I wasn’t invited to the ‘Dance Moms’ reunion because the previous cast ‘can’t meet me’

Abby Lee Miller believes she wasn’t invited to appear on the Lifetime special “Dance Moms: The Reunion” because her former students “can’t face her.”

“They know that if it weren’t for the show, they would never be where they are today,” the controversial choreographer said about the reality show “Dance Moms” during by visiting the Just B with Bethenny Frankel podcast. this week.

Show alums JoJo Siwa, Chloe Lukasiak, Brooke Hyland, Paige Hyland, Kendall Vertes, Kalani Hilliker and their mothers took part in the special, which aired earlier this month, to reflect on their time on the show, which ran from 2011- 2019.

Miller reflected on this too, especially her close relationship with sisters Brooke and Paige, which came to an end after the dance studio director had a falling out with their mother, Kelly Hyland, whom she had known for decades.

“There are two little girls that I was very close to — much closer emotionally and familially than any other child,” Miller told Frankel.

“Their mother was on my original starting team when I was 14 years old. She stopped by my studio. Then she left, got married and had children [and] I brought them to my studio when they were 2 years old.”

The author of “Everything I Learned About Life I Learned in Dance Class” wondered, “If it was so toxic to all those kids, why did they come back? The children are back.”

She noted that although “there were other studios in town,” hers – Abby Lee Dance Company (ALDC) – “was the best.”

Miller, 58, then said there were “good times” and “it was fun,” adding that the girls – then aged 6 to 13 – “loved what they were doing.”

The reality star blames both the show and the mothers of her former students for her downfall, claiming: “What the show and the mothers did ruined my business. They destroyed my business.”

Miller recently admitted on an episode of “IMPACT x Nightline” that she regrets how “harsh” she was with the kids – but only when she knew their “talent” just wasn’t there.

Over the years, several “Dance Moms” alums have spoken about their negative experiences with an addict.

Lukasiak recently told Page Six that she felt like she “wasn’t enough,” while Maddie Ziegler previously called ALDC a “toxic environment.”