Melanie Wilking Gives Followers an Update About Her Relationship With Sister Miranda Derrick

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has issued her first statement about her relationship with her older sister, , since the May 29 premiere of Netflix’s Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult.

Derrick is one of the subjects of the docuseries who is a part of an alleged cult run by Shekinah church pastor Robert Shinn.On June 2, Wilking (now Ekeler) shared on Instagram that she and her parents are grateful for the outpouring of support that they’ve received from viewers.

She also revealed that her relationship with her sister has remained intact since they first reestablished contact in 2022.“Thankfully, since going public in 2022, we have reunited with my sister, who even attended my wedding,” she wrote. “We believe that one day my sister and the other victims will realize their love for their families and faith was exploited.”In the docuseries the Wilkings share that they were able to reconnect with Miranda on her condition that they not discuss anything related to 7M, the allegedly predatory management company founded by Shinn, which Miranda joined around 2021.

However, Melanie and her mother, Kelly, describe their relationship with Miranda as superficial and performative; they suggest that Miranda is simply collecting footage to appease viewers who were worried about her well-being after her family’s Instagram Live video.The team behind Netflix’s gripping new docuseries unpacks what it took to expose the “7M TikTok Cult” and what comes next.By Also in the docuseries, Melanie mourns the sister Miranda once was when they were part of the joint Wilking Sisters brand, noting that she’d always dreamt of having her sister as her maid of honor.