Miranda Derrick, the popular TikTok dancer and subject of Netflix’s Dancing For the Devil docuseries, is sharing her side of the story, claiming that she is not part of a cult.
On Tuesday, Derrick shared an IG story that refuted claims made by her family and others in the documentary. Derrick clarified she couldn’t go into too much detail because of legal purposes, but she felt compelled to share her side after the series premiered on May 29.
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“I love my Mom, Dad and Melanie and they will forever be a part of my life,” she wrote. “The truth is, we just don’t 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.
“My family didn’t honor the space I asked for and I saw a different side of them I’ve never seen before,” she continued. “Honestly, it made me mad, frustrated and annoyed that they were being so overbearing and chaotic.”
Derrick also explained why she missed her grandfather’s funeral, which her family claimed in the documentary that 7M had not allowed her to attend. Derrick said that she chose not to attend with her family because she “felt threatened by them.”
“Before we went into the hospital to [say our last goodbyes], I started to pray for our Papa in the car and Melanie got offended, angry with me and told me to stop and to never pray around her,” Derrick wrote. “Fast forward about a month and a half, Melanie and I are in LA and we’re about to head back to Michigan for our Papa’s funeral. I was at a place with my family where I felt like I was being harassed. My parents and sister are not religious. They immediately called me going to church twice a week a ‘cult.’ I felt that if I went back for the funeral they would try to keep me there and not let me come back to LA.”
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“No one likes to be portrayed as their brainwashed/not in control of her own life/shell of herself/human trafficked daughter/sister when that just isn’t the truth,” she wrote. “I am just a woman trying to live my life. I am not a victim, I am not in any harm, I am not being abused. I’ve never asked my family or anyone else to ‘help’ me in any way. Respectfully, what I choose to do with my life is up to me.”
