JoJo Siwa has publicly expressed her affection for Chris Hughes following the release of a series of posts by her ex, marking one year since their breakup. The 22-year-old “Dance Moms” star and former “Love Island” contestant, who is 32, developed a close bond after both being cast as housemates on the ITV reality show “Celebrity Big Brother” last year.
Initially, they claimed their relationship was purely platonic, but they soon confirmed they were dating after leaving the show. This came after JoJo’s ex, Australian actor and content creator Kath Ebbs, revealed that she had been “humiliated” after being dumped at the “Celebrity Big Brother” wrap party. Since then, Kath has criticized the events that unfolded between JoJo and Chris on the show, calling their cuddling and shared bed “emotional cheating.”
Despite moving on from the relationship and now being engaged to footballer Tilly Lucas-Rodd, Kath has publicly called out her ex. Sharing her original reaction to the breakup on Instagram Stories, Kath wrote: “Happy one year anniversary to her x.” She then posted a photo of herself kissing Tilly, adding: “Sending hate to your cheating ex day.” In a third post, she addressed online trolls, stating: “And to all those moles on the internet that trolled me for getting literally cheated on. Therapy bills getting mailed to you losers xx.”
Although JoJo hasn’t directly responded to Kath’s posts, she has expressed her love for Chris on social media. Posting a photo of Chris kissing their dog, JoJo declared she was “missing both my boys.” She later shared a picture of them embracing on a beach, writing: “Today marks 11 whole months. What a lucky live. Last ‘month’ anniversary.”
Kath flew from Australia to London to attend the “Celebrity Big Brother” wrap party and was seen leaving alone the next day, after which JoJo ended the relationship. Kath described the experience in an emotional video, saying: “I don’t even know where to begin. I’m filming this in a complete state of shock, which I know is probably distressing and giving, ‘Go have a sleep.’”
She continued: “But I feel so numbed out right now and so disorientated that I feel like the only thing I have to do to place this situation is to finally address it after two weeks of sitting back watching certain things unfold and not being able to get any clarity from the person that it involved.” Kath claimed she experienced “love bombing,” with JoJo telling her she was “the love of someone’s life” and asking to marry her before the social experiment.
After Kath made the claims of “emotional cheating,” JoJo denied the allegations, stating they were made “out of anger and frustration” and that they were “not true.” She told Us Weekly: “I think that was very uncool of them and I was very honest with them about that. There’re a hundred reasons why my breakup happened and I’ve talked those through with my ex and I’ve talked those through with the people in my life. And so, I can confidently say I love Christopher so very much, but he had absolutely nothing to do with my breakup.”
Last month, JoJo told the Daily Mail that she was on good terms with her ex. “They’re in a thriving relationship by the looks of it, which makes me very happy. And I’m thriving in my life and very happy. I think they’ve moved on wonderfully and I know I have,” she said. Earlier this month, JoJo and Chris celebrated their one-year anniversary, with each posting loving messages on social media.
JoJo shared: “A year ago, today we said our first hello, our first hug, our first laugh… the beginning of so many. So forever grateful to the walls of that house.” She added: “One year since walking into the Big Brother house, one year since my smile grew in a way I didn’t know possible. Today, I’m reminded of the moment that quietly changed everything. The only word to explain what happened on this day a year ago… Serendipity.”
Chris wrote: “One year ago today, I discovered your existence. The first thing I ever said to you was, ‘you’re very colourful,’ and that colour still radiates every day! It’s flown by, feels like yesterday I got out the bb house, crazy universe.”
