Why Maddie Ziegler Decided to Turn Down Dance Moms Reunion
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00:00 Don't have an attitude that you are entitled in this world.
00:03 JoJo, I kind of have to put you in the hot seat
00:05 because you're saying a special.
00:07 Abby was always right.
00:08 Look for me, she was.
00:10 You deserve nothing else.
00:13 You earn it.
00:14 That is true.
00:15 You are not entitled to anything in this world.
00:17 You do have to work hard for it and you do have to earn it.
00:20 With me and my journey,
00:21 she was, at the end of the day, always right.
00:24 Abby may have been right,
00:25 but nearly a decade later,
00:26 that doesn't make it any easier to watch
00:29 for JoJo and other fan favorites,
00:31 Paige and Brooke Hyland,
00:32 Kalani Hilliker,
00:33 Kendall Vertes,
00:34 and Khloe Lukasiak.
00:36 When Lifetime approached you all to do this reunion,
00:38 what was your first reaction?
00:40 I said no because it just didn't feel right.
00:43 I've spent so many years trying to
00:45 kind of leave that in the past.
00:48 Nice job, Khloe!
00:50 Huh?
00:51 I think when you're that young,
00:52 you're really vulnerable
00:53 and you absorb everything that people tell you,
00:55 but I can say now I'm in a better place
00:57 than I've ever been.
00:58 Abby was not invited to take part
01:00 in the two-hour reunion,
01:01 but many of the reality shows,
01:02 most over-the-top brawls and meltdowns,
01:05 will be relived.
01:06 Get your finger out of my face!
01:09 The Hyland sisters haven't spoken to Abby Lee
01:11 since that explosive fight with her mom in 2014.
01:14 What message would you all like to send Abby Lee?
01:18 Do you regret that altercation?
01:20 I feel like that fight took it to another level.
01:22 Dance Moms The Reunion airs Wednesday on Lifetime,
01:25 notably missing Maddie and Mackenzie Ziegler,
01:28 who turned down the invitation,
01:29 saying, "We didn't want to go back in time to that era."
01:33 Them not being here is kind of like,
01:34 let me erase my past, pretend it never happened,
01:36 shove it down the drain,
01:37 when it's like, that's why you are who you are.
01:40 It shaped us into who we are today.
01:42 Why be upset when you can be grateful?
01:44 (cymbal crashing)
01:47 [BLANK_AUDIO]