people are starting to question cia's relationship with the child star MADD Ziggler calling it creepy and obsessive I provide her 24-hour security CIA found Maddie when she saved her from her abusive dance coach what is mentally wrong with you CIA found me when I was 11 but then CIA was also pressuring Maddie to do things she didn't want to and refused to Let Her Go I can't do a project without her I don't want to it's too much for me I just wanted to dance does Maddie Need to Escape CA too oh hello Maddie it's
Aiea here it's weird to think because we have such a big age Gap but people 14 and she's in her 4S mhm yeah so people were like how does that work Maddie and C shared a close relationship and it seemed innocent at first CIA just gifted Maddie Zigler with a brand new whip for her 16th birthday she's I think my God Mom now so if anything were to happen she would take me which is really cool but soon people started to question it a concerning photograph was taken showing C helpless around a 14-year-old Maddie Maddie
used to spend a lot of time at ca's house is Maddie really safe with CA Maddie met CA when she needed to escape from her living nightmare no Abby's going to freak out of I want to go again Abby Lee Miller was Maddie's coach on the show Dance Moms and she was known for taking things too far oh my God what is mentally wrong with you don't cry don't you dare cry Maddie felt like she had to please everyone especially her mentor and you need to be my number one girl out there every week again
do you understand that yes I don't want to let anyone down I have a fear of disappointing someone or I have a fear of people not liking me Abby ruined Maddie's First Kiss by forcing it on her you are going to kiss him you got to kiss him come on this is it we got to get out of this room I was 11 at the time and to this day it Remains the most embarrassing humiliating moment of my life there are being abused by that dance teacher emotionally and uh verbally and I could see she
was she was already suffering from PTSD when CA offered Maddie a way out by giving her a chance to work for her Maddie thought that she would finally be safe I got to La I actually met her she was like screaming she was like I can't believe I'm actually hugging you right now she's a really big pop star and I didn't think that she would even know who I was it was such a good environment for me and I felt it was everything was just stressfree like I didn't have to worry about winning a competition
or making my teacher happy like I I was just like having so much fun my mistakes were good they liked my mistakes she really cares about my well-being she wants to make sure that I'm doing it because I love it not because I'm doing it for anyone else but myself but soon CA was pushing Maddie to do things she didn't want to Elastic Heart ca's most controversial music video to date why is he wrestling with a little girl I've never danced with a much older guy like that before every time between takes they would come
and say you need to be more aggressive you need to bite him harder you need to slap him harder and I'm like I can't I don't want to slap someone that's like scary ca's love for Maddie seemed like it was becoming an obsession I'm fiercely protective of Maddie um uh I provide her 24-hour security it's Auntie CA here you're my very special friend I love you so much I just adore you I can't do a project without her I don't want to I wouldn't make art if it didn't include her but things took a bad
turn when Maddie had to face the backlash for working with CIA See's upcoming film music stars uh Maddie Ziggler as a teenager with autism a role that many are saying should have gone to an actor with autism how did you convince her that this casting was a good thing she cried on the first day of rehearsals and she was really scared and she just said I don't want anyone to think that I'm making fun of them and I was like I won't let that happen not only is it a bad movie but it's also incredibly
misguided horrifically insensitive there were even petitioners asking for the movie to be cancelled for the first time Maddie needed to face the result of living her life for others Maddie responded I've actually stayed out of all of it because you know I'm 18 years old and it's a lot of pressure I understand why people would want someone who's actually on the Spectrum with autism to play this character we know that we're going to make mistakes we know that we're going to fail but we're just trying our hardest Maddie is finally looking out for herself by
taking control and doing things outside of her relationship with CA one day it kind of just happened where it consumed me and I was like I want to be an actor just as much as I want to be a dancer mty Z is working with Steven Spielberg for Westside Story I I absolutely adored the experience it was so fun what's something that you want other young people to take away from you and a message that you kind of want to spread well I think that it's really important to just be yourself and not try to
worry what other people are telling you what to do now I'm not afraid to express myself you can't please everyone you can't make everyone happy as long as I'm making myself feel good and I I'm happy every day in my life that's all that matters [Music]
