Abby Lee Miller Responds to Backlash After Controversial Comments About High School Football Players

Abby Lee Miller is attempting to set the record straight after saying she’s still attracted to high school football players.

The 57-year-old Dance Moms star appeared on the Sofia with an F podcast and discussed Tom Cruise’s 1983 film All the Right Moves, in which he stars as a teenage defensive back.

“Oh, that’s my downfall,” Abby said on the show. “I like the high school football players,” she admitted, adding: “I still like them.”

After that clip went viral on TikTok, many users expressed their concern and criticism. Now, the reality star is responding to the backlash in an Instagram video.

“I do like those hot, athletic, muscular types of guys — the jocks,” Abby said in her response video. “I always have, and I always will.” She noted they they “must be able to go out to a club, gamble in Vegas [and] rent an ADA-compliant, handicap-accessible van.”

“If you saw the movie All the Right Moves starring Tom Cruise playing a high school football star, then you will know exactly what I’m talking about,” she continued.

Abby shared that she plans to attend her high school class reunion in November and hopes “that the heartthrob is there.” She finished, “But if he’s not, I heard Tom Brady’s available.”

Abby also recently addressed her rift with Maddie Ziegler and whether or not she’s open to reconciling.