JoJo Siwa, the 17-year-old singer, dancer, actor and YouTube personality, became gay after alluding to this on social media in recent days.
Siwa first suggested that she would perform in a TikTok video posted to her more than 31 million (and more and more) followers on Thursday. In the video, she dances “Born This Way”, Lady Gaga’s 2011 hit widely regarded as an LGBTQ anthem. The video has over 4.5 million likes and 25 million views, by far Siwa’s most popular video on TikTok. Of the more than 260,000 comments on the video, several prominent YouTube influencers, such as James Charles, Colleen Ballinger, Nikkie de Jager, Bretman Rock and others, congratulated and praised her.
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On Friday, Siwa posted a more definitive message, sharing a photo of him wearing a shirt that reads “Better. Gay. Cousin. Always. “And saying that her cousin bought it for her.
Praise and positive reactions poured over Siwa on Twitter, which became a trending topic on Friday afternoon.
“If you spell ‘swag’ backwards, it’s ‘gay’. coincidence ?? “wrote Lil Nas X, who went publicly on Twitter in June 2019.
if you spell “swag” backwards, it is “gay”. coincidence??
– no (@LilNasX) January 22, 2021
Siwa also posted a photo of her on Instagram wearing a rainbow Gucci jacket on Thursday, with thousands of fan comments, including musician Luke Eisner, Paris Hilton and other celebrities, congratulating her.
As a dancer, Siwa first achieved fame on the Lifetime reality show “Dance Moms” and soon took off with her fashion, accessories and music aimed at a young audience. She signed with Nickelodeon in 2017 and appeared in the TV movie “Blurt”, “Lip Sync Battle Shorties” and is the youngest competitor to Fox’s “The Masked Singer”.
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