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Kalani Hilliker spent her teenage years on 'Dance Moms.' Navigating adulthood as an influencer hasn't always been a smooth ride.

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="10217523" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="kalani-hilliker">Kalani Hilliker</keyword>, an influencer and former "<keyword id="4513651" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="dance-moms">Dance Moms</keyword>" star, expressed support for President Donald <keyword id="6354862" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="trump">Trump</keyword> on Instagram and Twitter. </li><li>The 20-year-old appeared to post footage from Trump's final campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in an Instagram story. </li><li>Some followers, including actress Skai Jackson and Hilliker's "Dance Moms" co-star Nia Sioux, criticized Hilliker's posts. </li></ul>Kalani Hilliker, an influencer and former "Dance Moms" star, expressed support for President Donald Trump in Instagram stories and on Twitter, leading to criticism from some followers. In an Instagram story on Monday, Hilliker, 20, told her 6.1 million followers that "everyone has the freedrom to express their own opinions" and that "we need to all come together as americans [sic] and respect one another." In a subsequent story, Hilliker showed footage that appeared to be from Trump's final campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. <div type="image" title="Screen Shot 2020 11 03 at 2.01.24 PM" height="652" width="467" msid="79031295" hostid="261"></div>On Twitter, she used the "Trump202020" hashtag, indicating support for the incumbent president. "No matter who you're voting for use your voice and vote," Hilliker said in a tweet. "It's your right." In response to the tweet, some followers made "Dance Moms" jokes, writing that other subjects of the Lifetime reality series deserved dance solos on the show over her. "EVERYONE SAY IT WITH ME, MADDIE DESERVED ALL THE SOLOS," said one user, referring to Maddie Ziegler, one of the most famous girls from the series. While Ziegler, 18, has not explicitly voiced support for former Vice President Joe Biden, she has also encouraged her followers to vote and interviewed Biden's granddaughter, Finnegan Biden, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CGIjtJvhMNi/">in an Instagram post</a>. <a href="https://www.nylon.com/articles/dance-moms-nia-sioux-video">Nia Sioux</a>, who also starred on "Dance Moms," said in an Instagram story on Tuesday afternoon that while everyone should respect one another, "it's so hard to respect a president who doesn't respect me, or women, or minorities, or the LGBTQ community." Sioux, who is Black, added: "I'm all for respecting people but at a certain point when someone can't even denounce white supremacy how can you have respect for that person?" Screenshots of Hilliker's Instagram stories and tweet made it onto <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tiktokroom/">@tiktokroom Instagram page</a>, which tracks drama within the world of TikTok creators and other social-media influencers. Comments from followers calling Hilliker's support for Trump "embarrassing" got thousands of likes.

Influencer and former 'Dance Moms' star Kalani Hilliker faces backlash for Trump endorsement

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Some former stars from the "Dance Moms" cast participated in a reunion special airing on Lifetime. </li><li>There's one particularly notable absence: Abby Lee Miller, their former instructor. </li></ul>"Dance Moms: The Reunion" brings back some of the original cast members from the Lifetime series about the cutthroat environment of competitive dance — but there's at least one former star you won't see.Abby Lee Miller, the dance instructor who founded the Abby Lee Dance Company at the center of "Dance Moms," doesn't appear in the special, though there are plenty of clips shown of Miller berating the show's young cast (or their mothers). Today, the show's stars have mixed relationships with the woman who helped launch their careers.In the reunion, six now-adult "Dance Moms" alums — Brooke and Paige Hyland, Kendall Vertes, Kalani Hilliker, Chloé Lukasiak, and JoJo Siwa — collectively process and discuss their experiences on the show. And according to some of them, that wouldn't have been possible if Miller had been present."I think that none of us probably would've wanted to do it if she was there because we are each other's safe space," Hilliker, who <a target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@aldctherealabbylee/video/7345613382730419487">still works</a> with Miller, told Business Insider."For us to be as vulnerable, open, and honest as we were, we felt safe saying that between our group and our core. I think if we had the instigator there, we wouldn't have been able to express how we truly felt and gotten the closure that we needed," Hilliker said.Brooke Hyland told BI that for her and her younger sister Paige, Miller's potential presence was their "first question" when they got the offer to participate in the reunion. The pair and their mother, Kelly Hyland, left the show in season four after Kelly and Miller got into a physical conflict — the famous "You're eating my face!" moment."I think it would've been a whole different atmosphere," Paige told BI. "No one would've felt comfortable. I think everyone was crying and so vulnerable, and we wouldn't have been able to do that."Fellow "Dance Moms" alum JoJo Siwa has said that she speaks to Miller on a regular basis, telling <a target="_blank" href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1400372/dance-moms-jojo-siwa-and-kalani-hilliker-reveal-why-theyre-still-close-to-abby-lee-miller">E! News</a> that Miller has been "supportive" of her career. Hilliker told E! News that though she has a "good relationship" with Miller, she doesn't necessarily forgive the teacher for the way she treated her or her friends.Kendall Vertes told BI that while members of the cast had varying experiences on "Dance Moms," she appreciated the opportunity to return for the reunion and talk through the events of the series with the other women who were part of its child cast."It was nice to come together and talk things through, just the girls," Vertes said. "Not the moms interfering, not Abby interfering, and now we're finally able to close the book, move on, chase our dreams, and kind of leave all of that in the past.""Dance Moms: The Reunion" airs May 1 at 8 p.m. ET on Lifetime and will be available to stream on <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://affiliate.insider.com?h=150a2720738a87c950bb0c493f4479128b07fa6de59a3e8cd344ac5bd0a2896e&amp;postID=66314f031f5f5e2b50036419&amp;postSlug=dance-moms-reunion-lifetime-abby-lee-miller-absence-2024-5&amp;site=bi&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Flive-tv">Hulu Live TV</a>.

The 'Dance Moms' reunion cast say they wouldn't have been able to get 'closure' if Abby Lee Miller participated: 'No one would've felt comfortable'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The Los Angeles Times published an interview with <keyword id="11963354" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="addison-rae" source="Orion">Addison Rae</keyword> on August 27. </li><li>The actress and social media influencer addressed the viral video of her greeting former President Trump at <keyword id="11972439" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ufc-264" source="Orion">UFC 264</keyword> in July. </li><li>Rae, 20, said that she did not support Trump after fans criticized the interaction online. </li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/who-is-addison-rae-tiktok-dance-kardashian-controversy-2021-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Addison Rae</a> addressed the video of her greeting former President <keyword id="11914386" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="donald-trump" source="Orion">Donald Trump</keyword> at a UFC event after fans criticized her online. Rae, whose full name is <keyword id="11972438" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="addison-rae-easterling" source="Orion">Addison Rae Easterling</keyword>, appeared in an interview with <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-08-27/addison-rae-tiktok-hes-all-that-netflix" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Los Angeles Times</a> to talk about her new film, "<a href="https://www.insider.com/hes-all-that-details-you-missed-nods-shes-all-that-2021-8">He's All That</a>." The actress and social media influencer also acknowledged her brief interaction with Trump at<a href="https://www.insider.com/addison-rae-ufc-264-poirier-mcgregor-respond-to-criticsm-2021-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> UFC 264 . </a>In July, the YouTube channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhqGfNrA3e4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NELK uploaded a video titled</a> "Addison Rae Says Hi to Donald Trump," in which the 20-year-old was spotted approaching Trump and tapping him on the shoulder to introduce himself. "I'm Addison. Nice to meet you. I have to say hi, hello. So nice to meet you," Rae said in the video. Since July, the video has been viewed more than 5.1 million times. <div type="image" title="Addison Rae wearing an " height="450" width="600" msid="85727051" hostid="261"></div>Insider's Charlotte Colombo and Palmer Haasch reported that <a href="https://www.insider.com/tiktok-addison-rae-exposed-talking-donald-trump-ufc-264-2021-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a clip was uploaded to the drama channel DefNoodles</a> and gained at least 615,000 views. At the time,<a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellendurney/addison-rae-refused-comment-trump-supporter-liked-tweets" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Buzzfeed</a> reported that fans and fellow influencers launched criticism at Rae for the public meeting, On Twitter, actress and influencer Meghan Rienks <a href="https://twitter.com/meghanrienks/status/1414829051823329281?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>: "You actually * don't* have to say hi." Influencer and comedian Chris Klemens <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisKlemens/status/1414826755190235139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1414826755190235139%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.insider.com%2Ftiktok-addison-rae-exposed-talking-donald-trump-ufc-264-2021-721-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>: "Oopsies Addison... your Republican is showing." In her interview, Rae told the LA Times: "I mean, I don't support Trump. And if someone does, that's their opinion and I respect everyone's opinion, for each their own. But it's very rare on occasion that you ever get to meet a former president, and I think most people could agree with me on that." Addison added that it's a "very uncommon" opportunity, and she considers herself a "friendly person." "So introducing myself does not mean I stand behind anything that any respective person condones," Rae said. <div type="image" title="addison rae movie covid testing site" height="682" width="910" msid="85727052" hostid="261"></div>In September 2020, fans began to speculate that Rae was a Republican after a <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@tommy.memetastic/video/6875084018824596741?referer_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.insider.com%2F&amp;referer_video_id=6875084018824596741&amp;refer=embeder=embed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok video</a> of her alleged voter registration made waves. She took to the comment section to dispel the rumor. "This isn't real," Rae wrote. "First, I'm from Louisiana. Second, I'm not even registered to vote and never have been. I'm actually doing it for the first time with someone important and I'm excited to do so. This is fake." Rae is among other celebrities and influencers who've received online criticism for political beliefs. <a href="https://www.insider.com/tiktok-star-dixie-damelio-on-politics-i-never-supported-trump-2020-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dixie D'Amelio pushed back at speculation she was a Trump supporter </a>after she received death threats, writing on <a href="https://twitter.com/dixiedamelio/status/1257873022888955905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1257873022888955905%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.insider.com%2Ftiktok-star-dixie-damelio-on-politics-i-never-supported-trump-2020-520-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a> that she "never supported Trump." "Dance Moms" star Kalani Hilliker <a href="https://www.insider.com/kalani-hilliker-trump-instagram-influencer-dance-moms-star-endorses-twitter-2020-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">garnered backlash after supporting Trump</a> in the 2020 election.

Addison Rae says she's not a Trump supporter and explains their encounter at UFC 264

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="9103692" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="addison-rae">Addison Rae</keyword> appeared to say hello to former President Donald Trump during a <keyword id="992778" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="UFC">UFC</keyword> event.</li><li>The <keyword id="6762469" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="TikTok">TikTok</keyword> star previously denied rumors she was a Republican.</li><li>Other social media influencers have faced criticism for appearing to support Trump. </li></ul>A clip that appears to show <a href="https://www.insider.com/who-is-addison-rae-tiktok-dance-kardashian-controversy-2021-7">influencer Addison Rae</a> approaching former President Donald Trump at a UFC event has led to renewed speculation over her political affiliation and whether she supported Trump in the 2020 election. In a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhqGfNrA3e4">video uploaded to the NELK YouTube channel on Wednesday</a> titled "Addison Rae Says Hi to Donald Trump," the TikTok star can be seen leaving her seat after spotting Trump in the front row and tapping him on the shoulder."I'm Addison. Nice to meet you. I have to say hi, hello. So nice to meet you," she told a person who appears to be Trump at Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier's UFC 264 match on Saturday. The video, which has already amassed over 2.2 million views on YouTube, is causing a stir online, with several Twitter users accusing Rae of "fangirling" over the former president.Clips of the interaction spread on Twitter, with one upload from drama channel DefNoodles amassing at least 615,000 views. From there, the video generated discourse online, with DefNoodles' tweet including the clip being quote retweeted over 3,200 times.The DefNoodles Twitter account was suspended for violating Twitter's rules on Tuesday. A Twitter representative did not immediately respond to an inquiry regarding the account's suspension. Footage of the purported Rae-Trump interaction is still available in the NELK video, as well as <a href="https://twitter.com/trippieejackie/status/1414805742708723718">other Twitter re-uploads.</a>"You actually *don't* have to say hi," <a href="https://twitter.com/meghanrienks/status/1414829051823329281?s=20">actress and influencer Meghan Rienks said in a tweet.</a> Comedian and influencer Chris Klemens <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisKlemens/status/1414826755190235139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1414826755190235139%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.insider.com%2Ftiktok-addison-rae-exposed-talking-donald-trump-ufc-264-2021-721-7">added</a>: "Oopsies Addison... your Republican is showing."Rumors that Rae was a Republican and supporter of Donald Trump began in September 2020, when <a href="https://www.popbuzz.com/internet/viral/addison-rae-voter-registration-republican/">a TikTok alleging to show Rae's voter registration went viral.</a>The video, posted by TikToker <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@tommy.memetastic?">@tommy.memetastic</a>, appeared to show the voting records and registration of Addison Easterling, which is Rae's real name. The records, which the TikToker said he found through the "Vote Joe" app, suggested that Rae voted for Republican candidates in 2014, 2016, and 2018, in Tarzana, California. Rae debunked the video in its comment section at the time. "This isn't real," Rae said. "First, I'm from Louisiana. Second, I'm not even registered to vote and never have been. I'm actually doing it for the first time with someone important and I'm excited to do so. This is fake."Other influencers have faced criticism in the past for being conservative or supporting Trump. In November 2020, former "Dance Moms" star Kalani Hilliker received backlash for expressing support for <keyword id="3825603" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="president-trump">President Trump</keyword> in the 2020 election via Instagram story posts and tweets, <a href="https://www.insider.com/kalani-hilliker-trump-instagram-influencer-dance-moms-star-endorses-twitter-2020-11">Insider reported.</a>In May 2020, <a href="https://www.insider.com/tiktok-star-dixie-damelio-on-politics-i-never-supported-trump-2020-5">Dixie D'Amelio claimed that she had received death threats</a> as a result of "inaccurate speculation of [her] political belief" after people online began to hypothesize she was a Republican. The TikTok star <a href="https://twitter.com/dixiedamelio/status/1257873022888955905?s=20">clarified in a tweet</a> that she had never supported President Trump and was an "independent voter."At the same UFC 264 event, <a href="https://www.insider.com/addison-rae-ufc-264-poirier-mcgregor-respond-to-criticsm-2021-7">Rae also attracted controversy</a> for posting a photo of herself at the preliminary event, where she appeared to joke that she was a correspondent for the fight. After backlash on Twitter, ESPN confirmed to Insider that though the TikTok star conducted some interviews, she was not hired as a full-time employee.Rae did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.Kat Tenbarge contributed reporting. <a href="https://www.insider.com/culture">To read more stories like this, check out Insider's digital culture coverage here.</a>

Addison Rae appeared to introduce herself to Donald Trump at a UFC fight

<ul class="summary-list"><li>On Election Day, <keyword id="10879" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="YouTube">YouTube</keyword> channels — including one with more than 1 million subscribers — livestreamed fake election results to tens of thousands of people.</li><li>Some channels were able to make money from ads via YouTube, as Insider found 3 fake elections results broadcasts that had advertisements playing before them.</li><li>Insider found that the top four videos in the YouTube search results for "Presidential Election Results" were broadcasting a fake graphic displaying an Electoral College projection hours before any state's polls closed.</li><li>YouTube removed the videos Insider sent the company for violating its policies on "spam, deceptive practices, and scams."</li></ul>Hours before any state's polls closed on Election Day 2020, YouTube channels were broadcasting fake election night results to tens of thousands of viewers. Eight videos out of the top 20 videos in the YouTube search results for "LIVE 2020 Presidential Election Results" showed what appeared to be the same fake results graphics that channels were spamming in an effort to get views and, on three of the channels, made money from advertisements that played before the stream via YouTube ad services.One of the channels Insider found to be broadcasting fake results had more than 1.4 million subscribers, and four of them were verified channels. Insider also found that the top four search results for "Presidential Election Results" were fake election night results, and search results for "Election Results" also resulted in three of the same fake broadcasts.None of the channels Insider found broadcasting fake results were affiliated with any political or <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> organizations; rather, hip-hop and music-related channels were found to be usurping outlets like CBS News and NowThis News in YouTube search results. Three of the top four results for "LIVE 2020 Presidential Election Results" were all <keyword id="535763" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Misinformation">misinformation</keyword>, an Insider search found.After Insider emailed YouTube with links to three of the fake broadcasts, the platform took down the videos Insider flagged. The platform said the streams violated YouTube's policies on "spam, deceptive practices, and scams.""After careful review, we are removing livestreams that violate our Community Guidelines. We have established policies prohibiting <a href="https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2801973?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spam, deceptive practices &amp; scams</a>, and we continue to be vigilant with regards to election-related content in the lead-up and post-election period," YouTube told Insider in a statement.YouTube also added banners to the top of search results about election results that say "Results may not be final. See the latest on Google," linked to a <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=election+results+%23election2020">live counter</a> that showed results were pending.Before YouTube removed it, the top search result for all of the terms Insider tried, including "Election results," was a fake broadcast from a channel called Seven Hip-Hop with more than 650,000 subscribers that describes itself as "a community hip-hop channel that works closely with labels and independent artists." The channel's most popular uploads are 2Pac songs, one of which has over 380 million views. Its election misinformation livestream was being viewed by more than 26,000 people when Insider contacted YouTube about it.Seven Hip-Hop's stream was just a still image with a flashing "LIVE NOW" graphic in the top right corner, but the live chatbox to the right of the stream appeared to show viewers who believed that Biden was winning the Electoral College based on the fake image.The most common graphic Insider found the channels were using, including Seven Hip-Hop, combined a mock-up <a href="https://www.270towin.com/">270toWin.com</a> graphic and a falsely edited RealClearPolitics graphic. <a href="https://slate.com/technology/2020/11/270towin-com-election-night-2020.html">Slate reported</a> the morning of Election Day 2020 that 270toWin would be "The Hottest Election Night Website" since it allows users to create their own election forecast, clicking on states to adjust the outcome from "safe" to "likely" to "leans" red or blue.<a href="https://slate.com/technology/2020/11/270towin-com-election-night-2020.html">Slate also reported</a> that some users were creating mock forecasts as jokes using 270toWin in the lead-up to Election Day 2020, before YouTube channels used the site's template to make misinformation graphics.Other social media platforms created policies in advance of the <keyword id="7600569" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="2020-election">2020 election</keyword> to moderate election results announcements. Twitter, for example, instituted <a href="https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/2020-election-changes.html">a policy to label tweets</a> that preemptively called 2020 races before an announcement from election state officials or "a public projection from at least two authoritative, national news outlets."<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/kalani-hilliker-trump-instagram-influencer-dance-moms-star-endorses-twitter-2020-11">Influencer and former 'Dance Moms' star Kalani Hilliker faces backlash for Trump endorsement</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/lil-pump-trump-rally-video-bella-hadid-president-instagram-support-2020-11">Bella Hadid calls out Lil Pump for supporting Trump after he appeared at a campaign rally for the president</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/trump-shares-rally-compilation-video-made-by-qanon-influencer-2020-11">A video made by a popular QAnon account was shared by Donald and Ivanka Trump and played at a campaign rally</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/zoe-laverne-kissing-13-year-old-fan-apology-livestream-2020-11">A 19-year-old TikTok star apologized for kissing and 'catching feelings' for her 13-year-old fan</a></li></ul>

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