The original article was published on the E! Online website.
JoJo Siwa continues to dance, overcoming life's revelations.
When the former participant of the show «Dance Moms» entered the house British reality show "Celebrity Big Brother"« In April 2025, she couldn't have imagined that she would emerge with a new partner. After all, she was dating an influencer at the time. Kat Ebbs — four years after coming out as a lesbian.
However, after meeting the British TV presenter Chris Hughes JoJo's life changed forever. They immediately felt a mutual attraction during filming, and after they left home three weeks later—and JoJo and Kat's relationship ended at a party after the reality show—their relationship took a romantic turn, and they've been dating ever since.
For JoJo, the experience forced her to rethink and ultimately redefine herself.
«"I think the most beautiful term right now is queer," the 22-year-old told E! News in June 2025. "I think queer is an all-encompassing term that means, 'Look, I'm just me.' And I think the most beautiful thing about the LGBTQIA community is that love is love. And it works both ways.".
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She added: "There are so many beautiful, diverse forms of sexuality. Sexuality and queer identity are a beautiful rainbow with all sorts of places within it, and there are places within that rainbow that we don't even know exist.".
That same month, JoJo reflected on her first coming out experience in 2021, noting that it didn't quite align with how she felt inside.
Photo: John Salangsang/Shutterstock for Gala of the Stars
«"When I came out at 17, I said, 'I'm pansexual because I don't care [about gender],'" she said. Daily Mail . "But then I kind of boxed myself in and said, 'I'm a lesbian.' And I think I did it because of pressure.".
Regarding the source of this pressure, JoJo reflected, "Weirdly enough, I think sometimes it came from within the community. From people I know, from my partners. You just get thrown into this world where you feel like if you say, 'Oh, I'm a lesbian,' then you have to be a lesbian.".
«"The truth is," JoJo emphasized, "sexuality is fluid.".
Indeed, it was the meeting with 33-year-old Chris that helped the dancer realize the full extent of her flexibility.
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«"I feel so relaxed and calm," she added in an interview with E! News. "I feel so happy and at peace because the love I feel is so real. You really can't choose who you fall in love with.".
As she put it, "There is no right or wrong way to be yourself.".
And now JoJo feels at home in her relationship with Chris.
«"Thanks to Christopher, I realized I never doubted my feelings for him," she explained. "So I never doubted my happiness, I never doubted how I felt. And I think that's the most beautiful thing.".
To learn more about JoJo's personal life over the years, read on.
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Kylie Prue
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What started as a friendship when Siva met Kylie Prue What started out as a relationship during a cruise in 2020 really took off a year later, when "I started calling this wonderful man my girlfriend," the reality star shared on Instagram in February 2021.
Siwa also thanked "the most amazing, wonderful, perfect, beautiful girl in the world" for inspiring her to share herself. Having already filmed content with Pride House, a collective of LGBTQ+ content creators on TikTok, and a video of herself dancing to the hit Lady Gaga «The "Born This Way" reality TV veteran debated whether to post a photo of her new "Best Gay Cousin Ever" T-shirt.
«I was like, „I just want to put this photo on my Reels stories,“ and she was so supportive,» Siwa said in The Tonight Show . «She said, „Do it!“ And I said, „Okay,“ and I did it.».
Although the couple moved in together («Looking back, we all say, „This should never have happened,“» Siwa admitted on the podcast Call Her Daddy (in April 2024), they separated in October of that year, reuniting for the Last Dance in 2022.
Prue is still her "good friend," Siwa said. To Alex Cooper from Call Her Daddy , noting that they communicate «constantly.».
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Avery Cyrus
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It is safe to say that Avery Cyrus — a YouTuber whom Siwa briefly dated in 2022 — did not take a place at the top of her pyramid.
As they celebrated their 12-day anniversary, the singer said their life together was a DREAM. "Our personalities mesh so well, and I think that's really important," Siwa told E! News in October of that year. "She's so positive. She makes me feel so good. I believe I make her feel so good.".
But in December of that year, the situation changed. Two days after Cyrus confirmed their split, Siwa cryptically mentioned a man she claimed had exploited her fame.
«"I was used for views and popularity," she complained in a December 2022 video posted to Instagram Stories by her mother. "I was tricked into saying I was loved, when in reality, I was just being used.".
However, for Cyrus, their affair was not a game.
«"From my perspective, JoJo and I parted on good terms and remain friends," she said in an exclusive interview with E! News. "Our relationship was very genuine, and I have nothing but love for JoJo and her family.".
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Kat Ebbs
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In January 2025, Siwa confirmed her relationship with Kat Ebbs , calling the Australian content creator his "friend.".
Abbs reciprocated the sentiment that same month, posting photos of them kissing. On Instagram, they wrote, "A little queer joy for your feed today!!"«
However, just three months later, during a wrap party, British reality show Celebrity Big Brother , Abbs announced the breakup.
«"I was told there was confusion—you draw your own conclusions," Abbs detailed in a TikTok video from April 2025, "and that they realized inside the house that I wasn't the person they wanted to spend the foreseeable future with.".
However, Siwa insisted it wasn't a situation where everyone could be replaced, despite her close connection with another reality show contestant, Chris Hughes .
On the contrary, during filming, «I was lost in my thoughts, distancing myself from everyone I knew, from other people’s opinions, from everything in the world,» Siwa shared in her April 28 appearance on the program This Morning on ITV with Hughes. "I sat with myself, and from that moment on, I really realized things I'd put up with in my life that I never should have put up with.".
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