Major feud breaks out between JoJo Siwa and Abbie Chatfield after Dance Moms star accuses her of doing 'something bad' to her ex-Kath Ebbs and calls her a clout chaser

Daily Mail​

02-05-2025

Abbie Chatfield has shut down accusations JoJo Siwa made in a bombshell tell-all interview on Wednesday.
The Dance Moms star claimed the It's A Lot podcaster had 'done something pretty bad' to her ex-partner Kath Ebbs while JoJo was in the Celebrity Big Brother UK house.
Abbie, 29, has spent days defending her best friend Kath after JoJo dumped her at the CBB afterparty last week amid her blossoming relationship with reality co-star Chris Hughes.
'Kath told me "No what the f***, I have no f***ing idea what JoJo's talking about",' Abbie said in a lengthy rant on Instagram on Thursday.
'As far as I'm concerned, Kath and I have spoken on the phone for hours about this pre and post break up. The only thing we spoke about was the Big Brother house and what JoJo was doing.
'I know that I haven't done anything to Kath because all I've done since they were in away from JoJo, was support them about JoJo.'
Abbie said she reached out to mutual friends and Kath's sister after seeing JoJo's interview because Kath was travelling home from the UK and unable to respond 'for five hours'.
'Everyone was very confused,' she said.
'Kath is also the kind of person that if something is wrong, they'll say it to you. So it made no sense.
'I don't know what JoJo's trying to do with that.
'I think JoJo was trying to discredit me by distancing me from Kath, making out like I didn't know what I was talking about, or that I'm a bad friend or a clout chaser,' she continued.
'It was kind of like JoJo was trying to imply that Kath was using her for money.'
Abbie attempted to unpack JoJo's potential motivations for making the comment, even revealing that there was a period of time when Kath 'was a bit anxious' because they hadn't seen each other 'face to face' as often.
'Maybe if Kath was upset about that JoJo took it as I was doing something to Kath?' Abbie pondered.
'JoJo was also implying that I'm using Kath and JoJo for clout,' she continued.
'I kept my mouth shut for the sake of their relationship and for the sake JoJo for the whole time.'
'I think she's either trying to discredit me and Kath together by saying we're "spreading misinformation" and that I'm a bad friend but I'm using this for clout.'
Abbie also pointed out she had never previously shared JoJo on her social media throughout the entirety of her relationship with Kath.
'I've been commenting and replying to people when they've been saying blatant lies about Kath. Mean lies,' she explained.
'But I haven't been going out of my way to make "hate JoJo Siwa" content because that's not what I'm interested in doing.
'I'm trying to make people understand why Kath is so upset because I'm seeing a lot of people be very mean and homophobic.
'I do think the wording of saying I did something "pretty bad" to Kath is very inflammatory and hyperbolic.
'Kath says they weren't mad at me. Saying I was "pretty bad" is pretty hectic.'
The FBoy Island host, who has 553,000 Instagram followers and one of the largest social media followings in Australia, took on a sarcastic tone as she continued.
'I don't know what pretty bad is — Is it maybe going on a reality show and meeting a random man from Love Island while you have a partner at home and continuing to cuddle up to, flirt, and fondle that man while you've got a partner that's watching?'
Abbie went on to reveal that Kath has been 'emotionally cheated on' in a previous relationship and said JoJo was very much aware that was Kath's 'biggest trigger' going into the CBB house.
'Maybe that could be a pretty bad thing to do, you know?' she concluded.
In her latest interview, JoJo also claimed her Australian influencer ex asked for a business class flight home and accused them of breaking boundaries that were set before she entered the ITV reality show.
Quick to poke fun at the accusation, Kath took to their Instagram on Thursday with a dramatic video of themselves falling to the floor and grimacing in pain as they arrived home following the 'excruciating' economy flight.
Titled: 'Kath coming home after flying "economy"' Kath also penned: 'Finally back in Australia after an excruciating 24 hours IN THE MIDDLE SEAT'.
In one comment under the post, Abbie said that JoJo's mom Jessalynn 'booked Kath a ticket' to the UK 'after pressuring Kath' to go to the CBB finale, where JoJo called time on their relationship after spending three weeks forming a 'soulmate friendship' with Chris .
Responding to a fan who claimed Kath was 'sponging off JoJo' following the singer's interview, Abbie wrote: '[Kath] assumed they would be flying home with JoJo. Kath has their own money.'
On Saturday, Kath took to Instagram as they broke their silence on the situation in a 13-minute video that was quickly removed from social media.
Fans were quick to speculate that multi-millionaire JoJo, who was paid £400,000 ($832,280AUD) to appear on the series, had some involvement in 'silencing' Kath.
'Kath posted a video basically alluding that Chris was the reason we broke up and that's not the case. It's not the truth,' JoJo said on the The Viall Files podcast.
JoJo admitted she asked Kath to 're-do their video and give a little more context', then refused to buy Kath a flight back to Australia when they did not comply.