Chris Hughes and JoJo Siwa confirm 'relationship' status as CBB stars speak out
Eager Celebrity Big Brother fans have been waiting to find out if there is a romantic spark between Chris Hughes and JoJo Siwa following their exit from the show.
Now, the pair of reality TV stars have finally spoken about their 'really strong bond' – but is it solely platonic?
Speaking to This Morning hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard, JoJo revealed: 'Obviously we're close, obviously we're tight.'
While Chris added: 'The thing is, our friendship is like, it's just a really strong bond between two people, it's just a strong friendship.
'I think you can have a soulmate friendship, I think that's a thing and to me it's like that energy where it's not like the standard friendship you have with your friends but it's still a friendship, we are friends and it's just nice and that's why I found the whole… I found it strange because it's such a strong friendship.
'But having someone in there to go through an experience like that and have someone there every day when you're emotional when you're down, when you're happy, that is beautiful, that is a genuinely amazing thing.'
When JoJo was asked if she wanted to have a 'romantic' relationship with Chris instead of a 'platonic' one, she told Ben: 'Look, he is 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 our bond that we have and whatever life does life will do.'
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Also on the interview on Monday morning (April 28), ITV presenter Cat praised JoJo for always being 'open and honest' while in the public eye.
She then asked the popular TikTok star for the 'truth' about all the 'reports' over the weekend regarding her personal life.
JoJo shared: 'Honestly when I went into the house, day one fun, day two fun, well day two wasn't actually that fun but then honestly day three I was in my own thoughts, away from everyone that I know, away from everything, and I sat with myself and from that point on I really realised things that I was okay with in my life, that I should have never been okay with in the first place.'
Cat interrupted: 'Do you mean your relationship?'
JoJo continued: 'So many things, that was one of them, but so many things.
'Obviously I wanted to hold them inside because I didn't want to air that out very publicly but there were countless things that I was like 'that's not something I was okay with and I don't need to be okay with and I'm not happy' and I knew as soon as I got out I wanted to fix things in my life and make the changes I need to make.
'I think you have this experience that's so exhilarated, it's 20 days but it feels like it's four and a half years and the first thing you want to do when you get out is just exactly what you need to do in your life to make it as great as you can.'
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The former Dance Moms contestant added: 'I think I realised just how not great things were and that I was pretending they were great and it's been hard but it's been good, I'm very happy where I am now, I'm very grateful that I had you [Chris] in there for support even though you didn't know what was going on in my brain.'
JoJo then confirmed a conversation with her now ex-partner Kath Ebbs took place at the CBB wrap party which ended their relationship, but that 'wasn't the plan' as their ex originally declined to attend the event.
She added: 'They straight up asked me if I was happy and I said 'no' and one thing led to another and that conversation did take place there.'
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