"Dance Moms" Reunion

JoJo's spills ALL the tea from the Dance Moms reunion... and she doesn't leave out any drama!Plus, hear JoJo's pitch for another Dance Moms reunion and why she thinks this one could've been better.

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
You're listening to joj Justsua Now with Me Jojo Cua
and iHeart Radio Podcast. Welcome back to my podcast, jo
Jose Even now me, I literally said, before I started
this podcast, I was like, I'm not gonna do an
accident in the intro. What do you know? Somehow I
did one. Anyways, Hi, good morning, Welcome back to JoJo's One. Now.

(00:23):
Today we're gonna be talking about the Dance Mom's Reunion.
Oh my god. I I honestly, when I got pitched
the Dance Mom's Reunion and I got asked if I
would be interested, I was like yes, and they were like, well,
what would it require to get you there? And I
was like, I will pay to play, like literally, sign
me up. I want to do it. And they were like, really,
You're the only one that's reacted like that, and I

(00:43):
was like, yeah, of course, Like why wouldn't I do it.
It's literally one of the biggest parts of my career. Anyways,
Dance Mom's Reunion. Just now. I I have a lot
of feelings about the Dance Mom's Reunion. I really do.
I initially thought it was gonna be something else I did.
I thought there was honestly, I'm gonna be super honest,

(01:06):
a better way to do it, and I think that
we could still do this depending on if people were
down or not. But if you watch the Dance Moms rereadion,
you'll kind of see what I'm talking about. We all
just kind of talked about Dance Moms and reacted to
Dance Moms, and I didn't know. Once I found out
that's what the reunion was gonna be, I actually felt
a little weird about it because I knew Colonie and

(01:28):
Kendall and I knew that they were doing it. Obviously,
Me and Colonie are like sisters. I love Colony so much.
Kendall is like literally best friend, MATERIAL love her so much.
But Chloe, Brooke and Page were the other three doing it,
and I've actually never met them before. I met Chloe once,
Brook and Page literally i've never met before, and so
I wasn't wasn't too sure how it was gonna go,

(01:52):
if that makes sense. And my one interaction that I
have had with Chloe was actually with her mom online
and it was not a pretty reaction. And so I
don't want to say nervous was the right word choice,
but I was I was ticked off, annoyed, confused. Maybe
those are the right words, because I was like, what

(02:12):
is happening. We're gonna go and chit chat and I
don't know these humans that I'm chit chatting with, Like
this is strange. But then literally, like when I tell you,
the first five minutes of all of us being in
a room, me and Paige were like, we would have
been best friends Brooke, because Brooke and Klaney were really
good friends, and so then me and Paige were like, well,

(02:33):
then we would have been good friends because we are
basically their little sisters. Like obviously Paige is biological to
Brooke and I'm basically biological to Colony at this point.
And then Chloe. Of course, everybody loves Chloe. She's she's
so sweet, like she's just she's chilling. But it was like,
literally within that first five minutes, it was like so chill,

(02:54):
and I was like, oh, this is a great freaking vibe,
and like call it a trauma bond maybe, like we've
all been through the same shit, but it was it
was good. There was no nothing foul. It was like emotional,
but like in a happy, fun, positive way, like we
were all just kind of like stoked to be around.
But I don't think any of us knew what to
expect or how long of days to expect. So you

(03:17):
saw a little teeny tiny sliver of our thirteen hour
double days. We had two days of Philly for the
dance WM. Sure you did, and they were the longest
days literally ever. Sitting in the most uncomfortable chair, more
uncomfortable than this, Jojo seewa bed that I am sitting
on right now, which is not very comfortable. No shade

(03:38):
to my bed. It's actually the mattress. And the mattress
is not a jog's mattress, so it's fine. But it
was long story short. We just if you haven't seen
it yet, We essentially we reacted to dance moms and
we talked about things we were asked certain things that
we felt about certain things. And what's interesting is all

(03:59):
of us kind have had a unique experience. There was
a few times on the reunion where the producers tried
to do some shady shit. There was one time we
had to we had to bring up and of course
they used this in the trailer. We had to bring
up those who did not come to the dance Mom's
reunion and everybody was talking about it. Was not just

(04:21):
me talking about it, but they used my clip of
me talking about it in the trailer, which is understandable.
I get it, you'd live whatever, it's fine. But my
thing was, it wasn't that people didn't do it. It's
the reason why they didn't do it, and that's that's
totally their choice is totally up to them. But it
was all okay until the day before the Dance Moms reunion.

(04:44):
There was a bit of a party, and I didn't
care that I wasn't invited to the party because I
didn't know everybody yet. I never met Brook and Page
in Chloe, but there was a party with everybody. It
was it was Brooke, Page, Chloe, Maddie, Mackenzie, Nia and Kindle,
everybody but me and Klannie. Again, I was understanding because

(05:07):
I was like, I don't know half of them, Like
it's totally fine. Like it's also I've just always been
the outsider amongst the group, so I didn't really care.
But Kilanie, I was actually hurt for her. She was hurt,
but I was hurt for her because I was like,
you are good friends with all of these humans like
they are all good friends, and so that was a
it was a little tough to kind of navigate that,
and it was kind of like we were doing the

(05:28):
reunion the next day and they had a reunion even
though they weren't a part of the reunion the day before.
It was just it wasn't done ethically, and so then
that just kind of put a sour taste in everybody's mouth,
including those who were at the party the night before.
They were like, oh wait, this is kind of messed
up what just happened once it was put into perspective,

(05:50):
But look, at the end of the day, we're all adults.
We all get over things like say your points, say
your piece, and then let's move on with life. And
so we did and it was it was fine. They
like I was saying before, they used my clip of
me talking about why people weren't there and the reasons
why they weren't there just kind of was hurtful to everybody,
But it was like, live your life, do your thing.
It is fine. We're all gonna live. But we did

(06:11):
have to essentially bring attention to it just to like
address the elephant in the room. Anyways, though, we then
go in and we do a little sit down and
we watched things. The other thing I was talking about
shady things that happened. Other shady thing that happened was
the producers kind of wanted me and Chloe to get
into it, and I was like, we don't have a

(06:33):
reason to get into it. Like Christy had actually, right
before we started filming, sad some really nice shit about
me on FaceTime because she wasn't there, but she said
it on FaceTime, and I was like, damn, Like that
actually meant a lot to me because I mean, look,
I looked up to Christy and Chloe, and so when
we went through our shit online together, I was like, oh,
I like them. This is sad. Then yeah, the producers,

(06:54):
you know, wanted me and Chloe to kind of get
into it a little bit and talk about our online beef.
And I was like, honestly, like that's not It's not
how I feel anymore. And Chloe's like, yeah, that's not
how I feel either, and they were like, but we
need to address it. And so then I just I
told Chloe. I was like all right, bab, like here
we go, Like let's just let's just do our job.
Let's just do our job and let's just get it done.
But I ultimately, as that was happening, I was like,

(07:15):
this isn't the point of this, but like whatever, I
find you your job. And then the last thing that
was shady is of all of us, Me and Kilani
are the two that have a relationship with Abby yet
and Kenna is a little bit of a relationship with
Abby as well, but Pagebrook and Chloe don't have any
and it is not a healthy end of a relationship.

(07:38):
It is very messy. It is very traumatic on both ends.
And the producers kept wanting me to call Abby and
I was like, absolutely not. I was like, that's that's
where I put my foot down, because I was like,
all right, look, I'm not only putting myself in an
awkward position of calling and in this environment that no
one invited her to, but also I'm putting Abby in

(08:01):
a weird situation where she's talking to people who she
doesn't necessarily know how to talk to them. And then
Paige Brooke and Chloe, I was like, I'm not gonna
do that to them either, because this was somebody who
was a massive figure in their life that walked out
of their life. There is real trauma there, and I
didn't want to put anybody in that situation of like, hey,

(08:24):
let's let's see how this goes. No way, no way
at all, whatsoever. The thing for me is I have
a good relationship with Abby. I have chosen to see
that Abby only ever wanted what was best for me,
and only of it was tough on me because she
was wanting what was best for me. But I I mean,

(08:45):
I was just talking with Abby literally three days ago
about karma, you know what I mean. And so for me,
I wanted to protect my relationship with Abby, and I
also wanted to protect my relationship with Brooke Page and Chloe.
Abby for me is somebody in this world who any
time I get a phone call and says everything, I'm like,
oh shit, here we go. Or I get a text,
I'm like, oh, here's a rep, here's a paragraph, let's go.

(09:08):
But I will one thing is I will never lose
my respect for Abby ever, for as long as I live.
I will say, aside from that sort of like little
drama te session that we just had, the reunion, honestly,
I think was so healing for all of us. I mean,
I for sure am the one from dance Loms that

(09:28):
like doesn't really have anything to heal from, Like I'm
very open about my journey, like freaking love dance Homs
a number one fan till the day I die. But
there was a lot that And I also was super
outspoken on the show. I was not afraid to talk.
I wasn't I didn't care, I was chilling. I was
a little bit older when I started versus when everybody
else started, and so I was I had a little

(09:48):
bit of a different perspective. But I think everybody else
was a bit silent on the show, and they never
got to talk about things or never got to express
things or feel feelings, and so I feel like it
was a true open space that anybody could say how
they were actually feeling about something, which was really cool
to see. And it was cool to see everyone's perspective

(10:09):
on things in the way that everyone remembered things, because
everybody's memories a little bit different, of course, but it
like it almost like triggered little memories that you didn't
even know you had. And even though Brooke Page, Chloe
and I were not on the show at the same
time at all, there was some sense of like Brooke

(10:30):
would say something and I'd be like, oh my god,
I can relate to that, like or Page would say something.
I could so relate to that, and so that that
for me was kind of like an eye opener of like, damn,
we really have all gone through the same thing. We've
all lived the same experience, even though we didn't do
it together. Then after it was someone's birthday. I think

(10:50):
it may have been Page's birthday, and so everyone was
having a sleepover, and honestly, I was just tired. I
was like, I love y'all, like I know we're all
homies now, because Chloe was hosting the sleepover, and I
was like, but I gotta go home. I was like,
Grandma over here is tired. I had the first call
time in the morning, and so I was like, nah, dog,
I will I will see y'all another day. And then

(11:13):
everybody came the next day and they were all old
enough to drink, and so they all came in the
next day. They were hungover as shit, and I was like,
I feel great. I got a good night's sleep, and
they were like, we went out, and I was like, yeah,
y'all did y'all did your absolute biggest But it was fun.
Everyone had a good time. But yeah, then the next
day we all kind of were sporadic throughout and we

(11:33):
all kind of did our own interviews, and there's where
we really got to deep dive into our own journey.
I think for me it was more of a fun thing.
Like I literally watched Dance Walls every day, so I
wasn't shocked by anything that I saw, But I realized
that no one else had watched the show. Kendall, Kalaane, Chloe, Brook,
and Page they have never watched Dance Moms, including their

(11:54):
moms Christy, Kelly, Jill, and Kira. They never watched it,
and so it was kind of fun for like them
to see stuff of them. Like for me, I almost
was sitting there. I was like, yes, I'm a cast
member of the show. I'm a big part of this show,
but also I'm a fan like I am. I am
honored to be sitting in this room right now, And

(12:15):
I have no shame in saying that. I think a
lot of times people try to be like too cool, right,
I have literally no shame in being like I am
the number one fan of Dance Mom. I was like,
name an episode, I'll tell you the group dance like,
I the show's fucking brilliant. I will forever love and
forever respect it. What else happened on the reunion? Honestly think, Okay,

(12:35):
this is this is what I want to talk about,
because my pitch I feel like for the reunion is
freaking lit. I said, stick all of us in a
house for a month. See what happens. Everyone gets their
own bedroom, but this house is rigged. It is bugged.
It is wired right, and like, imagine because like in
the two days that we were together, there was drama

(12:58):
between us, like there was a shade like, oh, everyone's
eating lunch at one table, but like two people, Like
there was just like little shady bits. So imagine, imagine
like that. That blows my mind. Anyways, I think it
would have been so fun. After we did the dance
Lom's reunion, we actually kind of got to have another

(13:19):
reunion about a couple weeks later, we all went to
the super Bowl together and that I was like, this
is what the reunion should have been, like this vibe.
The reunion was so fun at the super Bowl because
now we all were homies, Like now we all were
friendly and Mabeling actually is the brand that took us
all and they were smart. A lot of brands take influencers,

(13:43):
but they take a random mix. Mabeling got all of
the Dance Mom's cast. I was like, that is com brilliant.
They took us all to a show, they gave us
all outfits, they had us sitting at the super Bowl
at the forty yard line, like they were brilliant with
their marketing, and we all had so much fun. At
this point, now we were all homies and so it

(14:04):
was like, actually fun, whereas I feel like the reunion
was a little like timid. Everyone was on angels because
no one really knew each other. It was an odd
mix of people, right. But then I feel like when
we all got to go to the super Bowl together,
we got to see Oh, which was also incredible. Was
not the Michael Jackson one or the Loved one, but
it was it was incredible. And then also my pro

(14:25):
from Dancing with the Stars, Jenna also joined on that
group trip, which was so much fun. But yeah, that
that to me, I was like, that's what the reunion
needed to be, Like that type of fun vibe. And
now I do think there's an angle to still do that.
I feel like we need a fight on the internet
to get a network to pick that up of like
here is where the dance BOMs girls are now. Because

(14:45):
as fun as it was for us to just like
react to the show and talk about it like kindle
in college on dance Team, Chloe owns a dance competition.
Now me and all my shit that I'm doing, I
don't even know if I'm coming or going. Colonney, Oh
my god. Klannie is the most open book in the world.
This girl is all over the place teaching dance. Were
just so freaking beautiful the way she's giving back to

(15:07):
the dance world. But then also she's like open about
like I'm getting a breast reduction this week, Like that
is imagine if I went to her breast reduction with her,
like I I wish it was filmed. The day that
I was having a mental breakdown, I was really sobbing.
I was really solving my heart out, and Colanie called
me and she was like, WHOA what am I calling

(15:28):
in the middle of And I was like, honestly, like
it's fine, just distract mammalkay And she was like, well,
I'm calling to show you my tits. You want to
see him and I was like, oh my god, yes,
let's see him. But she had just gotten her reduction
and she was so open about her journey online, which
was so fun, Like that is the TV show and
so I I've made my pitch a lot, but I

(15:48):
need I need the world to fight with me for
this TV show. Anyways, the last little thing that I'll
say about the reunion was having everyone be so open
about their trauma was so interesting. I didn't really know
a lot that these girls went through, and that Kilaney,

(16:10):
I mean especially went through, and especially as her being
one of my best friends. Kelly Page and Brooke had
an incredible moment on the show where it was a
true heart to heart where there was apologies and there
was tears. Oh my god, there was such a funny
moment and it was like the Kelly came into like
comfort Brick and Page and like having one with them,

(16:30):
and then Jill came in to do the same with
Kendall and then they were like, all right, Jojo and Colonney,
we're gonna go get your guys as moms. And we're like,
our moms aren't gonna coddle us, Like absolutely not. What
do you know our moms never came in. I was like, yeah,
that they would never. My mom literally would never. Mom's like, nah, dog,
I'm literally here because I have to be here. I'd
say with Kira that cool. Kia does not give it,

(16:53):
she does not at all, but she's she's great. Honestly,
I feel like Kira is like a second mom to me.
We actually we now have a dance moms group chat.
We're all gearing up to go do press right now

(17:13):
for the reunion, and we're all talking about They're all
talking about I am not a girly girl, and so
they're all like, would we get aware? What's everybody gonna weare?
Are we gonna change? We do our makeup together, and
I'm like, I won't see y'all in the lobby and
my pants and I won't be there. But yeah, we
definitely all have a group chat. It doesn't have a name.
I feel like I need to name us. I should
name our group chat. Let me know if anybody has

(17:34):
any good ideas. But yeah, we're all gonna go to
New York together. I'm sure we're gonna go to dinner,
go to a show. Maybe it's gonna be a lot
of fun. I keep in touch. I'm very close with Colonnie.
Me and Colonia are very tight, but everybody else, honestly,
it's kind of like a sister bond. You don't need
to talk all the time, but the second that we
see each other, it's like we saw each other yesterday

(17:56):
and the day before that and the day before that.
They truly all have such special place in my heart.
Everybody that was on the show, did the reunion, didn't
do the reunion. I know from the show, I don't
know from the show. Everybody that was a part of
Dance Moms has a very special place in my heart,
and I I'm grateful for because the show would not
be what it was without every single person that contributed,

(18:17):
from anyone who was ever on the candy apples to
the guy holding the microphone, like, every single person contributed
to that show. And it changed the world. It changed
my world for sure, It changed the dance world for sure,
and it changed the reality TV world. And it's freaking phenomenon.
And to say that I'm a part of it blows
my mind literally every day, you know, to put it

(18:38):
all in a nutshell, the Dance Ones reunion, I think
there is room for a part two, part three, part four,
maybe even a whole lest other season, maybe a movie.
I feel like there is so much more that we
could do with this, but I'm excited that it started here,
and I am excited that now everyone gets to watch
it and stream it. Make sure you do and if
you don't, go stream karma Alright, I I too. I'm sorry. Anyways,

(19:03):
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