JoJo Siwais speaking her truth.
The 17-year-old singer and formerDance Momsstar spoke candidly to her fans on Instagram Live Saturday. “Personally I have never, ever, ever been this happy before and it feels really awesome. I’ve been happy for a little bit now. It’s just so, so, so awesome,” Siwa said before excitedly screaming. “You guys probably haven’t seen me this happy since I was on tour.”
Her IG Live chat comes a day after she showed off a new T-shirt, reading “Best. Gay. Cousin. Ever,” on Twitter. “My cousin got me a new shirt,” she simplywrotealongside the photo of her wearing the top.
Responding to a fan who asked “What label are you?” the star said on Saturday’s IG Live: “I have thought about this, but the reason I’m not going to say this answer is because I don’t really know this answer. I think humans are awesome, I think humans are really incredible people. Right now, I’m super duper happy and I want to share everything with the world but I also want to keep things in my life private until they are ready to be public. Right now what matters is that you guys know that no matter who you love, that it’s okay. It’s awesome and the world is there for you. There are so many people that are there for you. I know everyone’s situation is different and it might be harder for some people and easier for some people to come out or be themselves but I think coming out has this stigma around it — that it’s this really, really scary thing, but it’s not anymore. There are so many accepting and loving people out there that it’s okay. Of course people are going to say it’s not normal, but nothing is normal.Literally not one thing about anybody is normal and it’s okay not to be normal, it’s okay to be a little different, it’s okay to be a little weird, strange, different. That’s something we should never, ever be afraid of. That’s something we should be proud of. … I’m the happiest I’ve ever been, that’s what matters.”
Fellow stars flooded Siwa’s tweet with messages of support, including the bandSmash Mouth,Ellen DeGeneres, who replied with aheart emoji, and rapperLil Nas X, whojoked, “if u spell ‘swag’ backwards, it’s ‘gay’. Coincidence??”
Broadway actorTodrick Hallalso reached out to Siwa on Twitter, writing “Dear @itsjojosiwa I have never been more proud in my life! Happy for you and happy for how you’re going to change the world. Children need to see this! Me = crying.”
“I love u toddyyyy!!!” sherepliedafter retweeting his message.
Elsewhere during the IG Live chat on Saturday, Siwa thanked her fans and supporters, who asked her “How long have you been a part of the [LGBTQ] community? How long have you been whatever you are?”
“I don’t know,” she said laughing. “I think my whole life. Because my whole life, I’ve really really been, I just liked people, but I have never fallen in love before. But I always believed that my person was just going to be my person. If that person happened to be a boy, great! And if that person happened to be a girl, great! I think I’m just really happy. I think in life you know when you meet your person, I really do.”
Then, Siwa was asked about her November 2020 split from ex Mark Bontempo. “People in life break up,” she said. “People as teenagers break up, you have a boyfriend or you have a girlfriend when you’re 6 years old and you break up with them, you’re not with them for forever. I was a teenager, I still am a teenager but I think I’m pretty happy now. I’m pretty good now.”
Another fan question Siwa answered was about her parents and the conversations they’ve had. “My parents have known. My mom said she’s known for the last two years. She’s like, ‘I just know with you!’ Around two years ago, she was like, ‘I don’t think you only like boys, that’s totally okay.’ They’ve always been so everything … My family is awesome.”
The social media star added, “If I can give you any advice, do what makes you happy. Do whatever it is that makes you happy.”
JoJo Siwa.Andrew Toth/Getty Images
Siwa’s fans first began congratulating her on the news earlier in the week after she posted a viralTikTokfeaturing her lip-syncing toLady Gaga’s “Born This Way.”
“IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU,” fellow YouTuber James Charles commented on the clip, while beauty influencerNikkieTutorials, who is transgender, added, “I’M IN TEARS 🌈 WELCOME BABY.”
“If this is what I think it is, we accept you of course,” another TikToker wrote.
source: people.com
