Dance Moms MONSTER: The Abby Lee Miller Story 

What do you think the wildest moment on Dance Moms was? (Also got different moms on the Australia trip! Will clarify in next part✨🙏)

Abby wasn't strict. She was abusive. I used to dance and my teachers were definitely very strict, but I have never in my life been yelled at the way she screamed at those children

As a teen seeing this unfold I thought it was bad. But now as a mom and teacher, this breaks my heart. These poor girls were exploited and emotionally abused. I can only imagine the damage it did to these girls minds. Fame isn’t worth it.

The way she immediately left after being scolded by the other coach 😂😂😂

give the editors a raise bc that Nicki Minaj edit with Abby was Oscar worthy.

Now we need toodlers and tiaras and honeybobo

Slight correction: the only mother that was rumored to help Abby smuggle money was Melissa, and it was kinda apparent when in the episode when she dumps her purse you see the ziploc bags filled with money and Melissa rushed over to hide it. I think the other evidence was right before the Ziegler’s left & Abby was mistreating Kenzie, Melissa says to Abby “she doesn’t want to mess with her, she knows so much stuff”. As far as I remember, none of the other moms helped Abby smuggle the money or were rumored to.

My grandmother is a lifelong resident of Pittsburgh and knew who Abby was before the show when she was running the studio with her mother and father. All she says about Abby is that she would have never taken her daughters to her, even back then. There is a reason her studio went from having a massive number of students in the 1990s to being on the verge of closing in the late-2000s.

I recently watched this on Roku.. I was appalled no one canceled her after season one for the abuse. So glad deep dive is covering her 🍿

“The evil queen of children’s competitive dance” took me TF out 🤣

The Dance Moms reunion proved how badly Abby Lee Miller & the producers scarred all her dancers for life with childhood trauma & how JoJo Siwa has become just as abusive as her to all of her dancers!

I have been WAITING. for a deep dive on dance moms. Omg.

The way Jojo defends Abby 🙄

Seeing how excited the producer got when he talked about watching Abby teach the kids and how “compelling” it was to see her hover over them and talk to them the way she did is so creepy. What weirdos

I have never seen a "dance teacher" who sits down so much. Most choreographers I've seen actually dance.

"The scraped together their savings" "WELL at their country club with their bank owning friends-" Bro lets not pretend she wasnt given life on a silver platter

I live in Penn Hills, PA, where Abby’s original studio was. I only danced for her for less than a few months before my mom pulled me from her studio and took me to another. She would scream at me for simple things. I think I was only like maybe six? This was LONG before she got a tv show. People think she plays it up for the show, but she doesn’t. That lady is an abusive monster.

The theatre etiquette scene gets me every time 💀

not sure why people don't talk about this often - but alcohol was always available at the studio for the moms, i think it was hype them up for fights and arguments and i've heard it was ALSO available for the children, and kelly's husband used to talk about how her and the kids would come home with bags of money, so many things we don't know about

Gordon ramsey can be really sweet. He is acting up for murican TV. British programs shows more a true Ramsey. In kitchen nightmare programs you can see how kind he ALWAYS is to servers. Often trying hard to make them laugh. Ramsey has earned it. He has worked so hard for everything he has. The man deserves some respect for what he has built up.

As horrible as Abby was: so were the parents. Abby acted abusively towards the kids in front of these parents all the time, and the parents still kept bringing their daughters back to her . They kept saying how much pain Abby was causing their children, yet they kept bringing their daughters back. That is heinous. When I was a kid we had a karate instructor who my father witnessed be inexcusably verbally belligerent towards my older brother. My parents never brought us back to that dojo afterwards. Good parents do not let their kids get traumatized by tyrannical bullying authority figures. Early on, JoJo Siwa’s mother said something like “I hate how she treats JoJo, but this is a great opportunity” which says it all (she was looking to get JoJo a career: not looking to provide a safe and constructive childhood that would help JoJo become her most fully-formed self. She got rich, but her daughter is arrested in maturity and somewhat toxic

The fact that out of ALL of season 1 kids, little VIVI. Miss "I hurt my nail, I hope I can still dance," candy apple, was the ONLY girl to pursue dance in college. Speaks VOLUMES. As a dancer with an unhealthy love/hate relationship with this show, I'm SIKED for this series. Rip miss Abby to SHREDS

The subtle twilight baseball footage lmao. I love the little touches in this channels editing, it's really entertaining.

Now we need a deep dive on Jon and Kate plus 8

I had a boss who emulated Miller when I was a law clerk. The yelling, the pyramid compaing employees, the triangulation. I think she was an aspiring cult leader. Holy smokes, I'm still recovering.

Lifetimes contracts are historically bad, look into the married at first Sight contracts they’re INSANE

Came here for some drama, left with an education on dance competitions and in dept family history. It’s more interesting, and less toxic, than the show. Love that

Well Kelly and Christi weren't part of the Australia episodes since they left so they can be left out of the smuggling. Definitely see the other Moms apart from Holly committing crimes for Abbey.

I was a professional dancer and my teachers were always incredibly strict and demanding. They NEVER EVER treated us like this, though.

I have a daughter in cheer, dance and gym. If ANY instructor EVER took what my child worked her butt off for and was rightfully hers, I would do ANYTHING I had to within the confines of the law to make that right… Whew, that was a heck of a run-on sentence! 😂

Labeling Simon Cowell, Gordon Ramsey, and Robert Irvine as "reality TV villains" in the same sentence as ABBY LEE MILLER could not be more incorrect. Neither one of those men are anywhere near as toxic or abusive as she is.

Abby is a horrible person. She wasn’t a strict dance teacher. She was an abusive dance teacher. She belittled and verbally abused the kids. No coincidence that the OG girls don’t speak to her. And to this day she says she didn’t do anything wrong. Can’t understand where the girls went and why they don’t speak to her. She needs to look within and listen to the criticism from the girls. Yes it was toxic.

I wonder if before the show Abby Lee was more like the rough no nonsense (not abusive but very blunt) that works very well for some kids. And then once the cameras started rolling she went way too far because she knew it would play well for tv.

ive seen so many videos talk about abby and the kids, but what about gianna??? she was a apart of it too and helped abby. i love this video because it really delves into behind the scenes footage! this needs more views

Deep dive I been waiting for this onee JOJO HAVE YOU LEARNED NOTHING

The way she broke down and looked at Maddie’s mom was so wild to see. You can tell that she felt this ultimate betrayal of epic proportion… made me think of a cruel mob boss but the dance instructor version lol. I was going to say family, but mob boss seems more fitting. They’re cruel and expect complete loyalty forever. Wow

"don't sit there and look at your TV and say 'oh, she's getting what she deserves, she was SO mean to those kids, so tough on them, now she's gonna get it" .... actually Abby that's EXACTLY what I did when this happened and what I'm doing again during this video! she sounds like she's trying to convince herself. i don't feel bad. don't be a degrading, abusive POS to children for years on end and CLEARLY enjoy it/get off on it and i wouldn't feel the same. it's easy math. not that she's the only one to blame by any means, but that woman is downright horrible and I don't feel bad for a single thing. its not often child that abusers ever actually get any consequences at all, most of them run free for life, so i'll take prison for money scams and constant random tragedies over nothing. multiple of those kids are permanently screwed up and borderline brain damaged because of her and will never be able to live as normal adults. she ruined multiple children's lives forever far past any "good" she did. not to mention how screwed up the moms were too. a nightmare of exploitation all around. good riddance, abby.

The most important commentary I'm going to make is that so many girls who do dance go through treatment exactly like this. The audience didn't think it was strange because they went through it themselves.

In my opinion, Abby Lee hated her life and took it out by abusing talented young children who had potential and a bright future ahead of them. The only way she could shine was through them. She had to be number one, and she projected her own self-hatred onto these poor kids. But that's just my opinion.

The Nicki montage was one of my favorite parts, cause period🤣💖🔥

The mental health issues of these kids and maybe their moms will skyrocket at some point in the future and I’m so sorry for that. Abby and some of those moms gave the kids childhood trauma and that’s so heartbreaking to see. I hope Abby will see what she did was horrible and find her way to do better and make amends. 💜

Not her judge stumbling onto her reality tv show! 😭😭😭

I feel so bad for the kids..

The "i need a doctor" lullaby is hilarious😂 she DOES need a specialist

17:00 i want to add another fact about the casting & creation of dance moms: the idea spawned from the viral “single ladies” dance from the studio dance precisions that was EVERYWHERE in 2010, it had so many views to the point it was getting major national news coverage, and producers wanted to exploit that for a reality TV show. the producers actually were going to have the dance precisions studio be the show of dance moms, however the most important of the crew (the maddie if you will) couldn’t participate because her mother didn’t want to take part due to some internal drama in the studio, and so they scrapped the dance precisions idea as a whole.

Christi and Kelly were not on the Australian trip! Just for clarification I feel like that’s an important note missed it was Holly, Kira, Jessalyn, Jill & Mellissa

I’ll never not love deep dive such an underrated channel. Been watching for a whileee now

And I just watched the Dance Mom reunion yesterday 😂

I was legit looking for a deep dive by deep dive on Abby Lee a few weeks ago! 😭😭 I found others who did a good job BUT NONE like yall! I heart Deep Dive!

this is gonna take me back in only the best of ways...i miss this kinda trash tv; anytime i thought my life was jacked up or something seemed petty all i had to do was see what was worth arguing about on dance moms & i'd feel better, lolz. oh, some of those one liners were too much. 😂

The Abby edits go so hard that she almost giving baddie 😭😂

This video had such an excellent script! You guys and your writers do so much incredible research and formulate it in a way that is so entertaining and well written!

I love how you add Britney’s released and unreleased soundtracks from Blackout era in your videos 💗

I see Melissa McCarthy as her in her biopic

can we just talk about how abby and her mom HAVE THE SAME VOICE

FINALLY! This is the deep dive we’ve been waiting for!

I should not have laughed at the "Idiot Sandwich" as hard as I did. I've never seen that before.

Some of the timeline moments in this video are off. The ALDC girls didn’t go to Australia until season 5/6. Kelly and Christi were not on the show when this happened. They were not part of the alleged smuggling.

No wonder why Kelly´s relationship with Abby is so complicated... Abby was a part of her life since she was just a child. I´ve been a fan since the show aired and have grown up with the girls. Yet, I had never heard about how things started. Amazing research!! Im a new subscriber :)

Not sure I would label trespassing someone who allowed their child to vandalize your property as strict but go on....

I’m so beyond offended that you don’t have an entire library of 50+ deep dives to binge 😤 stint in hospital and your channel saved me a whole night ❤

I feel a little bad but that scooter scene in the beginning had me dying.😂😂😂

Growing up around the time the show aired , I was a gymnast who had a coach who took the Abby Lee Persona on after watching the show. Pyramids. Ugly pictures of us to make fun of us. The goal was to make us cry at each practice. Abby won’t understand the impression she left on the industry and is the reason that toxic behavior still stands.. Abby deserved jail for the fact that she took pleasure in making kids that miserable for her own financial gain.

My mom's best friend was a dance teacher who did competitions and a member of DMA. She haaaaated Abby.

Finally. 🙏🌍🙏 Yes 👏 Praying for healing ❤️‍🩹 for the Dance Moms dancers. All of them.

Oh my goodness, I’ve been listening to deep dive since the Brittney stuff 3 years ago. This is my first live deep dive

Omg 😂 her speeding off in the wheelchair is sending me 🤣

thank you for another captivating deep dive 🙌🏻 can’t wait for part 2 ❤

Great video! One slight correction- when you were talking about John Corella, some of the clips you used were of John Culbertson. But I love this vid it’s great!

OOOO I’ve been WAITING for this video. especially with the dance moms reunion being out

Please do a girls next door deep dive

Holding my breath for part two, this is wild, your video style and editing is Perfect..

Would I call and rat out my daughter’s abusive teacher? Yes, yes I would lol as a mom of a 10 year old, I would lol.

LOVE LOVE LOVE YOUR GUYS’S VIDEOS! I literally get so excited when you post! ❤

When r we going to get part 2??

My acro students go to her conventions and they seem to love her. I think she’s changed maybe because of the criticism but she really does give them good opportunities

This the first video I see from your channel but god this is soooo good , pls upload the second part I can’t wait 😆😆😆

The placebo effect is a real thing. It’s highly possible Maddie Ziegler won those awards because she was encouraged so much. Abby Lee Miller put all the other girls down, and she pitted them against each other which is not very good if you have an actual team. of course Maddie was going to be the number one girl. Abby made sure of that. I also think it’s very telling how Maddy refuses to speak to Abby ever again because of the trauma she was put through.

I'm planning to binge-watch "Dance Moms" for the first time ever so this video is getting me more hyped

This was AMAZING! Love all ya'll's video, but this one was so suspenseful! The music, transitions, script! So EXCITED for part 2! ❤

30:45- christi and kelly had already left by the time they went to Australia. Jill was there, and it was also Kira and Jessalyn, Kalani and Jojo's moms. Christi and Kelly were not on the Australia trip, and the physical altercation actually happened before the trip in season 4, though the lawsuit likely endured during and after the trip as well.

All those clips from the ads are giving South park and Abby Lee as Cartman

The team that edited this is absolutely amazing! This is my first Deep Dive video and I subscribed at 3:46 because I was blown away by the use of visual effects, video clips, and voice overs blended in a unique yet very "standard TV meets RU-vidr content". I am so excited to finish this video and binge all the other content on your page to watch the growth of such a unique creation!!!

Yall always TEAR IT UP!! I’ve been watching almost everyday I love this channel sm

Finally ive been wanting the tea ❤🍵

Dance Momster it was right there

Just finished Dance Moms reunion this is so what I needed 🎉🎉🎉

Phenomenal deep dive once again y’all always kill it. As entertaining as the show was it so problematic. I pray the girls are better years later

video ive been waitinggggg forrrrr omggg

This channel never fails to amaze me, in editing skills, research methods, editing and commentary. THANK YOU! Liked and subscribed

You guys are definitely one of my favorite channels 💕 Very well done 💯 I wish you posted more videos 🙏

I never watched any of these shows but I'm loving your deep dive!

No, the show ended because of Abby Lee’s racism against season 8 dancer Kamryn Smith behind the scenes..

WHERE IS PART 2 ITS BEEN 8 DAYS

Yes!! Watching this on my lunch break!! Definitely will be watching all of it ♥️

I live in Pittsburgh and when we had to compete against her school it was hell. I was in the area recently and the school was sold. It's weird to see it now with different name.

Listen girlie pops, by genuinely appreciate this channel and all the hard work you guys put into every deep bag you do but the research is just not researching. From us, getting a deep dive on Kesha, and it only being a deep dive into her career until 2012, to the missing information in this episode. Christie and Kelly left dance moms in 2014 and 2015, the aldc didn’t go to Australia until 2016. And according to Abby, all of the girls had money in their suitcases, but Jill and Melissa were the only mothers that had money in their suitcases

SO GOOD! THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!

Was exited for this one wish it had been a longer deep dive

I had two dance teachers growing up just like Abby and for the longest time I thought it was normal.