JoJo Siwa, 18, publicly came out as LGBTQ+ in January and later revealed she identifies as pansexual.
The YouTube sensation revealed that several celebrities, including Kim Kardashian, personally reached out to her in support when the news broke.
Siwa is Pride month’s EW digital cover star and during her interview she also said that she’s currently campaigning to have a kissing scene with a man removed from her upcoming Christmas flick, Bounce.
Her truth: JoJo Siwa reveals Kim Kardashian personally reached out to support her when she came out as LGBTQ and said she is trying to get a kissing scene with a man cut from her upcoming film, she said in a new EW interview
While discussing her sexuality, Siwa told the outlet that she was finally ready to come out once she was in a happy relationship with girlfriend Kylie Prew.
She said: ‘[I] told myself for a long time… “If I have someone to come out with, then I will come out.”‘
JoJo came out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community three months ago with a shirt that said ‘Best gay cousin ever,’ on social media.
The bow-headed blonde dancer said that several big-name celebrities supported her by personally reaching out like Kim Kardashian, Iggy Azalea, Lil Uzi Vert, and Lil Nas X.
Supportive: JoJo came out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community three months ago with a shirt that said ‘Best gay cousin ever,’ on social media and the bow-headed blonde said that several big-name celebrities supported her by personally like Kim Kardashian, Iggy Azalea, Lil Uzi Vert, and Lil Nas X
Big fan! Kim’s daughter North, seven, is a big JoJo fan and Kardashian has hosted a private meet and greet in the past
Kim’s daughter North, seven, is a big JoJo fan and Kardashian has hosted a private meet and greet in the past.
Siwa explained that when it came down to it, she didn’t care what people would think about her living her truth.
‘I just did that… Everyone’s going to kill me,” she recalled thinking after sharing her ‘best gay cousin’ photo.
Adding: ‘I was like, “But I don’t care. It’ll be fine.” And it was never scary to me to put out to the world that I was happy or I was in love. If everything was to go away because of it, because of me being happy, then it’s not meant for me.’
On screen: JoJo, who is happily dating 18-year-old Kylie Prew, told EW that she is trying to get a kissing scene with a man pulled from her upcoming movie, Bounce, because she doesn’t ‘want to kiss another human’
Meanwhile, JoJo says she is ‘finally the happiest that I’ve ever been’ in with Kylie. The two were spotted holding hands last week at Universal Studios Orlando where Siwa was celebrating her 18th birthday.
Her relationship is prompting JoJo to try and get a heterosexual kissing scene cut from her upcoming Christmas film, Bounce.
‘I’m madly in love and I do not want to kiss another human. Especially because it’s a man,’ Siwa told EW, adding: ‘I’m not about it. I’m trying to get it pulled so bad. It’ll happen. It’ll get pulled.’
The star went on to say that she is worried it could cause some confusion with her young fans who may have a hard time separating her as JoJo from her on-screen character, Franny.
‘I’m madly in love and I do not want to kiss another human. Especially because it’s a man,’ Siwa told EW, adding: ‘I’m not about it. I’m trying to get it pulled so bad. It’ll happen. It’ll get pulled.’
‘That’s what they look at me as, not some character, not some fictional thing,’ she explained. ‘And so it’s going to be a little weird.’
Bounce sees Siwa as a teenager who gets a Christmas wish to have a new family and falls into a time loop, celebrating the holiday every day in a different home.
It’s being produced by Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios and Paramount Pictures.
Coming soon: Bounce sees Siwa as a teenager who gets a Christmas wish to have a new family and falls into a time loop, celebrating the holiday every day in a different home