Others have experienced tragic events that put things into perspective.
Even Miller has gone through the wringer, between her run-ins with the law and her experience with cancer.
These are the most tragic details about the cast of “Dance Moms.”
She wasn’t actually out of money, however, and in 2015, the government finally took notice.
Miller was ultimately sentenced to one year and one day in prison.
At Miller’s sentencing, Judge Joy Flowers Conti scolded the reality star.
“I think they thought they were the strips, but they weren’t.
Ripping your earrings out of your ears, all kinds of things.”
Ultimately, the prison where she was incarcerated got a new warden, and they helped Miller out.
She served the final few months of her sentence in a halfway home.
It all started on X, formerly Twitter.
“Sia was a fan of our show,” Ziegler toldVulture.
Ziegler was excited about the opportunity.
“I flew to LA two weeks later, and …
I filmed it,” she said.
“I don’t want to.
I wouldn’t make art if it didn’t include her.”
The movie bombed, and Ziegler earned the Razzie Award for worst supporting actress.
For the record,Sia has a tragic life storyall her own.
The packages, which reportedly included dead animals and pornographic material, were scary enough.
I’m not that crazy."
Lukasiak herself, on the other hand, has spoken out against that very ranking system.
“It’s not a normal thing to do,” she said in a 2019YouTubevideo.
It’s so healthy!
On the show, she was often fiercely defended by her own dance mom, Christi Lukasiak.
As of this writing, the legal case is still ongoing.
It was the point of the show, but occasionally, it went way, way too far.
In November 2013, Miller allegedly got into a physical altercation with “Dance Mom” Kelly Hyland.
Though Hyland denied the specifics, she admitted that she’d been provoked by her daughter’s dance teacher.
“She hurts my children every day,” she toldABC News.
“Every time she opens her mouth she hurts my children.”
Not the worst possible outcome!
Before long, it was intense.
My jaw was completely numb."
At first, when she visited various doctors, they couldn’t figure out what was wrong.
Ultimately, Miller learned that she had a tumor on her spine.
“This mass/tumor choking my spinal cord turned out to be Burkitt Lymphoma,” she wrote onInstagram.
Speaking withEntertainment Tonight, she revealed that it’s made her life much more difficult than fans realize.
She’s fine,'" Miller reflected.
“They don’t really see what happens before that.”
She also said Kamryn overheard Miller saying she was cast for “a sprinkle of color.”
At the time, her daughter was only 7.
Miller replied to the accusation ina social media postof her own.
“I realize that racism can come not just from hate, but also from ignorance.
No matter the cause, it is harmful, and it is my fault.”
It was on that app in 2023 that Siwa revealed the tragic loss of her adorable dog, Tooie.
She’d only had the pup for two months when he was killed.
“I can’t even explain how perfect of a dog O2 was.
Going to miss him more than words can explain.
Thank you for bringing light to my life when it was dark tooie boy.”
She told fans that at first, things were great.
“It went crazy,” she said.
“People loved it.
It was honestly like, an overnight success, I feel like.
This is just our friends.”
Her rant caught the attention of producers, who invited Ackerman to film.
“There was so much drama,” Ackerman said.
“It got to the point where I was getting death threats,” she said.
“People were calling my home phone in the middle of the night.
People were showing up to our front door …
Reality television isn’t scripted, but it’s not reality.”
After all, manychild stars tragically die young.
It’s no surprise, then, that the pressure can be too much to handle.
“Sharing this feels messy.
Like tearing off a bandage before the wound has stopped bleeding,” she wrote in the caption.
“I need to share it with all of you, though.
If you have experienced an eating disorder, I hope this makes you feel less alone.”
The following year, Lukasiak went into more detail in a since-unlisted YouTube video, according toPeople.
“It’s kind of taboo and brushed under the rug,” she said.
“I’m in a beautiful place,” she said.
“I’m in a happy place.
I’m in a safe place.”
Eventually, though, dancer Mina Terry confesses that her brother died in an automobile accident the year before.
It’s an emotional moment, made all the more emotional by her mother Min’s confession.
“My parents don’t know my son passed away,” Min told the cameras (viaDecider).
“They’re in China.
They always, when I call them, they always ask, how is my son.
I said, ‘Okay.
He’s okay.’
I don’t want them … to know that.”
Ultimately, the “Medium” dance becomes a way for Min and Mina to bond.
“Siyan died two years ago,” Min tells her daughter in the episode.
“This time is your time to dance for him.
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