JoJo Siwa has lifted the lid on intimate moments from the Celebrity Big Brother house that didn’t make it to air – including some cryptic handwritten messages shared with fellow contestant Chris Hughes.
Appearing on The Useless Hotline Podcast, the Dance Moms alum confessed that what fans saw was only part of the story. According to JoJo, she and Chris exchanged a series of secret messages under the cover of darkness – far more than what viewers might expect.
“In those first few nights, we were just chatting for fun,” JoJo recalled. “I don’t really remember the exact word or words I scribbled, but I can tell you this: I wrote a lot more than people think. There was a whole hand conversation going on that night – not just four letters.”
Curious fans have been trying to decode the brief message seen on camera, but JoJo insists they’re missing the bigger picture. “People keep asking, ‘What were the four letters? What did you mean?’ And I’m like, ‘No, no, no, babe.’”
This low-key method of communication didn’t go unnoticed. The Big Brother team penalised JoJo and Chris for the rule-breaking stunt by forcing them to communicate only through megaphones for a period of time.
In the Diary Room, JoJo was asked directly what she had written on Chris’s hand. Her response was strikingly candid: “It’s something that I’m not ready necessarily to be open about or upfront about but it has to do with gender and how do I feel.”
She elaborated, visibly wrestling with her thoughts. “Let’s put it this way. Oh my God, this is a lot. Essentially, you have female, you have male. I’ve met a lot of females and love them but don’t feel like I’m them. Met a lot of males, love them but definitely not them.”
Then came her revelation. “I’ve met a lot of people in my life that are non-binary and these beautiful non-binary people are who I feel the most like. It’s not something that I want to say about myself yet but it’s something that is confusing. So, that’s probably why we were talking about it last night.”
The show’s response was compassionate. “JoJo, thank you for being so honest and sharing with Big Brother,” the voice of Big Brother told her.
It comes after Chris hit back after trolls branded his 11-year age gap with JoJo as “creepy”. Chris, 32, and JoJo, 21, have been at the centre of romance rumours since forming a close friendship inside the Big Brother house – which involved intimacies such as massages and forehead kisses.
The pair have continued to see each other since the show’s final on Friday, which has fuelled further speculation about the nature of their relationship. Chris found himself the target of online abuse after JoJo was spotted leaving the UK yesterday wearing his clothes. A troll commented under a photo of them playing tennis, claiming their friendship was “inappropriate”.
Chris quickly fired back, saying: “I have friends who are 50+ too, you weirdo.” Despite all the speculation, both JoJo and Chris have insisted their bond is purely platonic.
During an appearance on This Morning Chris explained: “It’s just a really strong bond between two people, which is just a strong friendship. And I think you can have like a soulmate friendship. And to me it’s like that energy of where it’s not like the standard friendship that you have with your friends. But you know it’s still a friendship, and it’s just nice.”
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