Nia Sioux reveals who she still talks to from 'Dance Moms,' reacts to rumors she's joining 'Next Gen LA' in Confession Cube

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00:00It's not her lesson, it's my lesson that I taught myself, but being at the bottom isn't

00:04always a negative thing.

00:07Hi, I'm Nia Su, and I'm answering questions from the Confession Cube with page six.

00:13Let's do it.

00:14Why am I low-key nervous?

00:17Your book, Bottom of the Pyramid, a Memoir, is about reclaiming your story.

00:22What did you learn about yourself through the writing process?

00:24Ooh, this is good.

00:26I think I learned that I'm a lot more sensitive than I am.

00:31Like, I have a lot of emotions, I have a lot of feelings, and I don't show them enough.

00:36That's what I learned.

00:37It's okay to show all of my feelings.

00:42What is the biggest lesson you think you took away from Abby's pyramids in general?

00:47The biggest lesson I took away is that being at—well, it's not her lesson, it's my lesson

00:52that I taught myself, but being at the bottom isn't always a negative thing.

00:56If you start at the bottom, that means the only way you can go is up.

01:00If you could join the cast of any current reality TV series, what would it be?

01:06That's a great question.

01:09Dancing with the Stars.

01:11Dancing with the Stars.

01:12That is literally my dream in life.

01:14Literally my dream in—I grew up watching that show.

01:17So yeah, Dancing with the Stars.

01:18Okay.

01:20In the announcement for your book, you said it was for people who have felt overlooked,

01:24undervalued, or not good enough.

01:26What advice would you give someone who feels this way?

01:29Ooh, I would give them so much advice, but I think the biggest thing would be for people to

01:37remember that they do matter and they do belong, no matter what anyone says.

01:42Um, you always matter, and no one gets to make you feel bad about yourself, you know?

01:49You—you are the star in your own life.

01:53What do you think is the most surprising thing people will learn about you from your book?

01:58Hmm.

02:00For someone who has been kind of, like, overlooked or has been told that, like,

02:05they're not good enough, like, on the daily, I feel like I'm a pretty confident person,

02:10which I think says a lot about me, baby.

02:13Dance has been such a big part of your life, but it came with ups and downs.

02:17What is your relationship like with dancing now?

02:20Dancing right now is a positive in my life.

02:25I have learned to love dance again.

02:28Um, I danced throughout college, um, and even now, every now and then I will dance.

02:34It's definitely, like, part of me that I don't think I'll ever really be able to give up.

02:41Let's see.

02:43Which of your Dance Moms teammates do you keep in touch with the most?

02:46Oh, for sure, Chloe.

02:48I'm seeing her tomorrow.

02:51For sure.

02:52If you had to pick one song to choreograph a dance about your life to, what would it be?

02:57Oh, I can't pick a specific song, but, like, I feel like a Beyoncé song would just, like,

03:05really resonate with me.

03:07We all know you love your mom, Dr. Holly.

03:09What is the quality, oh, what is the quality you admire most about her?

03:13Oh, she treats people with so much respect, and I love that about her.

03:18She genuinely is just, like, at her core a good person and just loves to help people.

03:25And I see a lot of that in myself as well.

03:29Like, I get that from her.

03:30Okay.

03:31If you could swap lives with another creator for a day, who would it be?

03:35And what would you do?

03:38Probably...

03:40I'm not gonna...

03:42Okay, wait, I'm sorry.

03:43It's so funny.

03:44This is really random, but probably the guy who...

03:51I'm sorry.

03:52He goes, he does, like, this dance.

03:56I would just...

03:57If you know, you know.

03:57I'm not gonna go into further detail.

03:59But if you know, you know.

04:01I just feel like it'd be funny to troll people.

04:03If you like Hello Kitty, this is for you.

04:10You said you always wanted to write a book.

04:11What inspired you to share your story now?

04:13Oh, I honestly think I got to a certain point

04:18where I felt confident in just sharing my journey,

04:23where I just wasn't afraid of what people would think anymore.

04:26I wasn't scared of people.

04:27I saw people were really wondering about my story

04:30and how Dance Moms affected my life.

04:34And it made me think, maybe this is the right time to share my story.

04:38Ooh, this is a big one.

04:39Okay.

04:40Build a pyramid yourself.

04:42How would you rank these trends?

04:44Pumpkin spice season, butter yellow as a color,

04:48golden retriever boyfriends, telling your mom everything,

04:52the summer I turned pretty, skipping Thanksgiving,

04:55and going right to the Christmas decorations.

04:57Okay, okay.

04:59Bottom would be Thanksgiving, like skipping Thanksgiving,

05:02and going right to Christmas.

05:03Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays.

05:05It's not my favorite, one of my favorite holidays.

05:08Next, at the bottom of the pyramid,

05:10I would probably say telling your mom everything.

05:12Um, I tell my mom everything,

05:15but like you don't need to tell your mom everything.

05:18Okay. I'm going to put the summer I turned pretty.

05:20That would be next because I love it.

05:23I watch it.

05:24Good show.

05:25But maybe, maybe we can watch some other shows too.

05:28I'm going to do golden retriever boyfriends next.

05:30Like, great.

05:31Love that for us.

05:33Um, yeah, I'm going to leave it at that.

05:37Next, I would say butter, yeah, butter yellow as a color.

05:45Love the color yellow, but my favorite color always will be pink.

05:49And then last but not least, pumpkin spice season.

05:54I love a pumpkin spice season anything.

05:57I love, I love a seasonal trend.

06:00You know what I mean?

06:01I just love to bake.

06:04Oh, probably because of the bake.

06:05I feel like the baked treats around pumpkin spice season are just beautiful.

06:10So good.

06:10Yeah, that, that would be my ranking.

06:14What is the biggest misconception about you?

06:16That I'm a bad dancer.

06:18Please.

06:21It's true.

06:22It's true.

06:24Dang.

06:24After announcing your upcoming memoir, did any of your fellow Dance Moms alum reach out to you?

06:30If so, what'd they say?

06:32Um, yeah.

06:33Chloe has been so supportive throughout my whole journey and throughout this book.

06:38Chloe honestly really encouraged me to share my story.

06:42I always knew I was going to do it, but I feel like her encouraging me to finally tell my story

06:48because she was surprised that I hadn't even really talked much about my time on Dance Moms.

06:54I think it really helped me feel like it was the right time.

06:57And also like the Highland sisters, they're so sweet.

07:00They also reached out to me and were so kind.

07:03So yeah, there's been some people who have been so, so sweet and supporting me.

07:08So I appreciate them all the way.

07:10Let's see.

07:12There has been recent-

07:13Oh, this is so funny.

07:15There has been recent speculation that you are in talks to join the cast of Bravo's next-gen LA.

07:21Are the rumors true?

07:22What is your relationship to people wanting to see you on the show?

07:25I don't know where this rumor started, if I'm being so honest.

07:30People started posting about this and I was very confused.

07:34One, I didn't really understand what it was at first because I know this might be surprising.

07:39I don't really watch reality like that.

07:41I don't.

07:42I don't.

07:43But when I started seeing people post, I was like, what?

07:49You never know though.

07:50I sometimes do random things.

07:53Looking back, is there anything you would have done differently while on Dance Moms?

07:59That's a very deep question.

08:01I feel like, yeah, there are things I would do differently.

08:04But also, we're people.

08:07We make mistakes and I like to live a life of no regrets.

08:11You know what I mean?

08:12I feel like it's really important to just kind of like own the past, own things that happened,

08:18owned past mistakes, past whatever, and grow from it, you know?

08:22So I would say there probably are things I absolutely should have done differently,

08:29but I choose to just move on.

08:34Oh, we only have a few more left.

08:36You grew up in the entertainment industry.

08:39Along your journey, who has given you the best career advice and what is it?

08:45There's been a few people who have given me really good advice.

08:49Mikey Minden, he directed like my first couple of music videos when I first started doing music.

08:55And one of the things he told me, he was like, never sign anything.

09:00Don't sign anything.

09:02And I have learned that the hard way a few times.

09:05And then the other thing would be my mentors, Chloe and Maude Arnold.

09:10I actually talk about this in the book.

09:11When I was really down about dance, thinking about, you know, like,

09:14what am I really going to dance for the rest of my life?

09:17Should I quit?

09:17Whatever.

09:18They helped me get through that time.

09:20And a piece of advice they told me was that whenever you meet someone who used to dance,

09:25they always tell you that they regret not sticking with it.

09:28And that's all I needed to hear to keep to keep pursuing my love, my passion for dance.

09:34You have said you felt like your story wasn't told the way it should have been told through Dance Moms.

09:40Were there parts of your story that were hard to relive while writing the book?

09:44Absolutely.

09:44There were some things I'm like, oh, I don't really like.

09:48There were parts that were hard to relive and parts that were hard to kind of write through,

09:54especially like, you know, digging up the past.

09:57But it's not really digging up the past.

09:58It's kind of resolving it and and having closure to move on.

10:04Okay.

10:06What is your go to coffee order?

10:08Oh, this is a good one.

10:11And it's very basic, but it's my favorite.

10:14An iced vanilla latte with oat milk.

10:16But I do love a chai.

10:19And I'm sorry, you're going to get three answers now.

10:22I'm also a tea drinker, too.

10:23It wasn't about tea, but I also drink tea every single day.

10:27So there you go.

10:29You know more than you wanted to know.

10:31Okay.

10:31This is the last one, guys.

10:33You are the premiere for Freakier Friday.

10:35What would be the first thing you would do if you switch spots with your mom?

10:39I would genuinely like I would genuinely like sign her up for public speaking.

10:48She's great.

10:49She has great advice and she's a great public speaker.

10:51So I'm like, I would genuinely be like, I'm signing you up for this, this, this, this, this.

10:55I'd have a whole I'm basically her PR.

10:58But I'm herself.

10:59Anyway, I'd sign myself up for everything.

11:02And then once she switched back to her body, I'd make her do it.

11:05Because people need to hear her knowledge.

11:09That was the confession cube with page six.

11:11Make sure to grab your copy of my new book, Bottom of the Pyramid,

11:14a memoir available for purchase now.

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