‘Dance Moms’ star Maddie Ziegler unpacks long-running Tate McRae rivalry

Maddie Ziegler is breaking down her dance rivalry with Tate McRae and where they stand today.

Ziegler appeared on “Therapuss with Jake Shane” Wednesday and recalled competing against McRae in dance competitions when she was just 9 years old. The “Dance Moms” alum said the Canadian pop star beat her at the Dance Awards, which was “the biggest thing you could win.”

Ziegler, now 23, admitted she was a “sore loser” as a child.

“Like, if I didn’t win, I was like really upset,” she said. “And that’s what I was taught, you know?”

They later crossed paths again in 2016 when McRae competed in “So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation” and Ziegler was a judge.

“It was so weird,” Ziegler commented.

The “Chandelier” music video star said they weren’t allowed to be friends at the time since she was a judge and McRae was a competitor, but connected after the show wrapped.

McRae ended up finishing third in the competition.

“I feel like when I was around 16, 17, we got close again and started hanging out in LA,” Ziegler shared. “And I love her so much, and she’s killing it.”

McRae, 22, famously competed in the same circuits as the “Dance Moms” girls that dance instructor and choreographer Abby Lee Miller once trained.

The “Sports Car” singer beat out Ziegler to take the Junior Best Female Dancer title at the 2015 Dance Awards, and footage later resurfaced on TikTok and went viral.

Miller shared on Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea” podcast earlier this month that McRae snubbed her when they ran into each other at an LA hot spot.

“I don’t know her that well, I just know her [enough] to say ‘hello,’” the dance coach, 60, said. “I just saw her at Craig’s having dinner a couple weeks ago.”

“She didn’t even look at me,” she added. “She had her nose in the air.”

Still, Miller praised McRae for incorporating impressive dance moves during her performances.

“I think that it’s great that she can whack her leg up there while she’s [singing],” Miller said. “It shows that you have to do everything. You have to be a triple threat — she’ll be acting next, probably.”