Abby Lee Miller Breaks Silence On Damning Allegations In Nia Sioux’s Book

“Dance Mothers” villain Abby Lee Miller is finally speaking out in regards to the horrifying allegations made against her within the pages of her former student Nia Sioux‘s latest book. Sioux’s memoir, “Bottom of the Pyramid,” was released last month, and since then, it has been a trending topic resulting from the young dancer’s alleged harrowing experiences together with her dance teacher and teammates. While the allegations made against Miller are saddening and quite derogatory, the dance teacher claims she is not holding any grudges against Sioux for sharing her story.

“Dance Mothers” premiered on Lifetime in 2011 and quickly became probably the most successful reality shows of all time, filled with explosive fights and dramatic meltdowns.

The episodes often focused on a number of of the young dancers and Miller’s contentious relationship with them and their moms. Still, despite how bad the show could have looked as if it would some viewers, Miller insisted that it wasn’t as bad because it appeared.

“I actually have different memories in comparison with what the women have. I remember doing quite a lot of good for them,” she told TMZ before revealing none of her former students were forced to remain on the “Abby Lee Dance Company” in Pittsburgh.

In her book, Sioux wrote about several painful interactions she had together with her dance teacher, lots of which were shown (in some version) on the TV show. An earlier report from The Blast covered the difficult section of Sioux’s book, by which she detailed Miller criticizing her hair.

“Abby told me that I needed to repair my hair since it looked awful. She said — on camera, no less —’ It’s like a log coming out of the side of her head,'” Sioux wrote, later claiming that Miller also asked her whether she wished she had “white-girl hair.”

One other portion of Sioux’s latest publication also recalls the numerous notes she’d receive from Miller about her “bad feet,” adding that Miller allegedly believed Black people were “physically predisposed to having flat feet.”

“She would say, ‘Well, your people have flat feet,'” Sioux wrote before slamming the truth TV star for being “ignorant.”

While the content could also be difficult to read, Miller told TMZ that she didn’t “plan to sue or take legal motion as of now,” adding that Sioux is free to share what she wants.

Since wrapping up her time on “Dance Mothers,” Miller has faced many serious health scares, including a daunting battle with cancer in 2018. PEOPLE reported on the time that Miller had been spotted in a wheelchair after starting her third round of chemotherapy to fight against non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Before that, Miller frolicked in prison after being charged with attempting to cover greater than $770,000 in income from “Dance Mothers” and other shows on which she appeared. Court documents revealed the dance teacher allegedly hid money in secret bank accounts before pleading guilty to bankruptcy fraud in 2016.

Miller acknowledged her wrongdoings in 2024 during a chat with Bethenny Frankel and claimed her time behind bars is why she’s suffered health problems. “Oh, that is why I’m in a wheelchair, because in prison I used to be punished and brought off all my medication, cold turkey,” she said.

Over the previous couple of weeks, Sioux has been promoting her book with a slew of Instagram posts, and in a single, she shared a montage of clips of herself and her mom from their time on the show.

The video also included a voice-over from Sioux, who gushed about how great a parent her mom, Dr. Holly Frazier, was to her during their years in front of the cameras.

Frazier returned the love on her own social media account, flooding her feed with posts about Sioux’s book and in addition thanking the fans who supported it a lot that it became an easy “Latest York Times Bestseller.”

When Sioux first announced the title of her book, fans and former “Dance Mothers” stars showered her with love.

“Happy with you, sister,” Brooke Hyland wrote, while her sister, Paige, said, “Ahhhhh! What cannot she do????”

An on a regular basis fan also wrote, “I watched you on Dance Mothers, and reading your story brought back so many memories of the precise episodes you talked about. The best way you shared your thoughts and feelings with such honesty and charm was incredible.”