After what were probably three very long weeks apart, JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes have finally reunited.
The Celebrity Big Brother stars haven’t been together since the week of the final, in which Corrie’s Jack P. Shepherd was declared the winner.
Following their exits from the ITV compound, they enjoyed dinner with Chris’s friends and faced off in a game of tennis before JoJo had to fly back to the States.
But it seems absence only made Chris’s heart grow fonder, as the 32-year-old Love Islander flew 12 hours to meet JoJo, 21, in Mexico, where she had a gig booked.
They also made sure to get in some downtime, with the pair sharing their reunion snaps with the internet.
On Snapchat, Chris posted a pic of them both lying on a sofa, JoJo pulling a playful expression and placing her hand on his chest.
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‘Finally reunited’, the text beside it read.
Karma hitmaker JoJo also shared a slew of snaps with her 11.2million Instagram followers, which included her lifting Chris into her arms backstage at her show.
She also added a Snapchat slide, which was an excitable selfie with the text: ‘Very happy girl’.
In her caption, she described her time in Mexico as a ‘beautiful 24 hours’, adding: ‘Thank you for the love and kindness and energy you gave to me on stage’.
Fans soon flooded the comments section with how much they’re loving her bond with Chris.
‘You look incredible 🔥😍 you and Chris are so iconic 🥹’, wrote @hannahedmundsx.
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‘Aww so glad sweet Christopher is out there with his Joelle. Your smile says everything’, commented @emmalou23186.
‘So happy you and Chris finally back together 😍’, said @elisalew.
Others asked whether her posting the reunion snap with Chris made it a ‘soft launch’, as rumours continue to fly about the nature of their relationship.
The pair were very tactile inside the CBB house and quickly grew close, sharing their most vulnerable moments with each other, including when Chris comforted JoJo after Mickey Rourke’s homophobic comments, and her opening up to him about her gender identity.
Dance Moms child star JoJo then dumped her partner, Kath Ebbs, at the show wrap party, with the Australian musician, 27, later saying it made them feel ‘humiliated’.
Defending how it all went down after Kath flew from Down Under to meet JoJo at the final, JoJo said in a joint appearance with Chris on This Morning: ‘I’ll be honest, that was not a plan, that was not an intention, that was not supposed to happen like that.’
She explained that originally, Kath had said they didn’t want to attend the afterparty, but then did at the last minute.
Kath asked JoJo if she was ‘happy,’ and, after weeks of pondering her situation within the walls of the CBB house, JoJo told them that she wasn’t.
When host Ben Shephard asked whether the bond she shares with Chris was the ‘catalyst’ for JoJo and Kath’s breakup, Chris stressed that they were merely good pals.
‘I think our friendship, it’s hard to explain,’ he began.
‘It’s just a strong bond between two people, just a strong friendship. I think you can have a soulmate friendship.’
The reality star added that finding his connection with JoJo was his ‘favourite part’ of the experience.
Quizzed further on whether things would remain ‘platonic’ between them, JoJo hailed Chris as a ‘great guy’.
‘Whatever life does, life will do,’ she declared.
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