Holly Frazier Claps Back At Critics Questioning Nia Sioux’s Book

“Dance Moms” alum Dr. Holly Frazier clapped back at critics who criticized her daughter, Nia Sioux, over the release of her explosive tell-all memoir, “Bottom of the Pyramid.”

A day before her daughter’s book was released, Frazier shared a passionate video on TikTok, slamming those who were criticizing her daughter for releasing her new memoir, which details heartbreaking stories from her time filming “Dance Moms.” For those unfamiliar, Frazier starred on the Lifetime reality series alongside her daughter from 2011 to 2017 and spent many episodes at the center of the drama.

In her video, Frazier responded to the individuals who were upset with her for keeping her daughter on the show for as long as she did, calling them “manipulative” for trying to “deflect the issue onto me.” She continued, insisting she would not let her daughter’s experience be invalidated, adding, “Shame on you. You should be embarrassed. That was an ignorant, low blow.”

Elsewhere on her TikTok, Frazier appeared to slam Sioux’s dance instructor, the villainous Abby Lee Miller, explaining that her daughter had to work through challenging experiences stemming from “someone who did not do their job.” She added, “No one was hired to be evil or cruel.”

Frazier’s post comes days after her “Dance Moms” co-stars, Kelly Hyland and Christi Lukasiak, discussed Sioux’s memoir on their “Back to the Barre” podcast. During their discussion, Hyland made clear that she had an issue with Sioux’s writing.

“She talks about all of us and our kids, and I just feel like … a phone call would have been nice, saying ‘My daughter is going to talk about everybody in the book,'” she said. “Meanwhile, my kids weren’t even there for 90% of it, what she’s talking about in the book. But we’re lumped in all of that.”

During another portion of the podcast, Hyland questioned what took Frazier so long to remove her daughter from the show, saying, “Holly was on there the longest out of any mom, and now Nia writes a book about how she was treated. And I kinda feel like, OK, why didn’t you get her off the show?”

Sioux writes about her complicated relationship with the show in the pages of her book, and on TikTok, Frazier said many people have been touched by her story. “What we’re not going to do is manipulate the truth and the narrative to fit your own agenda because you don’t want to hold certain people accountable … We’re not going to take advantage and do my kid wrong,” she added.

Before she finished, Frazier challenged her daughter’s critics to purchase a copy of the title rather than trashing it online. “I am disengaging from anyone who has the wrong opinion,” she captioned the video.

In addition to writing about her decision to continue filming the show for as long as she did, Sioux also opened up about some deeply hurtful moments that occurred on the set of “Dance Moms” as well, such as the time Miller allegedly berated her over her hair, which was in braids at the time.

“Abby told me that I needed to fix my hair because it looked awful. She said — on camera, no less —’ It’s like a log coming out of the side of her head,'” she wrote before claiming that her dance teacher once asked her whether she wished she had “white-girl hair.”