Celebrity Big Brother star JoJo Siwa beamed as she was photographed landing in LA following her break-up with Kath Ebbs.
The 21-year-old has spent the last three weeks locked in the Big Brother house, where she grew close to fellow contestant Chris Hughes, 32.
The pair’s intense bond led to speculation that perhaps they were more than friends, and these flames were further fanned when it was revealed Jojo broke up with her partner Kath at the Big Brother wrap party.
Now her mother, Jessalynn, has hinted at the real reason behind Kath and Jojo’s split.
Keen-eyed Big Brother viewers on Reddit spotted that Jojo’s mum has reposted a video where a fan presented an alternate take on the breakup.
‘I don’t think JoJo has split up with Kath because of Chris TikTokker,’ littlemissvodka explained. ‘That’s the kind of narrative that Kath is trying to put across.’
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‘JoJo has broken up with Kath because JoJo doesn’t know who she is. She’s figuring out herself.’
Kath revealed that JoJo had broken up with her in an emotional Instagram video where she said she was in a ‘state of complete shock’.
‘In the last eight hours, I flew [to London] and went to the live show to show up for my partner and support them in their experience and later on, address my feelings of hurt and work through them like all relationships do.
‘But before I could even get back to the hotel, I… It’s actually crazy… I went to the afterparty with my now ex and was dumped in the party.
‘I was told there were confused feelings there and they had realised in the house I wasn’t the person they wanted to spend the foreseeable with.’
Since leaving the Big Brother finale, JoJo and Chris appeared together on This Morning, where they spoke to Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard about their time in the house.
During the interview, Jojo admitted that her time on Big Brother gave her clarity on her life and her relationship.
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‘I didn’t want to air that out very publicly, but there were countless things that I was like, “That’s not something that I should be okay with, and I don’t need to be okay with, and I’m not happy.”’
‘I knew as soon as I got out, I knew I wanted to fix things in my life and make the changes that I needed to make.’
When pressed, if meeting Chris had been the reason for her break-up, she was clear their relationship was ‘platonic’ while Chris added he saw their strong bond as being a ‘soulmate friendship.’
Following the interview, JoJo was snapped arriving at Heathrow Airport in what appeared to be Chris’s oversized grey hoodie and coral beanie.
As she landed in LA, however, the Dance Moms’ star had swapped the casual look for a more glam black sweatshirt (although she kept the beanie) and couldn’t help but smile when reunited with her mum.
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