Jojo Siwa Breaks Silence On Miley Cyrus' Controversial Joke About Her At World Pride
In the last few months, Jojo has been at the centre of several headlines about her personal life, following the news that she'd broken up with her long-term partner Kath Ebbs hours after leaving Celebrity Big Brother, and later began dating fellow housemate Chris Hughes.
As part of a World Pride event earlier this month, Miley appeared in a pre-recorded video, appearing in a closet, which she quipped she'd not been in 'since the sixth grade'.
She then added: 'Alright, I'm going back in to get some more pretzels and find Jojo Siwa and bring her back out.'
'I'm going back to the closet to find Jojo Siwa & bring her back out' MILEY 😭 pic.twitter.com/QIP8BlJAOH
— Miley Cyrus Updates (@MileyCyrusBz) June 8, 2025
Miley wound up facing a backlash and accusations of bi-erasure about the joke, which Jojo – who shared in the CBB house that she prefers the term 'queer' to describe herself, having previously identified as 'lesbian' – has now addressed.
On Thursday morning, the Karma singer posted a picture of herself on Instagram at the age of five, celebrating her birthday with a Miley-themed party.
'I was happy at my fifth birthday having a Miley-themed party, and I'm still happy now at 22,' she wrote. 'If you know me, you know that Miley is my day one, [I] grew up beyond inspired by her from two years old on.'
Jojo continued: 'I wasn't sure how I felt about things for a couple of days… but I've started to come to some thoughts.
'I don't believe what Miley said at World Pride was ill intended, honestly I think it was meant to be a joke, but just not very good one. Not what the world, or myself needs to hear any day of the week.'
She added that she'd 'messaged Miley light-heartedly about it', claiming that the former Disney star 'replied and said 'All love. Always'.'
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HuffPost UK has contacted Miley Cyrus' team for comment.
Interestingly, back in 2019, Miley defended her own queer identity in light of the fact she was then married to a man.
'I think it's very confusing to people that I'm married. But my relationship is unique,' she told Elle of her relationship with Liam Hemsworth at the time. 'I don't know that I would ever publicly allow people in there because it's so complex, and modern, and new that I don't think we're in a place where people would get it.'
She added: 'I mean, do people really think that I'm at home in a fucking apron cooking dinner? I'm in a hetero relationship, but I still am very sexually attracted to women.
'People become vegetarian for health reasons, but bacon is still fucking good, and I know that. I made a partner decision. This is the person I feel has my back the most. I definitely don't fit into a stereotypical wife role. I don't even like that word.'
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