![EXCLUSIVE: Dance Moms star Abby Lee Miller doesn’t flinch as a gymnast SOMERSAULTS over her during an outing to an LA beach. The reality TV star, 55, bravely lay back in her wheelchair as the muscular shirtless performer ran towards her then vaulted above her. Miller, who shot to fame as the star of hit show Dance Moms, has been using a wheelchair after undergoing surgery to remove a tumor from her spinal cord after reportedly being diagnosed with a form of cancer called Burkitt Lymphoma. Miller’s visit to the beach in Santa Monica, CA, saw her talking to a man and a woman dressed in workout gear before giving him a series of dance lessons. An onlooker said: “Abby was in great form and started giving the guy dance lessons. "She was teaching him to move and how and when to move his feet and it seemed he was struggling to get the hang of it. It was like she was back on the show Dance Moms and was shouting orders at him to ‘move to the side’ or ‘back right’. She appeared to be trying to teach him ballet just like she did to kids on the series. “It looked the guy had some gymnastic training and so afterwards they did a stunt where he ran at her and somersaulted directly above her.” Miller spent eight seasons on Dance Mom and previously taught Joelle Joanie “Jojo” Siwa. In 2017 she was sentenced to 366 days in prison for bankruptcy fraud. 31 Aug 2021 Pictured: Abbey Lee Miller. Photo credit: KAT/MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342 (Mega Agency TagID: MEGA782922_021.jpg) [Photo via Mega Agency]](https://hollywoodlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Abby-Lee-Miller-Spotted-In-Wheelchair-MEGA-1.jpg?fit=282%2C440)
![EXCLUSIVE: Dance Moms star Abby Lee Miller doesn’t flinch as a gymnast SOMERSAULTS over her during an outing to an LA beach. The reality TV star, 55, bravely lay back in her wheelchair as the muscular shirtless performer ran towards her then vaulted above her. Miller, who shot to fame as the star of hit show Dance Moms, has been using a wheelchair after undergoing surgery to remove a tumor from her spinal cord after reportedly being diagnosed with a form of cancer called Burkitt Lymphoma. Miller’s visit to the beach in Santa Monica, CA, saw her talking to a man and a woman dressed in workout gear before giving him a series of dance lessons. An onlooker said: “Abby was in great form and started giving the guy dance lessons. "She was teaching him to move and how and when to move his feet and it seemed he was struggling to get the hang of it. It was like she was back on the show Dance Moms and was shouting orders at him to ‘move to the side’ or ‘back right’. She appeared to be trying to teach him ballet just like she did to kids on the series. “It looked the guy had some gymnastic training and so afterwards they did a stunt where he ran at her and somersaulted directly above her.” Miller spent eight seasons on Dance Mom and previously taught Joelle Joanie “Jojo” Siwa. In 2017 she was sentenced to 366 days in prison for bankruptcy fraud. 31 Aug 2021 Pictured: Abbey Lee Miller . Photo credit: KAT/MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342 (Mega Agency TagID: MEGA782922_032.jpg) [Photo via Mega Agency]](https://hollywoodlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Abby-Lee-Miller-Spotted-In-Wheelchair-MEGA.jpg?fit=440%2C314)
Abby Lee Miller, 53, has a fresh new look thanks to a facelift! After her grueling battle with cancer, the Dance Moms star went under the knife, and documented the entire experience for talk show The Doctors. In the opening clips filmed at Dr. Simoni’s office in Beverly Hills, a nervous Abby admitted she was “scared” to undergo the elective procedure. “I just don’t like needles,” she continued, as the plastic surgeon team began to mark her face and neck with a pen.
“The first part is to do liposuction of the neck, and you can see that the fat is little by little coming through that little tube,” the doctor explained to Abby. “Now we’re starting with the face and we’re making tiny incisions around the ears to get access to the facial fat and muscles,” he continued. Abby kept her sense of humor, quipping that Dr. Simono would need “gallons” of fat as he went ahead with the procedure. In the before and after photos, Abby’s face is noticeably firmer with a more defined jaw line and cheekbones.
The procedure follows Abby’s intense battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in April 2018, which required her to undergo surgery, spinal taps and 10 rounds of chemotherapy. She announced she was “cancer free” in May 2019, and opened up about her experience. “I would have been dead [if it wasn’t caught],” Abby admitted in an interview on Good Morning America later that month. “I was paralyzed from the neck down — no movement…because this cancer — this lymphoma — was choking my spinal cord.”
The treatments temporarily paralyzed Abby, restricting her to a wheel chair after recovering. “I was paralyzed from my neck down. I was in the fetal position, just talking, that was it, that was all I could do, and [her doctor] did eight hours of emergency surgery,” Abby also said. She’s been slowly focused on getting her mobility back, and took her first steps in front of The Doctors‘ live studio audience in Sept. 2019. “This is so scary, you have no idea,” the Pittsburgh native announced, as she used a walker then balanced completely on her own. Abby has come a long way in the months since, actively chronicling her progress on YouTube. In a December video, she announced she walked “86 steps” as she used a walker to move around.