FAVORITISM Toward Maddie and Melissa Rubs Christi the Wrong Way (S3 Flashback) | Dance Moms

Christi is unhappy after learning that Chloe will perform a hip hop solo and Maddie will perform a tap solo in the same competition in this flashback clip from Season 3, Episode 32, "Tap Versus Hip Hop."

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[MaddisonAndRue]

What makes the favouritism worse, is that even kenzie sees it.

[tamatoatheshinyking]

Let's be real here.
Abby's obsession with Maddie was just creepy.

[just.be_aldc]

Chloe got 275.3 points with a style she basically never did. Maddie got 280.7 points in a style she excels and had done since she was four. Maddie only barely got 6 points more than Chloe so this shows how good Chloe actually is 😱

[sanzaanza]

Chloe's head piece falls and covers her eyes - she keeps dancing doesn't miss a trick - Abby screams
Ava's umbrella goes inside out she keeps dancing - Abby screams
Kenzies bow falls out and she keeps dancing - Abby screams
Maddie's apron falls down and she keeps dancing - Abby: wHaT a pRo

[norrifys]

i love Christi, she’s one of my favourite moms but the way she was saying / mentioning inappropriate things while arguing with Melissa was way too far, if i were her, i would keep those words to myself and not say it in front of other people.

[elisabethochoa]

The fact that she would call Chloe evil. Such a disgusting woman how she would treat those girls besides Maddie

[STACEYXRENEE]

Did anyone notice at 5:20 that Jill was doing Paige’s hair? How sweet❤

[laurelleaves]

I get Christi's frustration, but they way she lashes out at Melissa is far from okay. I'm glad that she's talked about recognizing the show made her an angrier person.

EDIT: I do wanna make it clear I like Christi, but honestly I like her more as a person now than her DM days. She has owned up to most if not all of her more toxic moments and, at least it seems from Back to the Barre, has a better head when it comes to the drama on the show. This was no means about bashing her.

[strangersstuff]

Maddie’s face will never fail to give me a heartache.. the amount of pressure that was put on Maddie to be absolute perfection and on the other kids to be better than Maddie is disgusting, those kids deserve the biggest apologies from Abby.

[elisvictoria]

When it’s out of context, christi looks bad. But with the scenes added, Melissa looks worse. Every time Maddie loses, Melissa goes around yelling “Maddie’s not upset” but then scolds Maddie for showing any kind of negative emotion or reaction.

[lvre]

I understand Christi's anger. It's just the way she lets it out. She lashes on Maddie and Melissa all the time. She even brings up personal issues. I am just glad they all seem to be okay now

[lucyv]

Are we all going to just ignore that abby called Chloe evil?! Chloe didn’t do (and never did) anything to anyone on the show. She was just a sweet little girl. Christi shouldn’t have lashed out at Melissa, but that was the Christi, not Chloe. I feel so bad for Chloe she deserved so much more.

[kiiiiiikiiiiiikiiiii]

10:09 - Holly going to comfort Chloe was just...so sweet. Not her own kid, but still being a mother-figure.

[madllenehanna]

The way Paige gave Chloe a kiss on the cheek shows how loving their friendship is 🤧

[sngray]

Giving Maddie a tap solo (a genre she excels at) and giving Chloe a hip hop solo (a genre she barely knows), is clear favoritism. But Christi shouldn’t have taken it out on Melissa. Abby calling Chloe evil was abhorrent!

[myaeism]

learn from chloe?? girl bye she’s the most sweetest person on that team.

[randomuser]

4:14 i don’t even have words to say how frustrating that is for Chloe. Abby knows that a hip-hop solo will not win

[ralphealcoty]

That solo wasn't even close to hip-hop lol! Chloe's center jump in the beginning of the dance was really nice. Both the solos were really good. Abby doing the movement in a majority of these videos is hilarious. The little girl and mother watching in the audience at 6:15 is so precious.

[emma_nutella]

I hate how Maddie was always made out to be a brat when really she just had an enormous amount of pressure on her, it’s clear that Melissa and Abby only saw Maddie as a trophy

[denizmahmoutlar]

These moms were attacking Melissa all the time just because Abby favored Maddie. In their minds it was unfair that Melissa wasn’t doing anything to “stop the favoritism”. What was she supposed to do? Say ”Abby stop admiring my daughter because the other moms don’t like it.” ? Melissa was doing what was best for her child, which was to not cause any feud with Abby, unlike the other moms who did the opposite for the sake of being a “team player”. They thought of themselves and their ego before their children. They should have been more mature.