JoJo Siwa breaks silence on dumping partner at Celebrity Big Brother afterparty

JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes have appeared together on live TV for the first time since Celebrity . The pair met on the reality show and shared a strong bond, which

Both JoJo and Chris denied they were anything more than friends but did speak about their unbreakable bond. Rumours only continued to swirl when following the show.

The pair appeared on together today, their first TV interview since ended on Friday night. Speaking to hosts and , Chris said: "It was tough at times and it was an amazing experience we'll remember for the rest of our lives." JoJo also admitted she had no idea what she getting into but was grateful for her time in the house.

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Discussing the ongoing speculation about them, Chris then said: "You just deal with it, you allow for people to have opinions on things... We just had a great time. It was relentless from the minute you wake up and minute you go to bed."

"When I went into the house, day one fun - day three I was in my own thoughts. I sat with myself and from that point on. I really realised there was things I was ok with in my life that I never have been ok with," she added as she opened up about her split from Kath, "So many things. I wanted to hold that inside me because I didn't want to air that publicly.

"There were countless things that I shouldn't be ok with and I don't need to be ok with. I knew as soon as I got out I wanted to fix things in my life and make the changes that I needed to make ... The first thing you had to do when you get out is exactly what you needed to do in your life. I realised just how not great things were - I was pretending they were great."

Asked directly about JoJo and Kath splitting up at the wrap party, she then explained: "I'll be honest - that wasn't a plan. That wasn't an intention. Initially I was told that they didn't want to attend the wrap party and then an hour into the wrap party, they wanted to ... They straight up asked me if I was happy and I said no. One thing led to another and that conversation did take place there."

Ben then questioned whether the bond between Chris and JoJo affected things. "Obviously we're close," JoJo then said of their bond, with Chris adding: "Our friendship is just a really strong bond between two people - it's a soulmate friendship and to me it's that energy where it's not the standard friendship ... It was beautiful. My favourite thing I got from the show."

JoJo was quizzed onwith the star sharing: "He's a great guy. It's platonic, we have a lot of fun together - life is life. I don't know any future of any thing. I'm really grateful for the bond we have and whatever life will do, life will do," refusing to shut down a possible romance between them.

JoJo's mother had previously revealed that JoJo and her partner had had a private reunion with Kath off camera after leaving the house. JoJo’s mother Jessalyn shared on TikTok at the time: "I can finally tell you all Kath is there in London with JoJo and they just didn’t want their reunion on camera - so it was private off camera. For those extra worried …I would have been there in a heartbeat but JoJo wanted her girlfriend there not her mommy. all good troops, all good, I promise :) Love Dance Mom Jess."

However, just a day later, Kath claimed the singer ended their relationship at the afterparty. Speaking on Saturday, they said: "Before I could even get back to the hotel I went to the afterparty with, I guess my now ex, crazy thing to say, and was dumped in the party...

"I flew across the to support and be there and hold that person in whatever they would be experiencing, leaving such a wild experience, and instead, I was dumped at the afterparty, with Chris in the next room. I was told that there are confused feelings there … and that she had realised in the house that I wasn't the person that [she] wanted to spend the foreseeable future with."

They added: "Which has honestly been … so shocking, that I feel kind of subhuman right now. I feel incredibly humiliated and I feel a bit embarrassed. JoJo told me a lot of big things and reassured me ‘til the cows come home, [but] has decided that they don't want to be with me and they wanna explore independence and explore certain feelings."

In her exit interview, JoJo insisted they would always be in each other's life as she paid a gushing tribute to the star. She said: "We absolutely love and adore him, he is in my life forever now. He is more than a friend, he is just such a special guy, I'm lucky."

Over the weekend, the pair "Band back together," he wrote alongside the snap. The pair were also spotted on a .

In his exit interview from the show, He said: "JoJo was like a pure rock to me. She was someone that I could have fun with. That to me was a beautiful friendship. She said to me last night you're someone in my life I didn't know I needed. She reminded me a lot of....

"The thing that fascinates me the most about her is not the things she's done, it's what she's been through when she was a teenager and that's similar to what my ex-girlfriend went through. Seeing how they are both similarly as... in the respect that she's come through a lot and she's just a purely nice person. The similarity is in the personality. How nice they are, how loving they are and how caring they are. From a friendship point of view, of course I love her."

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