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![EXCLUSIVE: Dance Moms star Abby Lee Miller doesn’t flinch as a gymnast SOMERSAULTS over her during an outing to an LA beach. The reality TV star, 55, bravely lay back in her wheelchair as the muscular shirtless performer ran towards her then vaulted above her. Miller, who shot to fame as the star of hit show Dance Moms, has been using a wheelchair after undergoing surgery to remove a tumor from her spinal cord after reportedly being diagnosed with a form of cancer called Burkitt Lymphoma. Miller’s visit to the beach in Santa Monica, CA, saw her talking to a man and a woman dressed in workout gear before giving him a series of dance lessons. An onlooker said: “Abby was in great form and started giving the guy dance lessons. "She was teaching him to move and how and when to move his feet and it seemed he was struggling to get the hang of it. It was like she was back on the show Dance Moms and was shouting orders at him to ‘move to the side’ or ‘back right’. She appeared to be trying to teach him ballet just like she did to kids on the series. “It looked the guy had some gymnastic training and so afterwards they did a stunt where he ran at her and somersaulted directly above her.” Miller spent eight seasons on Dance Mom and previously taught Joelle Joanie “Jojo” Siwa. In 2017 she was sentenced to 366 days in prison for bankruptcy fraud. 31 Aug 2021 Pictured: Abbey Lee Miller. Photo credit: KAT/MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342 (Mega Agency TagID: MEGA782922_021.jpg) [Photo via Mega Agency]](https://hollywoodlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Abby-Lee-Miller-Spotted-In-Wheelchair-MEGA-1.jpg?w=282)
![EXCLUSIVE: Dance Moms star Abby Lee Miller doesn’t flinch as a gymnast SOMERSAULTS over her during an outing to an LA beach. The reality TV star, 55, bravely lay back in her wheelchair as the muscular shirtless performer ran towards her then vaulted above her. Miller, who shot to fame as the star of hit show Dance Moms, has been using a wheelchair after undergoing surgery to remove a tumor from her spinal cord after reportedly being diagnosed with a form of cancer called Burkitt Lymphoma. Miller’s visit to the beach in Santa Monica, CA, saw her talking to a man and a woman dressed in workout gear before giving him a series of dance lessons. An onlooker said: “Abby was in great form and started giving the guy dance lessons. "She was teaching him to move and how and when to move his feet and it seemed he was struggling to get the hang of it. It was like she was back on the show Dance Moms and was shouting orders at him to ‘move to the side’ or ‘back right’. She appeared to be trying to teach him ballet just like she did to kids on the series. “It looked the guy had some gymnastic training and so afterwards they did a stunt where he ran at her and somersaulted directly above her.” Miller spent eight seasons on Dance Mom and previously taught Joelle Joanie “Jojo” Siwa. In 2017 she was sentenced to 366 days in prison for bankruptcy fraud. 31 Aug 2021 Pictured: Abbey Lee Miller . Photo credit: KAT/MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342 (Mega Agency TagID: MEGA782922_032.jpg) [Photo via Mega Agency]](https://hollywoodlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Abby-Lee-Miller-Spotted-In-Wheelchair-MEGA.jpg?w=440)
Abby Lee Miller and Maddie Ziegler‘s relationship continues to be non-existent over six years after Maddie give up Dance Mothers. Abby Lee, 57, did a current interview with Leisure Tonight and confirmed that Maddie, 20, will “undoubtedly not” seem within the new model of Dance Mothers that’s within the works. Abby Lee mentioned that Maddie “completely needs nothing to do with me and that’s unhappy, however it’s what it’s.” Abby Lee’s engaged on a brand new iteration of the hit actuality present, and whereas Maddie clearly gained’t be within the combine, Abby Lee did promise that one other Dance Mothers alum, JoJo Siwa, 19, might “completely” make an look within the new present.
Followers of Dance Mothers will keep in mind that Maddie was one of many greatest stars on the Lifetime present, and he or she used that fame to attain worldwide stardom after she give up the fact present in 2016. Maddie dabbled in modeling, authored a dance-themed trilogy of books, and acted in movies like Sia’s directorial debut Music and Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of West Aspect Story. Her profession has really boomed, however it got here at the price of her relationship with Abby Lee.
Final yr, Maddie recalled how “distraught” Abby Lee was when she determined to depart Dance Mothers. “She educated me, she helped me, but in addition, I knew I might be okay with out her and I used to be sick of being in a poisonous atmosphere,” Maddie mentioned in a June 2022 interview with Cosmopolitan. “I used to be like, ‘This isn’t for me. I can’t do that.’ I haven’t spoken to her since. I really feel at peace.”
In that very same interview, Maddie revealed she tried leaving the present for 3 seasons earlier than she lastly give up. “Once you’re in a contract, it’s actually onerous. Ultimately, I lastly received out,” she mentioned, earlier than mentioning how the drama simply turned an excessive amount of for her to deal with. “I began to really feel like, ‘It’s so peaceable outdoors of this world. I can’t be on this,’ ” Maddie mentioned.
Abby Lee reacted to Maddie’s interview and mentioned she was “heartbroken” about her former scholar’s remarks. “Spending hours, days, weeks and years collectively in a loopy actuality TV present atmosphere, we turned like household,” Abby Lee instructed TMZ.
Now, Abby Lee is targeted on creating a brand new model of Dance Mothers all these years later. She instructed ET that the present, which gained’t be on Lifetime, goes to be nice. “That is all new. It’s traditional Abby Lee Miller, however there are little ones and their mothers, and the expertise is nuts,” she teased.
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