JoJo SiwaHas never been happier since coming out to her ex-girlfriend and going public with her. Kylie PrewBefore their October 2021 split.
The former Dance MomsStar announced in January 2021 that her LGBTQ+ membership was confirmed. At the time, Siwa uploaded a photo in which she was wearing a black t-shirt that read, “Best. Gay. Cousin. Ever.”
After coming out, Nickelodeon’s star received support from celebrity friends, including Kim Kardashian, Kerry WashingtonAnd Jamie Lynn SpearsAmong others. She also hosted an Instagram live that was flooded in positive comments from her many millions of followers.
“Personally, I have never, ever, ever been this happy before and it feels really awesome,” Siwa told viewers. “I’ve been happy for a little bit now. It’s just so, so, so awesome.”
Shortly after coming out, the “Kid in a Candy Store” songstress appeared on a February 2021 episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and revealed that she had “the most amazing, wonderful, perfect, most beautiful girlfriend in the whole world” at the time.
While speaking with host Jimmy Fallon, the singer explained that “10 minutes before” she was “crying” on the phone with Prew. “She’s like, ‘What’s wrong with you?’ And I was like, ‘I’m just so happy because now I get to share what makes me the happiest with the world, and it makes my heart so happy,’” she recalled.
At the time, Siwa kept her significant other’s identity under wraps, but eventually shared that the Florida teen was the one who had stolen her heart. The duo met on a cruise ship and eventually went from being best friends to something more.
“We were just hanging out and then I was like, ‘Woah, this girl is fun,’” Siwa said during an interview with J-14They met for the first time in December 2020. “I was like ‘You are insane, and I love you to death.’ So, I met my best friend last year on Christmas Eve, actually.”
However, Use Weekly It was confirmed that the aforementioned were valid in October 2021. J Team After less than a year of being together, Prew and star had ended their relationship.
“We officially broke up the morning that I did the Prince Charming number on Dancing With the Stars,” Siwa exclusively told Use one month later. “It’s been a few weeks and it’s been tough, but we’re getting through it. … We’re going to go back to being friends.”
The YouTube star has not shied away from speaking out about her sexuality since she came out.
“People are going to say it’s not normal, but nothing is normal,” Siwa said in a January Instagram Live. “Literally not one thing about anybody is normal and it’s OK not to be normal, it’s OK to be a little different, it’s OK 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.”
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