Watch moment JoJo Siwa takes a swipe at ex Kath as she's grilled over CBB and Chris Hughes in LA
CELEBRITY Big Brother star JoJo took a swipe at ex partner Kath Ebbs as she arrived back in America - and gushed over her new "best friend" Chris Hughes.
The Sun exclusively caught up with the Dance Moms alum, 21, as she
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CBB star JoJo Siwa took a swipe at ex Kath Ebbs as she touched down in Los Angeles
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The Dance Moms star split with her partner at the CBB wrap party
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It came amid her blossoming connection with co-star Chris Hughes
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JoJo said the spy house made her realise there was a ' lot of things in my life I wasn't happy about'
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Yet one person who wasn't on-hand to see JoJo was her former partner Kath Ebbs.
Taking to
Instagram
on Saturday,
said they were in "complete shock" and felt "numbed out and humiliated" after being dumped by JoJo.
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And safely out of the Celebrity Big Brother compound, JoJo told us she realised she had " a lot of things in my life I wasn't happy about" when she had time to reflect on her situation in the house.
The actress and singer - who formed a
As she wheeled her cases around JoJo said: "Can I be honest? No.
"I want to go back, I want to go back."
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She was asked: "What was your biggest take away from it?" to which she appeared to make a veiled reference to Kath.
CBB's AJ Odudu reveals she SAW moment JoJo Siwa ended relationship with Kath Ebbs at wrap party
JoJo said: "Biggest takeaway? Probably [that I] learned more about myself and yeah I think that I had a lot of things in my life I wasn't happy about.
"And being there forced me to change that, and that's good.
"I needed that."
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Over the weekend, Kath was
CBB 2025 Voting Percentages Revealed
CELEBRITY Big Brother's voting percentages have been revealed.
Yet what did the figures show amid
Danny Beard, 32, to the title.
But voting reveals he only marginally pipped him to the post, getting 37.37% of the vote, while Danny received 35.72%.
The gap between Jack's win and Chris Hughes' votes was astonishing - as the Love Island star who came in sixth place only got 2.52% of the vote.
Chesney Hawkes received 3.04%, while
They had told how
After posing a video all about their break-up, one fan of Kath's commented on their clip to say: "Imagine watching your partner fall in love with someone else in real time. Cannot even begin to fathom that."
Appearing to confirm that this is exactly how they were feeling, Kath, who identifies as non-binary, liked the comment in question.
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It is the most telling sign yet that Kath has been negatively affected by
Meanwhile,
JoJo's mum has previously revealed
CHRIS' CONNECTION
As she left the terminal building, JoJo told us of her feelings about the show and her "romance" with Chris.
On the ITV series she said: "Oh I would do it again in a heartbeat.
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"I would do big brother 50 times over again.
"Because it was incredible, it was life changing, it was magical.
"I got to meet a best friend," referring to ITV Racing pundit Chris.
As she packed her car up with her cases JoJo added she hoped to the back in the UK soon as there was "a lot of people I'll miss over there," again seemingly referencing the reality TV hunk.
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OPENING UP
It came hours after JoJo
Speaking about where Chris and JoJo go from here, regarding their "close" friendship, Chris said they have a "really strong bond" - calling it a "soulmate friendship".
Chris said: "Our friendship, it's hard to explain... it's just a really strong bond between two people, it's just a strong friendship.
"I think you can have a soulmate friendship, that's the thing.
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"To me, it's that energy when it's not the standard friendship you have with your friends, but it's still a friendship, we are friends.
"It's nice, I found it strange because it was such a strong friendship.
"Having someone in there to go through an experience like that and have someone there everyday when you're emotional, when you're happy... that was beautiful, that was genuinely an amazing thing."
Ben then grilled the pair and asked if it was just "platonic" or if it could develop into something "romantic".
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JoJo laughed and said: "He's a gorgeous boy, look, he's a great guy, it is platonic, we have a lot of fun together.
Life is life and I don't know any future of anything but I'm really grateful for the dynamic that we have and the bond that we have.
"Whatever life does, life will do."
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The singer and actress said she 'needed' the experience to make her realise she was unhappy with her life
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She told how she had made a 'best friend' in Chris
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Over the weekend, Kath released a video telling how she was dumped by JoJo at the CBB party
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She told how there was 'a lot of people I'll miss' in the UK
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