Although, I have to agree with Melissa on the lawyer thing, friends don’t air other friends dirty laundry on TV, esp if she’s asked them not to talk about it… I bet her fiance didn’t care for it either and it could hurt is career (for whatever reason I want to say he’s a lawyer?).
I don’t get the ticket out thing about Christi and Chloe, unless maybe Christi and her family are not that well off and Abby thinks that maybe that Christi is trying to market (all the meet and greets, ads for Sally Tween World clothes, and the Glitzy Girl jewerly line) Chloe? Althouh, Melissa has done this as well, but it seems Maddie and Mack do more stuff for charity… maybe not?
Sorry for the repost, my comp is being stupid today
I don’t think Christi is using her kids for fame more than any of the other moms. If any mom is the guiltiest of that it would be Melissa. She seems to not be able to deal with her daughter’s not being perfect 100% of the time.
We argued this on this board before, but the way I see it, there is no crime in telling something true. It is not a secret Melissa was dating a married man. It was public knowledge. Some poster on here found that out before it even aired. So you can’t sue or be all pissed about someone talking about it. If you don’t want it discussed, don’t do it! Or own it. I at least respect people that own their crimes instead of trying to hide them.
Now yes, a friend might follow your request to please not talk about it. But, if I am not your friend, you have zero right to expect me not to discuss public facts. I was in a similar legal situation and the judge ruled in my favor saying that they could not stop me for giving my opinion or saying things that may be true unless they can prove it was knowingly false. I have no skeletons in my closet and therefore I don’t have to worry about stuff like that.
i know a lot of people didn’t like this, but i was way more amused by this than i have been by recent episodes of the actual show.
did anyone else thought it was weird for christi to call the floor a “$68,000 floor”? why not round it to $70,000. it just felt scripted … you’d think they’d at least script this so-called “reunion” a bit less than the usual stuff.
while it was obnoxious that abby asked kelly to clarify, so her children know, whether being called a virgin is a bad thing, i think it was weird that kelly replied “yes.”
oh, did i read (elsewhere, because i’d never seen what anyone but kelly’s and holly’s ages are, that christi is only 34 or 35??? whatttttt? i’m 29 and she looks like she could be MY mother. seriously. if she really is 34/35, that’s sad.
also, cathy sucks.
oh, i actually had to agree with kelly (was it kelly?) who said the way melissa essentially has her daughter expect that she’ll win everything could cause her to become anorexic (or bulimic, or a substance abuser). i was always held to impossible standards (except i always, always lost out to my sister) and have had an eating disorder since childhood. i don’t think it comes down to one factor for anyone, but i do think it’s the kind of pressure that definitely helps fuel the fire for those sorts of problems. i’m actually glad kelly pointed it out, because i ALWAYS feel like maddie is a candidate for an eating disorder or substance abuse.
@april — i think when you’re truly best friends with someone, you definitely have fights! i think it’s mostly because you become so close to them, like having siblings, that you are BOUND to get on each others’ nerves and argue. plus, you’re more likely to be honest with them and so there’s a higher potential for resentment. god knows i’ve had my awful fights with my best friend since high school, including one in peru where i stormed away from her in the middle of the street and let her find her own way back (we were staying at my grandmother’s, and it was her first time in peru … definitely a douchey thing for me to do), but i was her maid of honor, she was mine, and i plan on having her be my first child’s godmother. we’ve had way more good times than fights, and i love her dearly, but we fight like sisters. i think that’s what it seems happens between kelly and christi, and i think it’s totally normal with best friends, especially the longer you’ve known each other. when boundaries drop, the potential for explosive fights rise!
melissa is pregnant? i actually didn’t know that. i’m just over 6 weeks pregnant myself, but because i was underweight prior to pregnancy and always had a flat stomach, you can see my bulge from the bloating already … i feel like i look more pregnant than she does, because her body looks really proportionate, not like, how you said, when you’re little everywhere but your stomach is sticking out. wow.
and i totally missed that her giant silver jewelry had skulls on it, too, until i read your comment. oh, abby.
@meaghan — it doesn’t seem (from the previous) that the girls will be brought out, but i do wish they would.
@wednesday — i actually think it was dumb, if anything, for melissa and greg to get engaged before his divorce was finalized, from a legal perpective. you never know what creative arguments his soon-to-be ex-wife’s attorney may come up with if they bring up that he’s already engaged to someone else, just to get more out of him in the settlement. they probably should’ve waited it out just because divorce lawyers can be vultures. based on that, i think it’s totally appropriate that greg had his attorney send a letter to the other moms for publicizing it; he was working in his client’s interest.
@lilly19 — my thought is “ticket out of what, exactly?” i don’t get what she was implying.
We are not positive if Melissa is pregnant or not. We have all been speculating about it. So no confirmation on that. Sorry if that was confusing. I was saying that she didn’t look pregnant on the reunion meaning she may have found a more flattering dress or is not pregnant. I don’t know if she is or is not, but she does have a pattern of marrying a new man and then producing two kids with him and then leaving him, she has done it twice before, so I also would not be surprised if she was going to do it again.
@ellenmenop, I don’t think Melissa is pregnant, unless you read that somewhere else. If someone mentioned that she looked “less pregnant” either in the recap or comments (don’t remember) then I think it was just saying that compared to how she’s looked in previous episodes lately, she did not appear to be pregnant in this reunion.
Melissa is not pregnant. She has said multiple times on tweeter that she is not pregnant and can’t get pregnant (don’t know if that means she is past the age of getting pregnant or had issues with her last pregnancy..?). I think she just has one of those bodies where her belly protrudes- especially in certain clothes. Also, Melissa only has 2 kids. She was married twice, but the 2 older kids are her step-kids from Kurt, I believe, not her kids.
Not only did she have an affair while SHE was married and when GREG (her fiancee) was still married, but she legally changed her name to his name when he was still married to his wife. As far as I know, he still IS married to his wife. I’m sure this show and Melissa’s comments about her sugardaddy from the first episode did nothing to help his divorce case and the wife is probably going for what she can get. Don’t blame her!
I don’t think Christi is in anyway at all using Chloe “as a way out”. That was ridiculous. I truly feel that Christi is a loving and devoted mother, despite her other faults, and she is always looking out for Chloe’s best interest. I think she saw that Chloe had talent (as she said she tried other activities too, but always came back for dance), and encouraged her, but I feel if Chloe decided she would never dance again, Christi would be disappointed because it would be a waste of her talent, but still love her unconditionally.
I thought Kelly’s comment was strange about the whole “whore” “virgin” comment. I would rather be labeled a virgin than a whore personally, but that’s just me. I have a 13 year old daughter and can’t even imagine saying something like that on t.v. that a virgin is a bad thing. That was either really stupid of her, or her values are a little whacked out.. I’m thinking she just got thrown off guard and said something stupid, but still…
Yeah, I don’t know why they are bothering to bring Kaya on next week. Leslie would be better if they feel the need to add another mom.
Hope they bring the girls in at some point. Love the girls!!
There’s been nothing on the show to suggest Greg and Melissa were cheating, and I’m sure if they had the other moms would have brought it up by now. That scene with Lesslie didn’t make any sense and was clearly scripted for the cameras so I don’t put much weight in it.
Just because someone doesn’t want something out in the public doesn’t mean there is something wrong with what they are doing. There’s nothing wrong with being gay but a lot of homosexuals prefer to hide their sexual preference for fear of being judged or persecuted. It’s just as likely Melissa was afraid of overly judgmental people drawing negative conclusions (kind of like how they did her daughter in season 1). Looking at the responses I’ve seen she wouldn’t have been be wrong to worry about that.
Going by the moms’ twitters Christi definitely pimps her kid more than the others. Melissa is a close second, but it often involves charity work instead of cashing in. My parents had me do a lot of charity work as a kid and I think it’s good for them. It teaches good values and an appreciation for things. I have trouble seeing anything wrong with that.
Personally, I don’t think you can say any of these moms are looking out for their kids’ best interests if they are willing to let them be exploited by a reality television show for a little bit of fame.
@ellemenop – I think it was dumb too, and might be why the divorce took longer to get done than they expected. But it’s their lives so whatever.
I think Kelly may have said that being a virgin is a bad thing so she wouldn’t have to agree with Abby.
@wednesday — i was telling my husband (who is an attorney) about it and as soon as i got to the fact that they aired the situation before the divorce was final, he put his head in his hands while he shook his head. haha. i definitely suspect that was part of what dragged on divorce proceedings. and even parties who are divorcing and claim to want a clean, quick split wind up making it messier than they’d expected. no one needs to add fuel to that fire! for that reason alone, i’d be pissed if my friends did that to me.
@wednesday– If Melissa was worried about being “judged” then she shouldn’t have gone on a reality show.. That was HER choice.
@Dani, is it possible that it’s not the judgement that she was worried about so much as Greg’s divorce going quicker and cleaner? If you don’t mind me asking, how do you know that Melissa was still married and that Greg was not already separated? You seem like you know them personally?
All of the girls seem to do Meet and Greets but Chloe and Maddie seem to do way more of them. On several for Maddie they have said that the proceeds benefit a charity, Chloe’s do not. I’m not faulting anyone but that may have been what Abby was talking about. Plus Chloe seems to be getting lots of clothes for Sally Tween World. I know the other girls have as well, but Christi seems to be pushing the name way more… just twitter observations.
@KRB– It’s a matter of public record that Melissa was still married to Kurt when she began a relationship with Greg, and that Greg was married to his wife. She started working for his company, and they got together. I think he’s a big wig at some company, but forget what it is, but he makes good money. I’ve gotten this through a lot of sources, but if you just go to public records you can see. She also legally changed her name to his (Gisoni) early on, before the divorce with Kurt was even final, which seems odd to me. It doesn’t really matter I guess, but I just have a problem with cheaters and feel bad for both of their spouses (Kurt and Greg’s wife, who I believe is named Susan, but am not sure about that..). I think he has kids with his wife and I feel for them, and of course I feel for Melissa’s kids as well. I know this happens all the time, all over, but still hits a nerve and I’m sure it hit a nerve when Greg’s wife was watching dance moms the first time and seeing HER house when Melissa was showing “her” house off, seeing Melissa’s kids in her rooms, and going on about how her boyfriend signs the checks.. It probably is why the divorce has gone on for so long. I’m sure that didn’t help his case. But, whatever, it’s not important I guess, but to me it shows something of her character. I do like her girls though!! Both Maddie and Mackenzie are adorable, as are the other girls. Personally, I think Melissa pushes her girls much more than Christi does and is much more of the stereotypical “stage mom,” but that’s just my opinion. I can see a lot of people on here hate Christi. I think Christi has had some bad moments, but I do genuinely feel that she completely loves her daughter and wants to protect her and is looking out for her. I don’t get that feeling so much from Melissa.. I’m sure she loves her daughters, but if anyone is looking for “a way out,” I see that being Melissa more than Christi. Just my opinion of course.
For me the virgin comment was like “Is it a shame to be a 40 plus year old woman and still a virgin?” yeah maybe. That means you never found love or a partner and that is kinda sad. So could be used as an insult. Now a teenager being a virgin, yeah totally different thing.
@dani — i agree with you that if anyone is looking for a “way out,” it’s melissa who should be mentioned, not christi. as for gisoni’s ex-wife, i would absolutely be LIVID if i saw some woman my husand cheated on me and left me for showing off my house on tv. i think melissa is just a tacky, unlikeable person.
@april — i do think she meant that, but i still think it was rude. for one thing, even though i highly doubt this would be the case for abby, what if a 40-year-old is religious and never got married, so they’re still a virgin because they truly believe they shouldn’t have sex before marriage? judging them for that, being a 40-year-old yourself, seems very childish. i know this is most likely not the case for abby (just like i highly doubt she’s actually a virgin), but i just wouldn’t go there, personally.
@Dani – How is it a matter of public record? Where does all this information come from? If it’s true that they were both still together with their spouses when they started dating then yikes!
I think Melissa is the worst stage mom too (or at least she comes off that way). She puts way too much pressure on her kids, which I think come from an obsession for perfection which has been alluded to in the show. However, I do feel that all the mothers love their children, and that’s why they get so riled up and do the things they do, right or wrong. They probably think they are doing what’s best for their children even when they are not.
Although I thought it was interesting that when talking about who pushed their kids more Christi and Kelly were singled out, not Melissa. That actually really surprised me.
um, is anyone else subscribed to the comments and not getting them in their e-mail???
I think I put this on the last recap, but I’m not sure – after seeing the show, I went out and checked, and Greg’s divorce IS (finally) final.
I guess, to me, if Melissa (and Greg) didn’t want information about the engagement to get out, then they probably shouldn’t have gotten engaged while Melissa was on a reality tv show. It was clear that they didn’t keep it a secret from the girls, which meant the moms were going to know, and the producers were going to know, AND they were going to prompt the moms to ask about it. And wearing a huge rock to have your friends ask about probably didn’t help either. Heck, even if Melissa HADN’T been on a tv show, it’s in poor taste and probably would have gotten back to the ex-wife. And of course, legally changing your last name to the same as his while he’s still married (separated or not) is the ultimate in tacky.
Also, Wednesday – public record shows that Melissa & Kurt’s divorce wasn’t final until 7/15/2011…the first Dance Moms aired on 7/13/2011, and I think in that episode (clearly filmed well before that), Melissa was talking about her boyfriend “writing the checks” and weren’t they living in his house?
@Dani- I have to agree that Melissa isn’t my favorite mom, although I’m not sure that she puts the most pressure on her children. I”m not a Christi fan, mostly because she always has an excuse for everything, and whines. But Christi seems to put pressure on Chloe, Melissa has an heir (is this the correct spelling?) about her that makes her come off as I”m better and my kids are better. Not sure if that is pushed on the kids, or just there because her girls do win a bunch. Maddie really seems to eat, sleep, an breathe dance. I know she has several privates (mentioned earlier in the show) as well as her regular classes. I’m sure the other girls have regular classes and it’s possible they have privates, I just haven’t heard it mentioned it.
@SaraKate, But how long were Melissa and Kurt separated before the divorce was final? I know TONS of people that were with other people when they separated and not yet divorced, so that is really not uncommon. Has anyone thought maybe Kurt was seeing someone as well? I personally find it a bit tacky, but who am I to judge. Kurt has even said that they reason that him and Melissa got divorced was about dance. I’m wondering it Melissa was separated (divorce pending) and Greg was still with his wife? Or could it be that Greg and his was were also separated?
@Dani – Re-read your post and wanted to add… I agree, Melissa doesn’t seem overly maternal, in the least. But I think the really wants to make her kids happy. The stuff about the meet and greets came from twitter, I do think Melissa is a total stage mom, but if I had to guess Abby has told her to limit what her girls do and when doing something spin it for others. If I was guessing, I would say Christi doesn’t consult Abby, probably the reason for the snarky comment from Abby.
@SaraKate, I agree with everything you said =) The show is called “Dance Moms” as so many people love to point out (you know, when we want to see more dancing). Melissa had to have know that her life would not be private after that… and I remember her proudly announcing in the talking heads that she was engaged. Even if she asked them not to talk about it, she could have given them a reason and she could’ve done it through text or e-mail or something that did not have to do with the show. We will never know if she did that or not, but judging from the way she snapped at Jill during the Reunion about it being none of her business, she may really just have refused to talk about it. Plus, let’s face it, it may be the most interesting thing about Melissa… the producers were not going to let it stay hidden.
Melissa’s fiance Greg is a VP at Westinghouse Electric, which is a big company down here. He has 2 kids from his marriage to Susan, but they are both in their 20s. Melissa posted pictures on her Staree account of Greg, her and the kids on vacation this summer. It looks like they went to Hawaii! Nice break for Maddie and Mackenzie =)
The Hyland girls and the Ziegler girls also model for a costume company. Judging by some of the pictures, they started this a while ago because Maddie looks very young in some of the pictures.
Christi’s husband is the Director of Marketing & Communications at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Not exactly a small time position so I don’t think its the cash they need… and you never know, any money they make from those appearances could be going into a college fund for Chloe or something else to benefit her. I think Christi really does love to spend time with her kids. And Chloe has a TON of fans. Also, it’s a great way for Chloe to get to see parts of the country she may not have gotten to see if it were not for the show.
On a side note, I was visiting my sister this past weekend and had to connect with a flight through Chicago before coming home to Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Airport mostly flies to hubs around the country (Atlanta, NY, Chicago, St. Louis, etc.) which may explain why it seems like the girls go to random competitions in random places. This way the girls only have to take one flight instead of 2.
ANYWAY, my flight was boarding when someone behind said something about seeing Chloe and Christi in security. I’m not sure if they were on my flight or the flight after mine, but for about a second, I got super excited. I could not helping laughing at myself. When I got home, I checked Christi’s twitter and sure enough, they did have an event in Chicago.
I am also not getting e-mails telling me there are comments.. I just came on here and see a lot of comments and wasn’t notified at all, though I am subscribed.. Annoying!
Someone mentioned that the divorce of Kurt and Melissa was finalized in July 2011, and that was around the time the show first AIRED. The show started TAPING back in January 2011 and she was already living with Greg and still married to Kurt, and obviously Greg still married to Susan. Not that it matters, but just in case anyone was wondering when the show started taping, I do know it was in January.. Yes, I think Melissa is very tacky, among other things.
I do think that ALL of the moms most definitely love their daughters very much. I don’t question that at all. I don’t see Melissa as very maternal, as I do see with Kelly, Christi and Holly, but I don’t doubt she loves her girls. I do think she puts an incredible amount of unnecessary stress of Maddie in particular. Maddie is very talented, but she is favored and does get much more attention than any of the other girls and I’m sure that gives her an edge in her performance, but in the end may burn her out. She may be at the studio more because her mom leaves her at the studio more, whereas Christi takes her daughter home and lets her “be a kid” more, so to Abby it seems she’s more dedicated, but really it’s the moms who are making that decision. I guess this is somewhat off-topic, but just was thinking about that when people start talking about how dedicated Maddie is and Chloe isn’t. I think Maddie doesn’t have a choice in the matter but to be there, whereas I think Christi tries to let Chloe have more of a childhood. Also, I think Melissa does what Abby says more (obviously) than Christi and likes that her daughter is favored and doesn’t want to lose that. None the less, I do feel they all love their children very much!
What I find amazing is how much the girls all love eachother (the original girls– Brooke, Paige, Chloe, Maddie, Mackenzie and Nia). No matter how immature and obnoxious the moms are, the girls all really seem to love and support eachother and I LOVE watching that!! You can see how proud they are of eachother when the other wins. They’ve been with eachother since they were like 2, 3, 4 years old and obviously share a solid bond. Love that!
@Dani – But how do you know they were cheating and not in the process of getting a divorce at the time? And are you sure the show started taping in January? The first competitions they did were held in April iirc.
@Wednesday The piolet was filmed in January and then after it was reviewed they resumed filming in April, at least that’s what I remember reading somewhere. They definitely began filming in January though!
I think I’ve mentioned before that my work-neighbor’s daughters competed against ALDC years ago. One of the daughters now teaches and told me that they were at one of the competitions last year. She said Jabby is Jabby, on or off camera. She’s tough on her kids but they all perform well.
I feel like I’m in reality tv heaven; people who know ALDC are next door to my shop, and one of TLC’s Cheer Perfection coaches is one of my customers. CP was filming at a local pizza place last night, and if I had been having a ‘good hair day’, I so would have been there!
Though I’ve never been a big Christi fan, I don’t blame her for allowing Chloe to do appearances and “Meet & Greets!” I work with hip hop artist’s, and one thing I’ve learned is that you may not be “hot” forever, so take advantage of any and all opportunities! Celeb’s make alot of money doing appearances, so as long as she enjoys doing them, and they don’t interfere with school, I say GO FOR IT!
Notes from Part 2: Kaya is smokin’ some SERIOUS crack, and she really ought to share.
@Sarakate…Idk what you mean by that..but imo, Kaya held her own @ the reunion & she made her behavior at the competition EXTREMELY clear. I’m not condoning her actions in any way but she definitely confirmed my suspicions about what was going on off camera when she was there. The whole ‘can she afford our tuition’ & the racial & homosexual slurs explains her viceral reaction to these cretins. Their silence after she called them out tells me that she was definitely mistreated by the wicked witches of the other couch off camera & they only showed her reactions but not what she was reacting to. She came across very articulate & even funny making valid points. These beeyotches rip each other faces off every week but were clutching their pearls at her giving it back to them. And her individual critique of the was SPOT ON! The bitch is still crazy though..but it was warranted.
I liked Kaya in pt. 2. I think I might be team kaya. She was right. If christi had a problem with her daughter being allowed on the team she should have taken it up with abby
Oh I love Kaya! I can hear the moms “oh do me next do me next!” she nailed them all.
Lifetime is being slow about putting the episode up this morning
IMO – Kaya is rude and uncouth. Plain and simple. She came to Abby Lee to get on TV and she couldn’t even be honest about that. Christi has an exceedingly valid point about Kaya getting on the team where there are TONS of other girls that want to get on there. The alleged slurs (racial AND gay) are just that – alleged, and sorry – I don’t believe them. Her irritation at Holly for not automatically being on her side because they were both black tells me that it’s Kaya that’s racist – not the other moms.
@SaraKate…Uncouth is calling someone a dyke (I hate even typing that disgusting word but it’s what was said), using racial slurs, & questioning her ability to pay tuition. And if it didn’t happen those hyenas would have been all over her & yelling it was a lie. They half heartedly denied using the gay slur but they were SILENT when she talked about what else she overheard. And we all know what they say about silence in the face of a factual accusation, right? You want to know if it’s true? Look at Holly’s face when she’s repeating what they said…IT HAPPENED!
However..I agree about the Holly thing because I know from experience how irritating it is when someone pulls the ‘my sister’ card. BUT that doesn’t make her racist. That makes her a black woman who felt alone among some snobby white beeyotches & she wanted someone to have her back. Those tears? I can tell you from experience, they don’t come easy. You can’t make a strong, single mother of 4 cry easily. She was HURT in that moment & it was because of the vile shit she heard them say about her. She tried to fight them back but she couldn’t because that moment…was probably a repeat of what she’s had to endure & she felt alone. So she wished the ‘sister’ would have had her back.
What’s ALDC?
America’s Lousiest Dance Crew?