Nia Sioux Reveals Why She Skipped ‘Dance Moms: The Reunion’

Nia Sioux has one “easy” motive for skipping the Dance Moms reunion particular — she simply “did not wish to do it.”

The 22-year-old spoke out concerning the two-hour Dance Moms: The Reunion particular airing on Lifetime on Wednesday, May 1, in a candid TikTok video.

Responding to a remark that learn, “Why weren’t you on the Dance Moms reunion?” Sioux defined within the clip on Tuesday, April 30, that she determined to handle her absence as a result of she didn’t need “a false narrative on the market.”

“Personally, I wasn’t going to say something ‘trigger I simply did not wish to begin drama — not that this may even begin drama; it actually should not. And additionally, I did not wish to make it as a result of I do not need it to look like I’m looking for consideration as a result of I actually do not care,” she stated. “I actually do not want the eye.”

Noting that she’s been requested concerning the particular “so much,” she stated, “Hate to interrupt it to you guys, however the reason being fairly easy. I simply actually did not wish to do it.”

“Yeah, it is fairly plain and easy. I simply did not wish to do it. Some folks assume it was as a result of I had sorority stuff. Nope, I did not. Some folks assume it is as a result of I’m at school. I’m at school, nevertheless it would not have been a problem,” she continued. “I simply did not wish to do it, and that is a ok reply and that is a ok motive.”

The former actuality TV star added that she’s at all times been “grateful” for the present in “virtually any interview I’ve finished.”

“It’s the place I got here from. It’s how I obtained my begin. It’s the rationale why I’ve such an incredible life now. Truly, I like my life. I’ve a wonderful life and I’m really having fun with it,” stated Sioux.

She additionally expressed that she has no bitter emotions in direction of her former castmates.

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“I like the women, and I’m actually completely satisfied for them, and I’m actually completely satisfied that they get to share how they felt or their experiences, however that is simply one thing I made a decision that I did not wish to do, and that is okay,” Sioux stated. “Also, I by no means stated that I would not do a reunion present sooner or later or speak about my experiences sooner or later, however proper now, at this second, was not the precise time for me to try this.”

Along with Sioux, sisters Maddie and Kenzie Ziegler have been additionally absent from the reunion.

Dance Moms: The Reunion premieres Wednesday, May 1, at 8 p.m. ET on Lifetime.