I don’t know about you, but last night’s parade of bump-its, spray tans, and grown-a$$ women dressed in prom dresses was exactly what I’d expect from the Dance Moms Reunion. As the mothers get dolled up pageant style, we learn that Abby Lee Miller has been texting them constantly, forbidding them from attending the reunion. Of course, when she finds out they are already there, she arrives and silently takes her seat, putting a slew of papers under the cushion. 

As the show begins, Abby refuses to speak to anyone because she’s classy like that. I’m thrilled that Jeff Collins dialed back the orange tint in his hair from the last go-round. As the mom take the stage, Jeff rehashes the Nationals upset. Abby holds up a sign that reads, “Fixed!” Jill explains that the competition was orchestrated, and Holly interrupts to say that yes, the awards ceremony was a mess, but they’ve never complained when the ALDC won. No one cries “fixed” then! Jessalyn touts that it made their team seem like sore losers, and suddenly Abby has found her voice with Jill and Melissa co-signing her every word.

Jeff shares footage of Abby complimenting the owner of the event before the girls danced and calls her out when she adamantly denies a friendship–or even the filmed exchange of niceties–between them. Now he’s corrupt. After the competition, there is a scene of the owner of Nationals apologizing for the unorganized awards ceremony but defending his reputation for putting on fair dance competitions. Jill reminds everyone that the ALDC has won Nationals the past four times, so something sinister had to have transpired. Jessalyn retorts that Jill never questioned the results when the ALDC was victorious. Abby vehemently defends her position that she’s never entered her team in this man’s other competitions, but she’s shut down by an executive producer who yells from offstage that the girls have competed in his events many times at Abby’s request. 

Candy Apples Kathy’s name is mentioned, and Jill is fearful that Jeff is going to invite her to the stage. No, instead he calls upon her replacement, Jeanettewho Melissa claims is ten times better than Kathy. Jeanette is hurt that her friend Melissa would show such poor sportsmanship after Ava beat Maddie. Regardless of how she’s felt about past outcomes, Jeanette has always congratulated Maddie upon besting Ava. Melissa rolls her eyes and mutters, “congratulations” as Jeanette thanks Jess and Holly for staying in the audience. Even Jeanette admits that the competition was chaotic, but Jill and Abby moan that the only reason it was a big win for Ava was because she beat Maddie. Abby keeps holding up random signs, and when the crowd cheers Jeanette, Melissa turns on them. “Oh really people?” Jessalyn suggests that when someone takes an issue with the judging, the best course of action would be to call the director with those concerns the following day. How hard is that? As quickly as she arrived, Jeanette is excused from the sofas.

The girls take the stage to perform “Don’t Fence Me In” which is a welcome break from this insanity. Jeff turns the discussion to the women’s beef withAbby, and he turns to Jill’s complaints about the lack of training. Abby blames the girls for not working on their technique outside of class. We’re treated to the screaming match between Abby and Jill over Kendall’s stretches.Jessalyn backs Jill, claiming that the girls didn’t stretch in class, and Abby bites that Jessalyn is a dance teacher so she should have JoJo stretching at home. Jess states that JoJo was practicing at home, but Abby wouldn’t know it as she never allowed her to perform. Abby is met with views when she implies that JoJo is the reason the group routine lost Nationals. JoJo’s master class is revisited (you know, the one JoJo participated in, not the one she taught!), and once again another young girl is in tears. Thankfully, Jeff interrupts Jess and Abby’s bickering to introduce a solo performance by Kendall. 

Abby keeps rifling through her signs when Jeff brings up Kira inviting the choreographer from Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition to offer a class. Kira’s blow-up with Abby is highlighted after Abby refuses a hug from Kalani, and Abby screams about Kira’s sex life and the fact that Kalani would rather be with any other mom. Abby defends herself by saying she was just being hugged on my way too many children and she was over it by the time Kalani’s turn occurred. Six hugs will drain a person. Jessalyn advises that Abby’s best response would be to say that she was an emotional wreck and she made a mistake, but we all know Abby will never admit when she is wrong. We then learn that Abby disappeared for the week following that exchange because she was banned from the set…for stripping down. Holly accuses Abby of being extremely unprofessional, but we’ll have to wait for that battle until after the girls dance their “Panic Room” routine.

After the break, Jeff stirs the pot, having the group pinpoint Holly as the one “most changed” by Hollywood. It’s rich to see Jill attack Holly when she’s clearly just jealous. Holly argues that she was only trying to create opportunities for Nia. Jill states that Nia didn’t go to school, but Holly counters that Nia did the same amount of schoolwork, but just at a different time of day. Holly yells that Jill is a liar and storms off stage as Abby grins like a lunatic, bidding her farewell. The same poor producer convinces Holly to return to her seat so they can show previously unaired footage of Nia’s video premiere Slay at Nationals. I have to say it’s nice to see the other mothers (and even Abby…kind of) enjoying her song. 

Next, Jessalyn targets Kira for quitting the team after Kalani was pulled from the group number. The debacle is rehashed and Kira reveals that it was Kalani’s decision to come back…not hers. Jeff congratulates Kira on her pregnancy but asks Abby why she has such a problem with Kira having a baby with a man to whom she isn’t married. Abby explains that she loves Kalani, Kalani is at an impressionable age, and as fond as she knows Kira is of her boyfriend, they need to make things official. At this point, Jeff (and Kira’s boyfriend) sink to an all time low of cliches when it’s announced that the baby daddy is in the building. The mothers and Abby shriek and cheer as Kira’s boyfriend bursts on the scene. A tearful Kira listens as her beau proposes surrounded by a bunch of middle aged women and tweens wielding iPhones. Kalani runs to hug Abby…and her mom and future step-father followed by a gaggle of ALDC members. As cheesy as it is, I’m thankful for a happy moment in this hateful, horrid reunion.

As the reunion concludes, Melissa is defending herself for her reaction toMacKenzie beating Maddie. She isn’t taking the win away from MacKenzie, she just believed that Maddie did a better job. Melissa argues that she felt the same way–and said as much–when MacKenzie beat JoJo. Jeff changes the subject by congratulating Abby on the LA studio. Abby rattles off her world tour in lieu of running her new studio and coyly suggests that she’s moving on from “what’s been going on” and she plans to exit while she’s on top. The previews made it seem like Abby was quitting for good, but apparently she’s just not planning to focus on the junior elite team. Sheesh. I want to bitch slap half the people on that panel for stealing an hour of my life, but I deserve the biggest smack in the face myself for getting so caught up in this madness!

TELL US – WHAT DID YOU THINK OF LAST NIGHT’S DANCE MOMS REUNION? WHO GRATED ON YOUR NERVES THE MOST AND WHY?

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Admit it…you’ve been wondering where Candy Apples Cathy went on the second half of what had to be the longest season of Dance Moms. Abby Lee Miller’s nemesis was there one episode, and the next she was gone, sending Jeanette to lead her dancers. So what happened? Where in the world is Cathy Nesbitt-Stein? 

While pettiness and meltdowns and ugliness unfolded on the fifth season of Dance Moms, the reason for Cathy’s absence is anything but dramatic. She claims she was simply too busy with her actual studio to participate, especially with the show relocating to Los Angeles. Of course, we all know she loves to rile up Abby, so I’m guessing she’s not gone for good…and Cathy admits that she’d love to be a part of season 6. A sixth season. I knew it was happening, but it’s like a punch in the stomach every time I’m reminded of it!

Speaking to the International Business Times, Cathy explains her mid-season departure. She says, “It was a very busy time for my studio. I had to explain to them that, you know, I also have a business and don’t feel comfortable leaving my clientele with no one when I’m the one that producers the whole entire show. That’s why you don’t see me the whole back half,” continuing, “I had to send on somebody that was able to lead the troops. There’s not a whole lot I can do when I’m not there and I’m not in LA and Jeanette was definitely a dance teacher, so she stepped up. And I know that some of the moms weren’t happy with her there because they’re very fond of me, but production had to do what they had to do.”

She also expresses her desire to return if she can film closer to home. Cathy tells the site, “I would love, love, love to come back to the show. I absolutely enjoy doing it. If they could do something that they could come back here I would definitely be very interested participating with them.”

If producers are able to meet that request, Cathy also hopes to showcase her choreography skills instead of bringing in guest choreographers for her students, a move she blames on time and a very busy schedule. Cathy admits, “Because of the time frame of the show, when they were filming in Ohio, they would typically come from 10 [a.m.] to 3 [p.m.] and then I would work at the studio from 4 to 9 [p.m.]. You’re seeing the girls learn their dance, but they’re not learning it or cleaning it up in its entirety. There’s a lot of behind the scenes rehearsal and I could not do that late at night.”

Cathy adds, “We weren’t winning because these guest choreographers were brilliant, but they didn’t understand competition. It wasn’t until my sister-in-law and I said, ‘screw this, we’re doing our won choreography,’ we won… If I came back, and things worked out, I would definitely ask that we continue on doing on our choreography.”

Of her team’s success, Cathy shares, “My studio is doing very well. We put on a beautiful, huge recital and we went to nationals and unlike what you see on TV with our troops struggling, we won grand nationals. Ironically, Vivi was in several of the numbers that were in the best of the best and she happened to be in the number that won the grand national prize.”

Speaking of Vivi-Anne, Cathy reveals that her daughter is working on a secret project that she knows fans will love, teasing, “We’re excited to get moving on it. I think that the fans have recognized that she has a very dry, funny sense of humor. There were a lot of funny things that occurred, that obviously can’t get into an hour show, that end up on the editing floor. She’s very funny and very quirky and most times you wouldn’t believe it because she’s so quiet… I think this project is really going to open up Vivi’s personality to her fans.”

Asked if she’s poised and ready to take the crown away entirely from Abbyand be the show’s star, Cathy gushes, “Oh my gosh, in a heartbeat. If that’s the direction that they wanted to go because then I know they have to film in Ohio. I don’t know that Abby would let that happen, though.”

Yeah, that’s never going to happen! It’s funny–when I read what Cathy has to say, I can almost forget her shrill shrieking and pot stirring on Dance Moms. Almost.

TELL US – DID YOU MISS CATHY THE SECOND OF THIS SEASON? WOULD SHE MAKE A GOOD REPLACEMENT FOR ABBY ON DANCE MOMS? 

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Dance Moms‘ most recent season may have come to a close, but the drama is far from over…at least for one cast member. And guess what? It wasn’t Abby Lee Miller causing a stir this time! Instead, one of the young cast members was the target of a stalking creeper.

Earlier this week, police were called to check out a suspicious package sent to one of the stars of Dance Moms. And it’s a good thing they were called in, because what was inside the package was definitely not a teddy bear or new dance costume, but it was pornographic in nature. Who would do such a thing?

A sick person, that’s who. Luckily for the Dance Moms star, police initially destroyed the packed and have arrested a 36-year-old man named Phoenix Sundown for sending pornographic material to the underage star, TMZ is reporting. The website claims that, while they will not release the name of the star, her rep dished that this man has been stalking and harassing her for months. Yikes.

However, according to all of the buzz on social media, it appears the victim is 12-year-old Jo Jo Siwa. Authorities stated that along with letters to Siwa, the package contained inappropriate photos of a minor, engaging in sexual acts. Sundown is being held on $25K bail, and rumor has it that this is not his first offense. Sundown has also spent time in rehab and prison after allegedly stalking Lindsay Lohan years ago. Scary. Someone needs to get this man some serious help.

Neither Jo Jo’s mom nor Abby Lee Miller have commented on what happened yet, but hopefully, Jo Jo isn’t too traumatized by the event. Let’s also hope that this creeper stays far away from Jo Jo and all of the other cast members of Dance Moms.

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Looks like Dance Moms has one very obsessed fan. I mean, as if sending a package to one of the underage stars containing pornographic material wasn’t enough, it looks as though Phoenix Sundown has a bit of an obsession going on. You see, Jo Jo Siwa wasn’t the only cast members who was targeted, as Sundown recently told the press that he has also sent numerous packages to 12-year-old Maddie Ziegler, as well. 

Talk about creepy. Well it gets even creepier from there, folks. Sundown also has a tattoo on his neck of what he claims is Abby Lee Miller – as a zombie. Wait, what? And even scarier yet, is what Sundown had to say about sending the packages to the girls – just wait until you hear this! 

36-year-old Phoenix Sundown was recently arrested after sending that package to Dance Moms’ Jo Jo, but in a recent interview, this guy has just proven that he needs some serious help. According to the video interview, courtesy of TMZ, Sundown admitted that he has sent 11 packages to Maddie Ziegler in the past, while bragging that he never heard anything about those. Oh, and he also showed off his zombie tattoo of Abby Lee Miller on his neck. Um yeah, clearly this man is obsessed.

But what is worse yet, is the fact that Sundown seems to see no problem with what he is doing. In fact, Sundown insists that he is not obsessed, but instead, he is misunderstood. Hinting that he would never harm anyone, Sundown also says the girls are trying to communicate with him on social media – using codes. Say what? That’s right, Sundown claims the girls are using cryptic codes meant only for him, and in such a way that advertisers would have no idea.

Meanwhile, although Sundown hinted he would never take things too far with the Dance Moms‘ girls, he reportedly did jail time in the past for manslaughter. We can only hope this guy gets the help that he desperately needs.

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