Former child dancer Maddie Ziegler shared how she feels about growing up on television.

“I have blocked out so much of my childhood that I actually don’t know what my life was like before I was working,” Ziegler told High Low with EmRata podcast.

She also said that she doesn’t remember the things that she’s done as a child, even when other people post old videos of her dancing, calling the gap in memory a “weird” experience.

As she recalled her childhood perfectionism, she talked about how she had to unlearn that mentality because she “was so hard on [herself].” The dancer-turned-actress won numerous awards and titles throughout her dance competition days.

“They’re plastic trophies and crowns,” Ziegler said. “Where are they now? I don’t want anything to do with them. Why was I working so hard for those?”

On being on Dance Moms, Ziegler recounted...