“Dance Mothers” star Nia Sioux precipitated a stir in the summertime of 2024 when she, together with former co-stars Maddie and Mackenzie Ziegler, opted out of the present’s long-awaited reunion particular. On the time, a number of the girls who did take part, equivalent to Jojo Siwa and Kalani Hilliker, appeared to take situation with Sioux and the Zieglers skipping the sit-down gathering. Whereas Sioux initially stated she ditched the reunion just because she “did not wish to” do it, she’s now revealing the deeper, extra heartbreaking purpose for preserving the long-lasting actuality present in her rearview.
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Nia Sioux Lastly Shares The Heartbreaking Cause She Did not Take part In The ‘Dance Mothers’ Reunion Particular
On the “Relationsh*t” podcast with Kamie Crawford, Sioux defined why she determined to decide out of the reunion particular.
“I made it very clear from the start [that] I used to be not doing it,” she stated. As she continued, Sioux acknowledged that merely rehashing outdated drama would not have introduced her the identical closure it could have given the opposite girls.
However that is not all. Sioux revealed that for her to realize true closure, she would have wanted to discuss her particular expertise as a Black lady on the present, which is a subject she believes would have been undermined and swept underneath the rug.
“They don’t seem to be going to cowl that,” she stated. “There is no method they might. There is no method they might.”
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Sioux Wanted Extra From The ‘Dance Mothers’ Reunion
Based on Sioux, glossing over these distinctive experiences through the reunion merely wasn’t an choice for her.
“That is not adequate for me,” she stated. “I do not wanna simply go and sit there and never be capable of communicate my full reality. I do not wish to water down my story; I do not wish to edit or censor issues out. Like, that is what occurred. That is how I felt, and I do know that it might be diminished.”
She continued, “Individuals would not validate it, and other people would not be OK with that, and I wasn’t down with that.”
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Some ‘Dance Mothers’ Stars Took Situation With Sioux Skipping The Reunion
In a clip from the reunion particular, viewers might see a number of the forged members voicing their issues about Sioux and the Zieglers opting out of this system.
Sioux initially responded in Might 2024 with a TikTok video, saying, “Yeah, it is fairly plain and easy. I simply did not wish to do it.”
She added, “Some folks suppose it is as a result of I am at school. I’m at school, nevertheless it would not have been a problem. I simply did not wish to do it, and that is a adequate reply and that is a adequate purpose.”
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Sioux At all times Has Love For The Authentic Forged Members
Elsewhere in her authentic TikTok video, Sioux defined that whereas she’ll all the time be pleased about the “Dance Mothers” platform, she’s in a a lot totally different place in her life now. “Actually, I like my life. I’ve a superb life and I am actually having fun with it,” she stated earlier than talking about her relationship with a number of the authentic forged members.
“I like the women, and I am actually pleased for them, and I am actually pleased that they get to share how they felt or their experiences, however that is simply one thing I made a decision that I did not wish to do, and that is okay,” Sioux stated. “Additionally, I by no means stated that I would not do a reunion present sooner or later or speak about my experiences sooner or later, however proper now, at this second, was not the suitable time for me to do this.”
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Followers Help Sioux
On-line, Sioux was met with an outpouring of help, with feedback seemingly validating her earlier statements.
“Not solely would it not have been minimize out, however I am constructive JoJo would have invalidated her experiences the identical method she invalidated ALL the opposite ladies,” somebody wrote. One other commented plainly, “Nia was handled so poorly on that present.”
Others shared about how keen they had been to listen to Sioux’s story, with one posting, “THIS is the story I WANT to listen to! I am positively buying her e book as a result of this ought to be mentioned! Nia was an OG and handled absolutely the worst out of EVERYONE.”
In an interview with PEOPLE, Sioux shared that her upcoming memoir, “Backside of the Pyramid,” will give followers the behind-the-scenes tea they did not find out about.
“I felt like my story wasn’t advised the way in which it ought to have been advised, and what higher technique to reclaim that title and switch it right into a constructive than naming my e book ‘backside of the pyramid?’” she stated.
