ET EXCLUSIVE | ABBY LEE MILLER ON CHERYL BURKE TAKING OVER ‘DANCE MOMS’

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March 29, 2017 (Los Angeles, CA) – Abby Lee Miller sat down exclusively with ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT where she opened up about her dramatic exit from Lifetime’s Dance Moms, as well as, the show’s new choreographer former Dancing With the Stars’ Cheryl Burke.

While discussing Burke joining the show, Miller says, "I think that's great…I only met her once at a housewarming party a couple weeks ago. I'm glad that someone who has worked on a network show for as long as she has on Dancing With the Stars is going to see what I've been working with for seven years."  She goes on to add, "I don't think she's replacing me, I think it's going to be a different vibe." 

However, Miller does believe that Burke will get better treatment and a much bigger budget, stating, "Wait until Cheryl Burke deals with [no costume budget]…I bet you she's treated differently.  I bet you the budget is completely different, and I bet you she is never driving her car, with her gas, getting parking tickets that she has to pay, walking up and down the streets looking for fabric on her feet."

Miller also makes it clear that she did not quit the show because of the possibility of prison time, after she pleaded guilty to bankruptcy fraud last June. "I chose to quit because I don't want to fight for a great idea, I don't want to fight for better music, I don't want to fight for a bigger costume budget," she stresses to ET.

Miller says that she felt deeply disrespected by Lifetime and the show's production company, claiming, "[They] look at me like I was this down-and-out podunk dance teacher from Pittsburgh that they saved…I think the word 'respect,' the word 'trust,' and the word 'thank you' was missing from my relationship with the production company."  Still, despite Miller's obvious issues with the production of the show, she insists to ET that she was not fired by Lifetime. In fact, she claims the network is still expecting her to come to work.  "I was not fired…I haven't even heard from them yet, and I got a call time for today -- let's make that clear, I still got a call time to come to work today."

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