JoJo Siwa Shares Her "Gay Awakening Story" That Includes Demi Lovato and Jenna Dewan

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JoJo Siwa is reminiscing astir her coming retired journey.

The erstwhile Nickelodeon prima precocious participated successful the "One Thing About Me" TikTok trend, wherever she shared her "gay awakening story," during which she recalled how Demi Lovato's 2015 deed opus "Cool for the Summer"—a seductive anthem astir wanting a summertime fling with different woman—made a large content connected her erstwhile she was 12.

"I really, truly liked it and listened to it each the time," JoJo said successful the Oct. 5 video. "I did not cognize what it meant backmost past but present that I'm overmuch older and I understand, I cognize what it means."

The Dance Moms alum past fast-forwarded to the 2nd infinitesimal successful her "gay awakening." The 19-year-old noted, "Then a fewer years later, Jenna Dewan went connected Lip Sync Battle. She did a truly large Magic Mike number. I beauteous overmuch watched it each day. Little me, she didn't cognize she was gay, until..."

JoJo past recalled a idiosyncratic acquisition that led her to scope a decision astir her sexuality. "A couple years later, a antheral was my archetypal day and helium wanted to person enactment with maine and I did not privation to—never wanted to, grossed retired by the thought of it," she continued. "Immediately knew men are not my thing. Women are my gig. Gotta go."

JoJo came retired arsenic gay, connected social media, in January 2021. Six months later, she spoke astir her coming retired travel with Lovato on the popular star's YouTube interrogation bid 4D With Demi Lovato, where she reflected connected those moments.

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"I think one realized that my precise archetypal cheery awakening was Jenna Dewan's show on Lip Sync Battle," she said. "I deliberation that was 1 of them. But then, bash you retrieve your dancer, her sanction is JoJo Gomez and you did 'Cool for the Summer' together. I remember seeing that and conscionable being a small excessively interested."

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Demi, who came retired arsenic non-binary successful 2021, responded, "I didn't travel retired until similar 2017. But 'Cool for the Summer' was like, 2014, 2015, truthful that, to me, it was my mode of saying I'm not acceptable to travel out."

JoJo added, "But like, I privation to stock this but I don't cognize however yet."

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Weeks after JoJo came out, she went connected to spell nationalist with her narration with Kylie Prew. The 2 dated connected and disconnected until this past August. A period later, JoJo confirmed connected TikTok she's dating Avery Cyrus, and they aboriginal made their reddish carpet debut arsenic a couple.

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