'Dance Moms' Star Abby Lee Miller Shares Prison Advice For Lori Loughlin And Felicity Huffman
"Dance Moms" star and instructor Abby Lee Miller knows what life is like behind bars. The reality star, who faced prison time after pleading guilty in 2017 to bankruptcy fraud, spent just under one year at Federal Correctional Complex in Victorville, California.
Now, Miller, 52, is now offering prison advice to actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman following their alleged involvement in the nationwide college admissions scandal.
Loughlin, 54, and her husband, clothing designer Mossimo Giannulli, 55, were accused in March of paying $500,000 in bribes to college consultant William "Rick" Singer in order to assure that their two daughters, Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose, would be admitted to University of Southern California.
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Meanwhile, Huffman, 56, has pleaded guilty to paying $15,000 to allow her daughter an unlimited amount of time to take her SAT test. After pleading guilty in April, she said in a statement that she felt "deep regret and shame over what" had transpired.
What is unknown what awaits Huffman and Loughlin, Miller shared her best prison advice for the two stars with Entertainment Tonight. "Don't hire a prison consultant. That's one," Miller advised. She also suggested the two stars be "open with people" as others prisoners would likely want to get to know them.
"They are celebrities. People know them from TV. TV's a big deal in prison. A big deal," Miller said. "People watch it nonstop. So they're gonna be interested in what it was like to be on a TV show. You know, what's it like to, you know, be married to John Stamos?... What are all these things like? They're gonna want to know."
The reality star went on, "They're interested, and I think if they share their stories and their tales of woe and all that, they will be just fine. And I also think, you know, it's important to listen to every other woman's story, because everybody there just wants to tell their own story and be heard. I think that's what I learned most. Everybody's there because of some, you know, crazy nonsense stupid mistakes that we made .... and they still are just trying to tell their story."
Miller also gave her opinion as to how she thinks Loughlin will be treated if she ends up doing time. "I think [Loughlin is] still going to be [America's sweetheart]," she said.
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