Danielle Kirby really tells things how they are
Kirby set the record straight on the 2021 TLC “Where Are They Now” reunion special for toddlers & Tiara cast members. At the time, she was 18 years old and preparing for the Miss Las Vegas Teen USA pageant. She revealed that she was thinking about following in her mother’s footsteps and becoming a cosmetologist, but instead she got a job working as a personal assistant for the founder of a prominent skincare company called Beauty Kitchen.
Based on Kirby’s words, insecurity isn’t one of her qualities. She said things like, “”I love myself; I love my body; I love everything about me. Everybody should be blessed with a big ego.”
However, in a 2021 appearance on the “Spirituality and Self-Love in the Modern World” she opened up about feeling hurt and thinking the world hated her for the scrutiny and negative feedback she faced on “Toddlers & Tiaras.”
As with many reality TV shows, Kirby claims that duplicitous editing was why she was made to appear brattier than she was in reality. Evidently, the boy she was filmed hitting in the clip was her younger brother, who was attempting to take rhinestones off her pageant dress. And the news of her threatening to trash a hotel room if she didn’t win? Apparently, that was all due to her producers, who suggested the idea after they interviewed her for 45 minutes.
Danielle says that while she sarcastically repeated the line back to the cameraman, the editing made it look real, and they “forced” the line out of her. It’s no surprise since producers are often seen coaxing more dramatic moments out of their reality stars.
