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9 Death Threats

Dance Moms has launched around the same time that Instagram. Many reality shows are becoming hateful due to social media. The Dance Moms cast is no exception. These were children, but they are young. The show’s first episode starred dancers as young as six-year-olds. Payton Ackerman, who only appeared in a few episodes, said that he received death threats.

Payton shared in a video how producers made a particular episode look bad. It got to the point that I was receiving death threats. People called my home phone at all hours of the night. It sounds scary. It’s not just her; the entire group of girls (and their mothers) are subject to the hatred on social media.