{"id":229573,"date":"2024-06-07T18:29:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T18:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/07\/melanie-wilking-reacts-to-mirandas-dancing-for-the-devil-response-hollywood-life\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:17:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:17:37","slug":"melanie-wilking-reacts-to-mirandas-dancing-for-the-devil-response-hollywood-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/07\/melanie-wilking-reacts-to-mirandas-dancing-for-the-devil-response-hollywood-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Melanie Wilking Reacts to Miranda\u2019s \u2018Dancing for the Devil\u2019 Response \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-media edge-to-edge entry-media--lead-image\" aria-describedby=\"lead-image-credit\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--widescreen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"384\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/melanie-miranda-featured.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=384&amp;h=216&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-hl-384x216-tc size-hl-384x216-tc wp-post-image\" alt=\"Melanie Wilking and Miranda Derrick\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/melanie-miranda-featured.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=384&amp;h=216&amp;crop=1 384w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/melanie-miranda-featured.jpg?quality=100&amp;resize=768%2C432 768w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/melanie-miranda-featured.jpg?quality=100&amp;resize=1536%2C864 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 670px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption id=\"lead-image-credit\">Image Credit: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- .entry-media --><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\">TikTok star <strong>Melanie Wilking<\/strong>\u00a0is weighing in on the <em>Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult<\/em> drama. In response to her estranged sister <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2024\/06\/06\/miranda-derrick-reacts-to-dancing-for-the-devil\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>Miranda Derrick\u2019<\/strong>s reaction<\/a> to the doc, Melanie claimed that Miranda and her husband, <strong>James Derrick<\/strong>, \u201cwere reached out to many times\u201d about it.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">\u201cAnd declined every time,\u201d Melanie told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vM-uIRNAdQo&amp;t=154s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><em>Access Hollywood<\/em><\/a> on Thursday, June 6.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">The social media personality went on to point out that she and her family \u201cknew [Miranda] was in a cult, so of course, we are going to have our guard up.\u201d The dancer also explained that she \u201cwent to two of [7M\u2019s] private dinners and two of the services that you have to be invited to, and I picked up on all these red flags.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe title=\"Dancing for the Devil: Melanie Wilking RESPONDS TO Miranda Derrick&#039;s Statement (EXCLUSIVE)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vM-uIRNAdQo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">\u201cSo, when she\u2019s saying that we weren\u2019t supportive, it was because I was seeing what she wasn\u2019t seeing,\u201d Melanie continued, referring to Miranda. \u201cI was seeing that they wanted to, because I wasn\u2019t going anymore, they wanted to rip us apart. And sure enough look where we are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">Earlier this week, Miranda shared a statement via her Instagram Stories about the cult allegations made in the three-part Netflix docuseries, which premiered on May 29.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">\u201cI love my Mom, Dad and Melanie and they will forever be a part of my life,\u201d Miranda began. \u201cThe truth is, we just don\u2019t see eye to eye at this time. I believe that this documentary is a one-sided story. I gave my life to Jesus Christ in 2020 and asked my family for some space in the very beginning to collect my thoughts and process my new walk I wanted to take with God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">Miranda then added that nobody \u201clikes to be portrayed as their brainwashed\/not in control of her own life\/shell of herself\/human trafficked daughter\/sister when that just isn\u2019t the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">The Netflix doc focuses on the controversy with 7M Films Shekinah Church, which Miranda has been involved in since 2020. The group was founded by pastor <strong>Robert Shinn<\/strong>, who is currently in a legal battle against several former 7M members.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">Robert filed a defamation lawsuit against a former church member in 2022. The member denied the accusations, and she countersued Robert the following year. In March 2023, the former member alleged, \u201cShekinah is a cult operating under the disguise of a religious institution,\u201d per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/culture-news\/7m-dancers-sue-alleging-robert-shinn-runs-cult-1234701158\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><em>Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2024\/06\/07\/melanie-wilking-reacts-to-miranda-derricks-dancing-for-the-devil-response\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Image Credit: Getty Images TikTok star Melanie Wilking\u00a0is weighing in on the Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult drama. 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