have before you go on stage.
Should we do our little... - Oh my God, let's do it! Ready?
- [All] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
[counting repeatedly]
- Kiss, kiss, knee, knee. - Oh, we weren't here for that.
- Oh, my gosh. - Hi, guys.
- Wow. - Hello.
- Come on in.
- I actually don't recognize any of these costumes.
- That one's gorgeous. Oh my gosh.
I don't remember us wearing-- - I didn't wear any of those.
- Wait, Chloe, was that yours? That blue one?
- Oh yeah, it was. - They look pretty.
- Who can I tell, ask someone to go out there
and fix something on Kendall's dress?
- I wanna fix something on Brooke's too.
- You, walk, strut out there and do it.
- Do it, yeah. Do it! - Come on. Let's go.
- Yeah. - Go fix it.
- Your moms aren't happy. - Why?
- I don't know. They want to come in here.
What is happening?
- I just wanted it to be in the spotlight.
- Oh, she is strutting her stuff.
- We have to fix your dress. - Oh, she wants to fix my boobs.
- But it made it look like it was funny. Trust me.
- Like, I trust you.
You just don't have to be so dramatic about it.
Once a dance mom, always a dance mom.
[laughing] - Okay. Alright.
You guys look gorgeous.
- [Bryan] Let's talk about the elephant in the room.
There's some cast members that chose not to show up today.
- I think everyone knows who's not here.
Maybe they just don't think they needed this.
- Some people might still be processing.
And it's hard to talk about
some of the stuff that we went through.
- They like closed the book and they don't wanna open.
- Yeah, they don't wanna open it back up.
- And backtrack. It's an emotional thing, I feel like.
- They chose not to be here.
- [Jill] Well, that was their choice, 100%.
- At the end of the day, they've done several interviews
that say they don't even want this a part of their life.
- But here's the thing, they're not here.
So why are they still making,
trying to make headlines with it?
Don't talk about Dance Moms
if you don't wanna be a part of it.
- Right. - Why are you talking about it
if you don't wanna be a part of it? That's what I'm like...
Why? Don't.
- It's kind of sad to see like,
'cause I look at, especially your kids being here,
like just going off of how you exited the show
and for you to be able to come here
and be like, "Look, I still care about this,"
is really cool to see.
And it's like you care about your past.
This is like them not being here
is kinda like, let me erase my past.
Pretend it never happened.
Shove it down the drain,
when it's like, that's why you are who you are.
- It was literally the stepping stone into who we are today.
We would not be here without Dance Moms.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- [Bryan] There hasn't been a lot of contact
or a lot of hanging out in the past few years.
All of a sudden, last night,
we have, off camera, a big reunion at Maddie's house.
- It was a surprise party for my birthday, so.
- [Bryan] Yeah.
You don't think there's any other ulterior motives
of having you guys all over there
the night before a reunion
where they're not gonna be here
to speak or to defend themselves?
- No, we didn't even really address.
- I mean, I feel like it's weird.
We've never been invited like that.
- [Bryan] Was everyone here at Maddie's party last night?
- Here? - Yes.
- [Bryan] Everyone in this building.
[tense music]
- No. - No.
- Just us.
- Not all of us. [laughing]
- I'm gonna call Christi.
- I wasn't invited by Melissa, 'cause Melissa set this up,
to make sure that none of us said anything bad about them
at this reunion.
- Do you hear Christi?
- Melissa has been orchestrating
and playing everyone as long as I've known her.
- Right.
- Yep. - Yeah.
- That means a lot to hear from you, Christi!
- You should be here.
- For somebody who doesn't like drama
or doesn't want conflict,
she sure orchestrates a lot of it.
And then she hides behind whoever.
- I just know that if it was me and JoJo,
we'd invite everybody to everything.
Anyways, I'm not that upset.
[laughing]
- So, Chloe. - Yeah.
- [Bryan] You almost didn't show up today.
- What?
- I was really hesitant to come back
and talk about the rivalry Abby created
between Maddie and me.
I was so sick of like being put in this box
that I've been put in since I was little.
And then I realized that it's gonna scare me either way,
whether I'm part of it or whether I'm not.
So it's time to come back and set the record straight.
- [Bryan] Let's take a look.
- This is my daughter, Chloe, who is nine.
- Yes, I am.
This is Petite Miss 1st runner up, 2010.
And Maddie won, I was her...
- Runner up. - Runner up.
- Do you think you'll ever make it
to the top of the pyramid?
We can hope, right? - Yeah.
- In the history of the Abby Lee Dance Company,
there has always been more than one top dancer.
And now there's Maddie and Chloe, and they're amazing,
because they have each other to compete with.
- All you do is set her up to fail.
- She's holding two national titles!
- You went backstage before something and said,
"Be like Maddie!"
Who does that to a kid?
Deny it all you want, deny it all you want.
- Why wouldn't you wanna be like Maddie?
I wanna be like Maddie.
Two solos will be competing, Maddie and Chloe.
- I guess she's setting us up
for another Maddie, Chloe Showdown.
- [Chole] Wait, play yours.
- Wait, what happened? - The same.
- It is the same?
So Chloe and Maddie are given the exact same music,
the exact same choreography,
the exact same costume,
because I always say, let's even the playing field
and see where the chips fall.
- Hey! - Hi!
- We had a goof.
One of our judges, they gave Chloe a 99.10.
She actually had a 96.6.
That means that the overall winner would've been Maddie.
- The director of the competition told us
that there was a mistake in the scores
and that I didn't really win and Maddie won.
And I was a little upset,
but I was really happy for Maddie.
- So Abby, how did you discover the discrepancy
between the 30 point and the 25 point?
- I didn't, it came to me.
I guess the judges said there's a problem.
We have a problem.
- I'm sorry. - Yes?
- You okay?
I stole your score sheets.
I kept them with me and I wanted to say, once again,
you know, this doesn't happen that often at all,
but I wanted to say thank you
for bringing it to our attention.
- Oh. - That's on me.
- Liar! [suspenseful music]
- Oh.
I do not remember this. - I don't remember that.
- Literally caught red handed.
- [Paige] She just got called out.
- [Bryan] Do you think Abby changed the scores?
- Yeah.
[tense music]
I think she was willing to do whatever it took
to make sure she got the outcome she wanted.
- She just couldn't stand to see you happy.
- No. - Yeah.
That situation actually makes me upset
because that rivalry that was created
was, sure, in a sense, good for pushing the two of us
to like, you know, get better and better.
But it really took me down.
Sorry, I need a sec.
- It's okay.
[gentle music]
- I thought I wasn't enough, like, in every single way.
And it wasn't until about a year ago
that I realized the way I felt about myself,
where her words still lingering with me
like 10 years later
and I realized that's not who I am.
That's not my truth.
She doesn't define me anymore.
She doesn't get that power over me.
And I've started to heal.
- You don't have to compete with anyone.
You are yourself. You're beautiful and perfect.
- Thank you. - Just the way you are.
- And I think you're the winner for making that realization.
It shaped you as a child. - Yeah.
- But you conquered it and you overcame all of that.
- That's why I came for, all this hyping.
- Yeah. - Woo.
- As you should. [laughing]