{"id":2016713,"date":"2025-09-12T13:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T13:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2016713"},"modified":"2025-09-12T13:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T13:43:07","slug":"jojo-siwa-says-by-no-means-am-i-straight-amid-chris-hughes-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jojo-siwa-says-by-no-means-am-i-straight-amid-chris-hughes-romance\/","title":{"rendered":"JoJo Siwa Says \u2018By No Means Am I Straight\u2019 Amid Chris Hughes Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/jojo-siwa\/\"><strong>JoJo Siwa<\/strong><\/a> is opening up <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/jojo-siwa-talks-her-sexuality-and-bulletproof-music-comeback\/\">about her sexuality<\/a> amid her relationship with boyfriend <strong>Chris Hughes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI think that we are the LGBTQIA+ family, not the LG community, and it\u2019s a beautiful rainbow,\u201d Siwa, 22, said on the Tuesday, September 9, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gh8A2i1iKJ0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">episode<\/a> of the \u201cReign With Josh Smith\u201d podcast. \u201cThe No. 1 saying of the community is \u2018love is love,\u2019 and that goes both ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She continued, \u201cThere was a part of me that, when I realized I was fully in love with Christopher, I realized now I have a duty of \u2014 and by no means am I straight \u2014 [being an] example of somebody who is in the queer community that is in a heterosexual relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">According to Siwa, her relationship demonstrates that \u201conce again love is love.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/jojo-siwa-reflects-on-sexuality-and-love-with-chris-hughes\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/jojo-siwa-reflects-on-sexuality-and-love-with-chris-hughes\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">JoJo Siwa Shares Her Sexuality Label Amid Chris Hughes Romance<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tJoJo Siwa is sharing that she sees herself as \u201cqueer\u201d now as she continues to discover more about her sexuality amid her new relationship with Chris Hughes. Speaking to E! News on Friday, June 13, Siwa, 22, explained her reasons for using the term after previously self-identifying as a lesbian. \u201cI think the most beautiful [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Siwa and <i>Love Island UK <\/i>alum Hughes, 32, met this summer while filming <i>Celebrity Big Brother UK. <\/i>The twosome started dating after the reality TV competition wrapped and Siwa broke up with nonbinary partner <strong>Kath Ebbs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The former <i>Dance Moms <\/i>child star <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/everything-jojo-siwa-has-said-about-coming-out\/\">publicly came out<\/a> as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community in 2021, but now identifies herself differently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cHonest, I would define myself as happy,\u201d she said on Tuesday\u2019s episode. \u201cSome people now call me straight. Fair play [because] I\u2019m in a heterosexual relationship. I\u2019m so deeply in love with a man, I can\u2019t even control it myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Siwa added, \u201cI would probably just say queer. I think that\u2019s a beautiful umbrella term, and it gives flexibility [and] it gives fluid[ity]. I think that pansexual, obviously, is exactly what I feel. I think some people would also just say bisexual. I think that\u2019s very easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/jojo-siwa-opens-up-about-future-wedding-and-chris-hughes-romance\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Jojo-Siwa-Chris-Hughes.jpg?crop=359px%2C180px%2C486px%2C275px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Jojo-Siwa-Chris-Hughes\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Jojo-Siwa-Chris-Hughes.jpg?quality=70&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/jojo-siwa-opens-up-about-future-wedding-and-chris-hughes-romance\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">JoJo Siwa Has Best Man &#8216;Picked Out&#8217; for Possible Chris Hughes Wedding<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tJoJo Siwa is already dreaming about her future wedding with boyfriend Chris Hughes. Siwa, 22, told TMZ in an interview published Thursday, June 19, that she has \u201cso many thoughts\u201d about wedding plans, including who her best man would be. \u201cI do have my best man picked out, I do,\u201d the \u201cKarma\u201d singer, who is [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Siwa further noted that she doesn\u2019t \u201cget hung up\u201d on labeling her sexuality.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI think that I was, and I felt like I needed to be,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s just exhausting. What\u2019s the point? I\u2019m happy. I\u2019ve never, ever wanted the future so bad. I\u2019ve never, ever wanted the love that I have to just continue to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Siwa is also, for the first time in her life, hopeful that her relationship with Hughes will one day make it down the aisle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019ve never cared about another person so much. I\u2019ve never craved a wedding,\u201d Siwa admitted. \u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to go sign a piece of paper or go to Vegas because I didn\u2019t want to have a wedding, but now I want a ring, and I want my dad to walk me down the aisle, and I want a first dance and butterflies.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JoJo Siwa is opening up about her sexuality amid her relationship with boyfriend Chris Hughes. \u201cI think that we are the LGBTQIA+ family, not the LG community, and it\u2019s a beautiful rainbow,\u201d Siwa, 22, said on the Tuesday, September 9, episode of the \u201cReign With Josh Smith\u201d podcast. \u201cThe No. 1 saying of the community [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2016714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[305238,24003,359953,164683],"class_list":["post-2016713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-better2gether","tag-celebrity-news","tag-gay-pride","tag-love-lives"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JoJo-Siwa-Says-\u2018By-No-Means-Am-I-Straight-Amid.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2016713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2016714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2016713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2016713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2016713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}