Melanie Wilking will not subscribe to any hate against her sister Miranda Derrick.
After Miranda spoke out against threats that she said she and husband James "BDash" Derrick received following the release of Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult, a Netflix docuseries exploring the talent management company they joined in 2020, Melanie also came forward to denounce the hostility.
"Of course, we never wanted any sort of violence to come her way," the TikToker told People in an interview published June 11, "and I'm very sorry that she has experienced that because our only intent was to save her from an unsafe environment and to give her love and know that we're here to support her."
Melanie, 25, added that she and Miranda, 27, have not exchanged words since the documentary aired in May, though she has "reached out, just saying, 'I'm here whenever you're ready to talk.'"
"And I honestly was not expecting a response," she added. "My hope for the future is we are all hanging out, having family parties, talking on the daily like we used to and just being there to support each other."
Melanie and Miranda first found fame as a dance duo under their joint "Wilking Sisters" social media accounts and YouTube channel. However, as Melanie discussed in Dancing for the Devil, she became estranged from her older sibling after Miranda and James signed with 7M Films—an agency founded by Robert Shinn, a Los Angeles-based pastor with ties to Shekinah Church.
In the docuseries, Melanie and her parents accused 7M Films of being cult-like, alleging that the organization purposefully kept Miranda away from their family. Both Miranda and 7M Films have denied the allegations.
"I believe that this documentary is a one-sided story," Miranda shared in a June 4 statement. "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 parents and sister are not religious. They immediately called me going to church twice a week a 'cult.'"
Refuting allegations that she was "brainwashed/not in control of her own life/shell of herself," the dance influencer continued, "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."
In a June 4 statement to E! News, 7M Films called the docuseries "a slanderous work of fiction, born from a failed extortion attempt, and invented for the sole purpose of gaining fame and fortune."
7M Films had also said in a 2022 statement that there was no business affiliation between the company and Shekinah Church.
Shekinah Church did not respond to E! News' previous requests for comment on the docuseries. Netflix declined to comment when reached by E!.
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