What Melissa Gisoni From Dance Moms Looks Like Today

Posted by Tandra Barner on Thursday, May 9, 2024

Although she is supportive of her daughters' careers, Gisoni herself prefers to stay out of the public eye. "I never wanted to be on TV and I never want to be on TV again," she told Cosmopolitan, explaining that she joined the show because she thought it would be a good platform for her daughters' dance careers. Gisoni said she never expected the level of stardom that came with it.

In the same interview, Gisoni described her post-Dance Moms life as that of a normal mom from Pittsburgh. "When I come home, I go to lunch with my girlfriends," she told the outlet. "I would be content if it all went away tomorrow, but [Maddie] wouldn't." Of course, Gisoni hasn't disappeared from the spotlight completely. She frequently posts Instagram photos of her daughters and the family dog, and used her platform to encourage her 3.7 million followers to vote.

Despite the dramatic blowouts often seen on the show, Gisoni is close friends with fellow dance moms Holly Frazier, Jill Vertes, and Kelly Hyland. The four recently launched a podcast titled Because Mom Said So, which covers a wide range of topics, from motherhood to beauty trends to dance. In an October 2020 interview with ET, Gisoni shared that, although she's happy to no longer be on Dance Moms, she's grateful for the lasting bonds that were formed between both the moms and the young dancers during their time at the ALDC.

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