The world watched Maddie Ziegler grow up on the hit reality show “Dance Moms,” and since leaving the show in 2016, the dancer and actor has appeared in music videos (notably, Sia’s “Chandelier” video), movies (she had a controversial role in Sia’s “Music” and most recently a role in “West Side Story”), and she even has a podcast with her sister.
When Ziegler looks back to the time of her life that launched her into the public eye, though, she refers to the experience as “toxic.” She discussed how she feels about her “Dance Moms” past in a new interview with Cosmopolitan.
When asked about the stress she experienced on the show, she said: After realizing they’d be more at peace if they left the show and lived away from the cameras and the drama of reality TV, she and her mom struggled to get out of their contract.
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