Ashley Roberts, 43, sends pulses racing in a skimpy pink bikini as she shares sizzling holiday pictures
sent pulses racing in a skimpy pink bikini as she shared some sizzling holiday pictures on Instagram on Thursday.
The former Pussycat Doll, 43, looked incredible in the summery two-piece, which featured a cutout bikini top and matching tie-side bottoms.
She accessorised her sunbathing look with a pair of black sunglasses, a silver bangle and a dainty necklace.
Ashley appeared very happy during her sun-soaked getaway as she flashed a smile and sipped on a red iced drink.
In an album of holiday pictures shared to Instagram, the blonde beauty posted a check snap resting her hand on her bottom.
Alongside the pictures, she penned: 'Vitamin d, sunsets and good vibes'.
Her stunning display comes a week after she showcased her incredible figure in a skimpy blue bikini during her trip on Thursday.
She looked sensational in the stylish two-piece featuring a cut out bikini top and matching tie-side bottoms.
The performer completed her look with a pair of trendy grey shades, a dainty silver necklace, hoop earrings, and a yellow bucket hat.
Letting her blonde tresses flow freely over her shoulders, Ashley went makeup-free as she soaked up the sun on a boat's sundeck.
Later in the day, she embraced a bit of adventure, hopping on a jet ski for some water sports at a picturesque lake.
For the ride, Ashley tied her hair up in a bun and donned a life jacket as she zipped across the sparkling waters.
Ashley looked nothing short of incredible in a slew of BTS snaps from her guest appearance on Celebrity Big Brother 's Late & Live earlier this month.
The dancer took to Instagram as she slipped into a skin-tight maroon latex dress and posed up a storm backstage.
Ashley's eye-popping look boasted huge heart embellishments and was strapless to accentuate her ample cleavage.
The outfit hugged every inch of her jaw-dropping figure while completing the outfit with a pair of chic black heels.
Ashley also wore a glam make-up palette and swept her blonde hair into an updo, while strands framed her gorgeous face.
She captioned the post: Never thought I would witness 2 humans relieving themselves in a kitty litter tray. Thanks for having me @bbuk @ itv '.
Ashley was referencing one moment of the show which also left viewers shocked at Chris Hughes after he urinated in a litter tray and wiped away the evidence as part of a bizarre task.
The housemates had to transform themselves into pet cats for the day and were told to wear costumes and consume all their food and drink from pet bowls.
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The Guardian
44 minutes ago
- The Guardian
‘I'm in pain from smiling so much': JoJo Siwa on surviving Mickey Rourke and finding love on Celebrity Big Brother
A week before JoJo Siwa entered the Celebrity Big Brother house, she had a presentiment about it. 'Something feels different,' she told her mother (and manager) Jessalynn. 'I don't think I'm gonna win, but I think I'm gonna change.' Siwa's initial hunch was that the transformation would be in her career, she says. 'Little did I know it was going to change my personal life so much. By a landslide, it is the best thing that's ever happened to me.' Siwa may be only 22, but it's still quite the statement. As the breakout talent of the American reality TV series Dance Moms, she was arguably the biggest child star of the 2010s, at 11 years old instantly memorable for her larger-than-life personality and equally outsized hair bow. By the time she turned 15, in 2018, Siwa was a cross-platform tween sensation, with 5 million YouTube subscribers (now 12 million), a Nickelodeon deal, a burgeoning pop career and a staggeringly successful hair accessory business. 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Rourke was given a warning, and apologised to Siwa on-screen for his 'short fuse' – but she says it was negated by his subsequent comments in private. 'He mentioned to me that he knew what he was doing, that he tried to get under my skin and wanted to offend me, all this shit. That's what made me super upset – that was really hard to take.' But Siwa does not believe Rourke should have been removed sooner, as some viewers called for. 'I wanted to give him a chance, and I think production could see that as well,' she says. 'Think about where we got to go from there: we got to have laughs with him [and] beautiful conversations about inclusion, and what you can and can't say.' Those interactions gave Siwa closure, she says, 'Like, 'Oh, he doesn't hate me; he's a very hurt man.'' But Rourke was less invested in teachable moments; he later left the show after what ITV called 'further use of inappropriate language' and 'unacceptable behaviour' towards other contestants. Had she ever experienced such flagrant homophobia before? 'Not to that level, and not in person like that. It was definitely a first – but I was lucky. I had a lot of support in that house.' Which brings us to the silver lining of the saga: Chris Hughes – or 'sweet Christopher', as Siwa calls him now. The ex-Love Islander stood up to Rourke for Siwa, whom he had only just met, and comforted her. The intensity of the altercation, magnified by the Big Brother fishbowl, seemed to fast-track them to BFF status, surprising fellow housemates as much as audiences. Siwa says she and Hughes had to reckon with the suggestion they were playing to the cameras before they were even out of the house. It gave them the opportunity to clarify with each other: 'No, this is a very genuine connection – we're not faking a thing.' Their obvious chemistry was complicated, however, by Siwa's being in a relationship (with 27-year-old Australian actor Kath Ebbs, who identifies as non-binary) and identifying as a lesbian (and, before that, gay and pansexual). When Siwa mused aloud on Big Brother that she felt more 'queer' than lesbian, then broke up with Ebbs soon after production wrapped, tabloid speculation about the nature of her relationship with Hughes ramped up. In their first joint interview, on This Morning, both insisted on their 'platonic soulmate' connection. After daily are-they-aren't-they coverage and some awkward TV interviews I expect Siwa to shut the subject down. But she understands the interest, she says. 'People can see our chemistry, and they got to see it develop.' Does it bother her? 'I think everyone's just curious, and I can't blame them.' We have circled around the question long enough. I have to ask: is it platonic or romantic? Siwa is silent for a long time, staring down at the floor – but even with her body angled away from me, I can see she is smiling from ear to ear. 'I am,' she agrees, when I point it out, 'because we … we … we have …' She exhales noisily, ums and aahs some more. After a full 20 seconds, she says: 'It's not platonic any more, and it's been a beautiful development, a beautiful connection, and I'm absolutely head over heels for him and he's the same way.' It's hard not to feel happy for her: she seems utterly smitten, the hearts-for-eyes emoji in human form. Anyone who suggests their relationship is 'a PR stunt' is only telling on themselves, Siwa says. 'Clearly, you've never been around us. I won't ever speak for him, but for me personally, the happiness in my life just radiates off of me right now. Literally yesterday, I was massaging my cheeks; I've never [before] been in pain from smiling so much.' Siwa was born Joelle Joanie Siwa, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Jessalynn, a dance instructor, and Tom, a chiropractor. She has an older brother, Jayden, who briefly dabbled in vlogging, but Siwa was the star in the making – and Jessalynn made it her 'mission in life' (as she later put it, on Dance Moms) to make it happen. In 2013, aged nine, Siwa was cast from an open call for Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition. She placed fifth in the reality show, but her star power – and Jessalynn's tenacity – saw her picked up for two seasons of Dance Moms from 2015. Young Siwa was often singled out as loud and over the top, despite the show's high bar for both; even her coach, the famously harsh Abby Lee Miller, described her as 'obnoxious; sometimes rude' in the same breath as praising her stage presence and drive to succeed. For the producers who discovered her, Siwa was raw talent, reality TV gold. They would reportedly gather to watch her interviews as they were being taped, not wanting to miss a minute of what they called 'the JoJo show'. 'I did love it – that's just who I was,' says Siwa. 'It was the best time in my life. I would give anything to go back to it.' Was she aware of the production around her, the narrative being built? 'I was aware that we were making a TV show, but it was never like 'here's the plan'. I've never been told what to do, or how to be, or what to say, ever.' Other people's experiences of reality TV are different, Siwa acknowledges; but 'for me, it was 100% real'. After two seasons of Dance Moms, Siwa moved the JoJo show to YouTube, devising, shooting and editing all her videos herself. The workload was more brutal than TV, in the absence of child labour protection, but the payoff was higher. These days Siwa is nostalgic for that earlier, prospective era of what's now established as 'content creation'. 'It was so hard to be successful at, but it was unreal fun.' In 2016, she released her first single, Boomerang, which went platinum; she signed with Nickelodeon the following year. Her first world tour, in 2019, sold out more than 100 venues, including the O2 Arena in London. She loved performing, and her career, and never felt forced, Siwa says, but she was aware of the pressure and responsibility. She recalls a moment on that tour, when her stage manager told her: 'You can do the show without anybody; we can't do the show without you … But do not abuse that power.' Another 16-year-old could hear that and run amok, Siwa agrees. 'That's why I am where I am now, because I don't have that blood in my body.' Even as a child herself, she could 'understand why child stars go crazy, because it's really, really hard', she says. 'I think the hardest thing was feeling like you weren't in control of yourself.' By age 15, 'I was running a billion-dollar business. That's something that should never be on a 15-year-old's shoulders – but at the time, it was my normal.' As of 2019, she'd sold 90m hair bows, 'and that was just the bows', Siwa says. 'Anything I did got turned into a doll.' She is embarrassed to give the retail sales figures for her slime kit, 'because it's ridiculous even to think about'. Hundreds of thousands of dollars? 'More. More.' The profits didn't go straight into her bank account, Siwa hastens to add – but she did gain access to a fortune. Jessalynn, as the quintessential 'stage mom', has often been accused of pushing Siwa and robbing her of a childhood – but, Siwa points out, Jessalynn was also working for her. She had the option of cutting Jessalynn off when she turned 18; instead, Siwa insists (somewhat morbidly) that when Jessalynn dies, it will be the end of her career. 'We don't have a normal mother-daughter relationship – but I couldn't do it without her.' She did have a phase of envying her friends' 'more nurturing' parents, Siwa admits, and feeling wistful for what she missed out on: 'Stupid little things like high-school football games, high school …' She would have liked to have gone to medical school: 'It's crazy to me that it's now a more realistic option for me to build and own a hospital.' That sense of her unlived life played out last year, in what Siwa self-effacingly describes as her 'bad girl phase'. After turning 21, she trialled an edgier, more in-your-face image with Kiss-inspired makeup, defiant clapbacks to 'the haters' and drinking alcohol on stage. As child-star rebellions go, it was restrained, even perfunctory; Siwa, too, felt as if she was going through the motions. 'I was laughing about it today, what my makeup looked like – like, 'Dear God, if I could go back in time …' It wasn't authentic.' Even the Fireball shot she downed on stage was actually apple juice and Diet Coke, she says. 'I think I just wanted to be so far away from being a child star, and I look back at that like, 'You're an idiot – being a child star was so fun.' I love what I do, and I wouldn't trade it for the world.' Now Siwa is seeking to channel that carefree freedom with her new single Bulletproof: a sugary yet distortion-heavy spin on Frère Jacques, and an instant earworm. Previously, Siwa says, she released songs she 'didn't fully connect with', believing that they'd be hits; with Bulletproof, 'It just feels right – it doesn't matter the success level of it.' She is similarly uninterested in justifying her present happiness. Her ex, Ebbs, has been vocal since the break-up, but Siwa says she's 'choosing peace' and not to engage with any takes or opinions. 'I've read 50 articles in the last week about me that are not true, that say, 'Sources close to JoJo …' You're never gonna know the full truth – and I can't be bothered to fill anybody in.' She will confirm, however, that 'queer' best 'encompasses how I am, and who I am' – but reserves her right to remain fluid. 'There's a lot of different sexual identities. I think there's nothing more beautiful than somebody discovering themselves.' At 22, it's inevitable, too. The pushback to Siwa's shifting identity (including feelings of betrayal from some in the LGBTQ+ community) seems consistent with the time-honoured resistance to child stars changing their image. 'I do live this very, very big public life that has so many eyeballs on it, and it can get really hard to navigate,' Siwa says. 'But I'm also living a human life. You can't help who you love.' Whether it can be put down to her lifetime in the spotlight or the protective shield of new love (or, indeed, her shiny new teeth), Siwa gives off an armoured quality, like nothing can touch her. She is the happiest she's been in years, she confirms. 'Ever since Big Brother, genuinely. Even my family is like, 'What happened in there?'' She describes lying in bed with Hughes, scrolling on their phones; this morning, she woke up to him singing one of her songs. 'You know when you're alone, how you feel? You are your true, raw self. I've obviously felt like that before, but never around one single person.' As a kid, Siwa says, she didn't distinguish between her public and private selves, on camera and off: 'It was very much one straight-up path.' She even learned to 'look really happy, and fake it really well, and there's something else going on inside'. Now, she says, 'It's the first time in my life that it feels like I'm switched off.' JoJo Siwa's single Bulletproof is out now
Daily Mail
3 hours ago
- Daily Mail
JoJo Siwa addresses her sexuality amid shock new romance with Chris Hughes
JoJo Siwa marked the start of 2025 Pride Month with a poignant message for her social media followers. Taking to Instagram Stories on Sunday, the 22-year-old former child star wrote, 'Happy day 1 of the happiest month. What I have learned over the last 22 years is that pride is all about love, acceptance and celebration.' She added, 'No matter who you are or what you are, you are you, you are beautiful, and you are perfect. Everyone's story is different and everyone's journey is different.' Siwa — who shocked fans when she started dating Celebrity Big Brother UK costar Chris Hughes, 32, in April — declared that the 'most beautiful thing' about love is 'that it's just love.' In conclusion, she wrote, 'Happy pride to the beautiful LGBTQIA+ community, to the allies, and to all that exist:).' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. While starring on season 24 of Celebrity Big Brother UK, JoJo shared, 'I've always told myself I'm a lesbian, but I think being here, I've realized, "Oh no, I'm not a lesbian, I'm queer." I think that's really cool. I'm switching letters.' Later, while speaking to Us Weekly, the former Dance Moms personality said she thought the statement wouldn't make it to television. 'That was one of those conversations actually that I was having that I was like, "This will never see the light of day." I don't mind that it did, because I actually think it starts a very beautiful conversation of queer. I think queer joy is so special and so magical,' she told the outlet. She went on to reject putting her sexuality 'in a box.' 'Queer is a beautiful umbrella term for the LGBTQIA community,' Siwa emphasized. 'I think that for me to be a woman and say I have a non-binary partner, but then also say I'm a lesbian is crazy. 'I just realized within myself that the way my eyes are to the world, I think I'm just queer. It has nothing to do with anything besides that. It's nothing to be ashamed of. The world is going crazy with that one though. It flabbergasts me.' Before launching her romance with Huges, JoJo was in a brief relationship with Australian content creator Kath Ebbs, who is non-binary. Their unceremonious breakup happened at the Celebrity Big Brother UK wrap party in April. Back in 2022, Siwa was forced to defend herself after telling Yahoo! Life she doesn't like the word 'lesbian.' She took to TikTok to clarify her statement and address scrutiny from fans, stating, 'I never said that 'lesbian' was a dirty word.' In the interview with the publication the former Lifetime star said, 'I don't like the word itself. It's just like a lot. But I mean, at the end of the day, that's what I am.' She compared it to the word 'moist,' which some people don't like because of the way it sounds phonetically. 'It's like the word moist. It's just like… ugh!' she added, much to the dismay of some of her followers. She reiterated on TikTok, 'I never would say that it's a dirty word because it is not. It's not a bad word, it's not a slur, it's especially not a word that I am ashamed of saying or ashamed of identifying as by any means. The the blond dancer added, 'I don't hate the word lesbian. Whenever someone talks to me about my sexuality I just say that I'm gay.
