Dance instructor Abby Lee Miller is happy about Maddie Ziegler's exit from "Dance Moms." This is simply because her so-called star student taking on bigger endeavors means that she has succeeded as a mentor.
Miller said that she is "so excited" about Ziegler going out to a bigger world to show the talents she honed under her coaching and that she is "very proud" of her moving to greater heights in her career. This, she believes, goes to show that she just "[created]" another star.
"I've taken so many kids out of Pittsburgh and onto the great white way in New York City right into a Broadway show. Right here in Los Angeles, I have kids working in different television shows, in the movies, everything," Miller told Entertainment Tonight.
"So, [Ziegler's] just another one of those kids I think I've proven my talent with," the dance instructor went on to say. She couldn't be happier of how it all turned out even if it meant seeing Ziegler take her final bow on the "Dance Moms" stage.
As excited as Miller is none other than Ziegler herself, who told media outlets, including Hollywood Life, during the Kids' Choice Awards that her exit from "Dance Moms" is a "good thing" seeing that it will allow her to move on to "cool things."
She did admit that she will miss dancing with the other girls and the fun they had on and off stage. Ziegler was on the show when it premiered in 2011 and had been dancing for the Abby Lee Dance Company since she was at the young age of 4.
The 13-year-old dance superstar as well as her younger sister Mackenzie will no longer appear in "Dance Moms" season 7. Fans will see the older Ziegler in her upcoming film "The Book of Henry," which she filmed at the same time as the initial episodes of season 6.
