Dance Moms star Jojo Siwa has been at the centre of a highly-publicised split in recent months, and these latest photos have had the whole world talking.
The 22-year-old recently appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in the UK, where she sparked up a close bond with her co-star Chris Hughes.
Siwa had a partner, Aussie influencer Kath Ebbs, 27, on the outside at the time – but in a surprise twist Ebbs confirmed they’d been “dumped” by Siwa at the show’s afterparty.
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Hughes, 31, and Siwa are adamant their relationship is purely platonic.
And while that’s still the case, fans couldn’t stop commenting when they realised that Hughes had flown out to America to celebrate Siwa’s 22nd birthday with her.
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Hughes shared a number of close photos of the duo, including of them cuddled up on the sofa together and enjoying a night at one of her gigs.
“The previous seven days have been the prettiest,” he captioned the snaps, while Siwa replied: “& happiest:). Heart is overflowing.”
“Erm. Obsessed with you both,” one follower commented, while another wrote: “Didn’t think I could be this happy for two people I never met but yet here I am crying happy tears for both of you!”
“This has restored my faith in true love… in whatever form it presents itself. My heart can’t cope with how cute this is,” another added.
Siwa has consistently denied anything romantic has happened Hughes, despite Ebbs raising their suspicions in podcast interviews in recent times.
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In an episode of the Conversations with Kath podcast, Ebbs expained how it felt to watch the pair grow closer on TV.
“My heart fell through my f–king a–hole,” they said, recalling a moment Siwa climbed in bed with Hughes for a friendly cuddle.
“I had the world’s biggest meltdown.
“I’m not saying she was into him, but the way she was interacting is not something I’ve ever seen before. I felt like my boundaries had been crossed.”
As the pair grew closer in the house, Ebbs stayed silent on social media after receiving a huge about of backlash from viewers. They also had paparazzi lining up at their door.
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Ebbs was in two minds whether to fly out and see Siwa after what had happened – but after seeing her say she missed them on TV, they flew 22 hours on a flight from Australia to greet her after the show in London.
“We hugged, we kissed… we just, like, held each other for ages,” Ebbs recalled of when they first reunited.
But it was at the afterparty that Siwa decided to end the relationship – not because of Hughes, but apparently due to other underlying reasons.
“I was literally sitting there like… devastated,” Ebbs recalled of the moment they realised they were being broken up with.
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“I was just processing. The conversation… I don’t even know how long it went on until. I kept trying to say to her, ‘Let’s give it a beat’. I knew she didn’t have any idea what I’d been through, she had no clue.”
“I have tried to respect her the whole way through it, and I can hand on my heart say that with confidence,” Ebbs concluded, adding they’re happy to be moving on with their life.
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