The Dance Moms star reflected on her tumultuous experience of coming out at age 17 on the first episode of her new podcast, JoJo Siwa Now.
JoJo Siwa attends the red carpet for Fox's"Special Forces: World's Toughest Test" at Fox Studio Lot on Sept. 12, 2023 in Los Angeles.as a member of the LGBTQ community — and now, she’s ready to speak candidly about the blowback she received as a result., Siwa talks at length about her coming out story, reflecting on how she decided to tell her fans that she identified as queer.
The reaction, she said, were largely positive — but there were still plenty of people who were not happy that Siwa was sharing her truth publicly. “There was also a lot of negativity, and I did lose a lot,” she said. “I didn’t care, and I still don’t care about the things I lost and the people that I lost and if I lost a chunk of fans, because it’s who I am.”
Further explaining her point, Siwa, 20, explained that she had built her career off of “being genuine,” and if members of her audience couldn’t deal with her sexuality, then they were welcome to leave. “If you didn’t like me because I was straight, and I was gay, then you’re not meant to like me anyways,” she said. “I just try to really be genuine, really be who I am.”star said that a number of corporations decided to “blackball” her from working with them because of her sexuality.
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