What’s up?
It’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News and in a new interview, JoJo Siwa just opened
up about why she decided to come out when she did, what her experience was like, and
she even revealed she has a “beautiful girlfriend!”
Let’s get into it!
In case you missed it, JoJo Siwa recently came out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.
All over the span of a couple of weeks, she participated in the The Pride House’s video,
then she created her own video to Lady Gaga’s Born This Way, and then came this now famous
pic of her wearing a “best gay cousin ever” shirt.
JoJo has been thanking fans for the “insane” amount of love and support over the past couple
weeks and we truly couldn’t be happier for her.
On Wednesday night, she sat down with Jimmy Fallon and gave an in depth interview about
her entire coming out experience.
“It was the most love I think I’ve ever received and the coolest thing about it was
that it was just by me showing the world the last little piece of me that they hadn’t
seen yet and it was really awesome.”
And while discussing why she decided to come out, JoJo revealed that she does in fact have
a girlfriend.
And we’ve gotta say, she really just seems SO happy!
“I do have the most amazing, wonderful, perfect, most beautiful girlfriend in the
whole world and it’s not something I’m ashamed of.
I just haven’t shown the internet yet.”
While JoJo’s friends and family have known about her relationship for a while, JoJo explained
that her girlfriend was actually the one who encouraged her to officially come out publicly.
It came up one day when JoJo and her girlfriend, who are in a long distance relationship, were
on FaceTime.
And with her girlfriend’s support, JoJo decided to just go ahead and post the “best
gay cousin ever” shirt.
Her theory at the time was that even if a million people didn’t accept her, she’s
gonna focus on the 100 million that do.
And if she lost her entire career because of it, well, she said she’d be ok with that
too.
“If I lost everything that I’ve created because of being myself and loving who I want
to love, I don’t want it.”
After she posted, JoJo said she didn’t want to make a big deal of it or have some sort
of coming out party.
She said it’s just who she is, so she did what makes her happiest, hopped right back
on FaceTime with her girlfriend.
“We’re long distance so I was like alright I did it back to FaceTiming with her.
And then it was like two days later, again I was on the phone with her.
We’re on the phone literally 24/7 both of our families get so annoyed at us.”
How sweet!
And JoJo said that she spoke with her girlfriend again, just before doing this interview with
Jimmy Fallon, and she couldn’t help crying tears of joy.
JoJo said quote, “I was again on the phone with my girl and I started crying.
She's like, 'What's wrong with you?'
I'm like, 'I'm just so happy,' I was like, 'because now I get to share what makes me
the happiest with the world, and it makes my heart so happy.'”
Fans have loving how honest, open, and vulnerable JoJo was in this interview.
One person wrote “This is so powerful!
So happy for her!
She’s definitely going to inspire those who look up to her to embrace themselves!”
Another fan chimed in saying “Chills, what an INCREDIBLE role model for all young people
to be who they are, especially lgbtq+ ones who need someone to look up to!!!!”
And this person added “Live your truth, Jojo.
You are helping so many people be able to live theirs just by being your authentic self.
Keep spreading that love and positivity into the world.
We need it.”
And we truly couldn’t agree more with each of those tweets.
Thank you JoJo for being unapologetically and authentically yourself!
And it's so great to see how happy Jojo is in her current relationship.
In case you’re wondering, no, JoJo didn’t reveal her girlfriend’s name.
But I think we can all agree that she’s shared A LOT with us over the past few weeks.
One thing at a time!
We’ll keep you guys posted if JoJo shares any more updates.
We completely respect her decision either way.
For now, you want more on JoJo Siwa’s coming out journey, click right over here for another
Clevver News video.
Also, feel free to leave some love for JoJo down in the comments below!
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, you can find me on Instagram @Sussan_Mourad, bye guys!