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The middle JoJo SiwaAnd Candace Cameron Bure’s unexpected feud, the former Nickelodeon star is opening up about her side of the story.
“You know, I had a rough experience when I was little,” Siwa, 19, said on Tuesday, July 26, according to a video obtained by Page Six “I was 11, and I was a big, big fan, and I wanted to take a picture with her, and it wasn’t a good time for her.”
She added: “I will say because I had a bad experience, that doesn’t mean that she is an awful human. I think it just was an inconvenient time for her, and little 11-year-old me was just so pumped up and so excited, but that doesn’t mean she’s the worst human ever.”
The Dance Moms The GAC Family actress, 46 was named by Siwa as the rudest celebrity she had ever met during a TikTok Challenge. “It just, you know, it was a rough experience for me,” Siwa added on Tuesday.
Hours earlier, Full House The alum shared in a long Instagram video that she had just gotten off the phone to Siwa. Siwa has since apologized.
“She didn’t want to tell me [how I was rude to her],” Bure recalled of their phone conversation in the social media footage. “She said, ‘You know, I met you at the Fuller House premiere and I was 11 years old.’” After the So You Think You Can Dance judge asked the California native to take a selfie together, Bure had replied, “not right now,” which the Christmas Contest Star has felt guilt about it since then.
“I broke your 11-year-old heart. Ugh. I feel crummy,” Bure apologized to Siwa in the social media upload. “JoJo, I’m so sorry. … No matter how many followers you have, even a 10-second trending TikTok video can do damage because our words matter and our actions matter.”
The Dancing With the Stars The season 30 runnerup and the Fuller House The two alums met in December 2019, when they were both guests at the same event. The Kelly Clarkson Show. The clip was republished. Although the actresses disagreed about holiday decorating preferences, they seemed to remain cordial.
Bure was supported by several of her closest friends during the social media drama.
“I wanna be them when I grow up ❤️ God gave me the coolest Mama & Papa. Could take pictures of them all day long,” the Make it or break it alum’s 23-year-old daughter, Natasha, captioned an Instagram carousel of her mom and her dad, Valeri BureOn Tuesday.
Candace — who also shares sons Lev, 22, and Maks, 20, with the former hockey player — replied: “I love you baby ❤️❤️❤️. My girl. Forever and ever.”
