After ‘Dance Mothers’ alums Christi Lukasiak and Kelly Hyland publicly criticized Nia Sioux’s new memoir, arguing they need to’ve been given a “heads-up,” Nia’s mom, Holly Frazier, took to TikTok and fired again, saying, “Disgrace on you. You have to be embarrassed.”
Dance Mothers alum Holly Frazier has launched a fiery response after her former costars, Christi Lukasiak and Kelly Hyland, publicly criticized Frazier’s daughter, Nia Sioux, and her new memoir, Backside of the Pyramid.
The controversy ignited after Lukasiak, 48, and Hyland, 54, mentioned the e book, which particulars Sioux’s experiences of alleged racism and mistreatment from dance instructor Abby Lee Miller, on a latest episode of their Again to the Barre podcast. In the course of the phase, the moms expressed frustration that they weren’t given a “heads-up” concerning the e book’s contents.
“She talks about all of us and our children, and I simply really feel like… a telephone name would have been good, saying, ‘My daughter goes to speak about all people within the e book,'” Hyland acknowledged through the podcast. “In the meantime, my youngsters weren’t even there for 90% of it, what she’s speaking about within the e book. However we’re lumped in all of that.”
Hyland additionally questioned why Frazier did not merely take away her daughter from the present if she was being handled so poorly.
Frazier, 55, who appeared alongside Sioux, 24, for seven seasons of the Lifetime actuality present, took to TikTok on Monday, November 3 to defend her daughter, delivering a robust rebuke to the criticism. She didn’t identify Lukasiak or Hyland by identify, although addressed lots of their speaking factors.
“I’m quiet as a result of that is Nia’s second to shine, however I see you,” Frazier started in her video. She then accused the critics of being “manipulative” for trying to redirect the difficulty and shift blame onto her.
“A few of you’re being manipulative by making an attempt to deflect the difficulty onto me. The difficulty isn’t me,” Frazier asserted. “Don’t invalidate [Nia’s] expertise by making an attempt to shift the blame on her mom. Disgrace on you. You have to be embarrassed. That was an ignorant, low blow.”
Frazier went on to firmly state that neither she nor her daughter owe anybody a sophisticated warning or permission to share their reality. “We do not owe anybody something,” she mentioned, including that Nia’s expertise is necessary to share as a result of so many others “establish and relate” to it.
“So many individuals have been touched by [Nia’s] expertise that she needed to share [it] as a result of she is aware of different individuals establish and relate and he or she’s not alone,” she added. “What we’re not going to do is manipulate the reality and the narrative to suit your personal agenda since you don’t wish to maintain sure individuals accountable … We’re not going to take benefit and do my child fallacious.”
Frazier additionally addressed the critics who questioned why she saved Nia on the present for thus lengthy, arguing that the detrimental experiences stemmed from “somebody who didn’t do their job,” whereas including, “Nobody was employed to be evil or merciless.”
She concluded her message by urging individuals to assist her daughter as a substitute of tearing her down, claiming that the majority critics “haven’t even learn the e book.”
“As an alternative of speaking about my child, as a substitute of speaking a couple of e book you have not learn, why do not you assist her?,” Frazier mentioned.
Backside of the Pyramid: A Memoir of Persevering, Dancing for Myself, and Starring in My Personal Life, which recounts Nia Sioux’s poisonous experiences on the set of Dance Mothers, is obtainable now.
