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Elle
13-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Elle
Chris Hughes Shares How His Relationship With Jojo Siwa Has Influenced Him
After forming a fast friendship on Celebrity Big Brother U.K., JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes sparked public interest with their growing bond. In the weeks following the show, the pair traveled together, spent time with each other's families, and shared increasingly affectionate posts online, further fueling speculation about a possible romance. The former housemates initially described their connection as a 'soulmate friendship' during an April interview on This Morning. One month later, Siwa and Hughes have begun to offer some clarity into their romance. Here's everything we know about their relationship so far. Siwa and Hughes were both contestants on Celebrity Big Brother U.K. At the time, Siwa was still in a relationship with Australian actor Kath Ebbs. However, viewers took note of her chemistry with Hughes, especially during emotional moments in the house. The two frequently spent time together on the show, with Hughes defending Siwa during a difficult confrontation with another contestant. During an appearance on The Useless Hotline Podcast, Siwa said his support was part of what made her realize 'he's a good man.' 'He is somebody I would want my children to be like,' she shared on the podcast. 'He's such a great gentleman. He's also hilarious and a good ball of fun. He's a special guy.' 'We're very similar in our energy, in our outlook on life,' Siwa added. 'Chris was there for me at my lowest times and I was there for him at his lowest times. That's what made it so special.' She also praised Hughes's reaction to the homophobic comments she received on the show, saying, 'That showed Chris's true personality and it was beautiful to see. People obviously say what they want about people, but that showed me who he really is.' Speculation about Siwa and Hughes's relationship continued, especially after the two traveled together and began appearing in each other's social media posts. On May 20, Siwa performed a cover of 'Bette Davis Eyes' in Mexico and changed the lyrics mid-song to reference Hughes—singing, 'He's got Chris Hughes' eyes.' The following day, Siwa celebrated her 22nd birthday by sharing an Instagram, opening with a photo of her resting her head on Hughes's shoulder. 'A week I'll remember for the rest of my life,' she wrote. Hughes posted his own photos, writing, 'The previous 7 days have been the prettiest.. 😊💫🎂.' On June 1, Hughes appeared to confirm their relationship with a Snapchat photo of himself shirtless in bed, kissing Siwa on the forehead. The caption read, 'Sleeepinnn beauty.' The next day, Siwa publicly confirmed their romance in an interview with The Guardian, stating: 'It's not platonic anymore, and it's been a beautiful development, a beautiful connection, and I'm absolutely head over heels for him.' She also addressed rumors that the relationship was a publicity stunt, saying, 'Clearly, you've never been around us. I won't ever speak for him, but for me personally, the happiness in my life just radiates off of me right now.' 'Literally yesterday, I was massaging my cheeks; I've never [before] been in pain from smiling so much,' she added. She also said she woke up to Hughes singing one of her songs that morning. 'You know when you're alone, how you feel? You are your true, raw self,' she explained. 'I've obviously felt like that before, but never around one single person.' On July 12, Hughes told The Sun's Fabulous Magazine about his relationship with Siwa. 'Life has an unexpected way of bringing two people together, and this feels like that,' Hughes shared. 'We were meant to cross paths. We keep saying to each other it was serendipity. Life handed me a blessing in my lap.' Hughes added that when he met the Dance Moms alum he experienced a 'magical feeling,' recognizing her as 'the most precious person.' 'I adored the ground she walked on and the way she handled herself,' he continued. He then offered a timeline of their romance, saying when the show ended they still talked 'all the time.' He then 'flew to Mexico City to surprise her,' beginning the 'best three days of my life.' 'Our first kiss was genuinely special—it felt like I was in a movie,' he explained. 'I can't keep my hands off her now.' As for the negative and positive attention their relation has garnered: 'I don't care,' said Hughes, continuing, 'I wouldn't go to the effort of loving someone for any other reason than it being real. Having been in this industry for eight years, I needed to adapt to having criticism from different angles. The past few months have actually made me a little stronger mentally.'
The Spinoff
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Spinoff
The top 20 moments from the DIVA exhibition at Auckland Museum, ranked
Bow down bitches, the true divas are in town. This week in attention economy news, JoJo Siwa is threatening to release her cover of 'Bette Davis Eyes' on Spotify. In the short video she's already released, she sounds like she's swallowed three packets of cigs and auto tuned the raspy result. She looks like she wants to fuck around and find out what being a tradwife is. Turning what I assume are her own Bette Davis eyes towards the camera as several strands of pearls threaten to engulf her head, it's clear her Gene Simmons, Karma era is over. This is what everyone is talking about right now. Next week, it will be something else. In 2025, new viral obsessions are spawned, devoured and pronounced dead within 24 hours. The average human attention span is about eight seconds, which is a perfect capsule for everyone's six seconds of fame. Everything is new, yet nothing truly is. We've never been more immersed in celebrity gossip, commentary, and access. We've also never been so context-poor and so deprived of enduring cultural meaning. Meeting this moment is DIVA, an exhibition developed by the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London, currently housed at Auckland Museum until October. It's the perfect example of what a museum exhibition should be in 2025. It is accessible and relevant, brimming with pop culture references and real-life spectacle you just can't experience during your daily scrolls. It presents serious hypotheses about gender, the tension between attention and exposure and the true meaning of genius and celebrity. Most importantly, it reminds us that we all stand on the shoulders of giants and that cultural connective tissue binds our past to our present. It's also a welcome boon for the museum. Two of its most popular attractions have been closed indefinitely due to the detection of asbestos, adding another item to Wayne Brown's 'Fix Auckland' list. Here are the top 20 moments ranked according to historical significance, pop culture heft and spectacle, with a few subjective calls based on when I cried, gasped and flamed with joy. 20. Exit through the gift shop The museum and gallery trick of forcing you to leave through the gift shop at the end of an exhibition might be one of my all-time favourite retail strategies. I always end up buying something. DIVA is no different. Nobody needs a $300 pair of diamante-studded glasses from Elton John's line of eyewear, but did I stop and try them on? Yes. Will I be back to purchase some prints of Nina Simone, Grace Jones, and Benny and the Jets era Elton? Absolutely. My love of retail strategy is also niche, hence the lower ranking. To be clear, the rare gems are located in the exhibition, not the shop. 19. Barbra and the purple extravaganza from Funny Girl It's the dress and the coat. So much chiffon. 18. Finding your own diva There's a red carpet and many spots for posing. I did mine in the gift shop, you do you hunny diva child. 17. The full arc of Maria Callas Two of Callas's most iconic costumes are displayed together – her blue dress from her 1952 London debut in Norma and the red gown from her final stage performance in Tosca (1965). Diva is an Italian word, and the exhibition explores its origin, weaponisation and reclamation. None of that is possible without homage being paid to the ultimate opera diva. 16. The moment you realise you're tripping the audio Moving through the exhibition, you wear a pair of pretty chic and futuristic headphones. Audio experiences at museums and galleries are pretty common these days, but a few minutes into DIVA, you realise the audio you hear along the way is being triggered by your movement through the space. There's nothing like hearing 'Pynk' by Janelle Monáe while staring deep into the folds of her vulva (pants). 15. The moment you realise you could be tripping Björk gown. The end. 14. The wall quotes So many, all good. Collect the set. Get them tattooed. 13. The early showgirl cossies The mannequins have hips! 12. Grace Jones's breastplate First created by Issey Miyake for his 1980 Autumn-Winter collection, it looks like liquid hard-moulded to the body. Various iterations of the Miyake breastplate have been worn by Grace Jones during her career, including in this recording of her performing 'I Need A Man'. 11. Nina makes me cry The selected photos and audio combine to capture a significant portion of Nina Simone's power, anger and legacy. 10. Marilyn Monroe's fringed black dress Worn when she played Sugar Kane in Some Like It Hot (1959), this was Marilyn at the peak of her powers. Funny, vulnerable and pre the disastrous and tragic rekindling of relations with the Kennedys. 9. The Pierce, Davis, Garland triptych Next to a Mildred Pierce costume is a poster for All About Eve, another all-time great film starring another diva, Bette Davis. If we're talking about 'Bette Davis Eyes', I recommend staring into the real ones (as Margot Channing) instead of JoJo Siwa's. Drag queen Charles Busch once described fictional divas Norma Desmond and Margo Channing as 'powerful women fighting for their rights in a straight man's world' and the exhibition's rich recounting of the way Hollywood regarded and treated 'difficult women' is useful set up for the reclamation of the term explored in the exhibition's later stages. 8. All the Bob Mackie There are at least four Bob Mackie for Cher designs in the exhibition, one he did for Liza Minnelli for New York New York and the flame dress he made for Tina Turner. Mackie remains unrivalled in his ability to blend costume with couture. He was also a master of costume sketches, and DIVA includes many of the sketches for the creations you can then see in their full glory. 7. Realising you need to step up the game for your 50th birthday Elton John wore the Sandy Powell design featured in the exhibition to his 50th birthday party. It was so ostentatious and large that he had to be trucked in. If nothing else, it was a good reminder that birthdays should be all about you, and you should step up and into a proper frock. 6. Our very own diva For the Auckland leg of this touring exhibition, Aotearoa's own diva, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, has lent her millennium coat, worn at the New Year's Day performance she participated in as part of a 30-hour live television special broadcast to one billion people worldwide. Contains feathers and cultural touchstones. 5. Whitney makes me cry She was so beautiful and talented. The exhibition includes radiant photos of Houston and the dress she wore to the 1994 Grammy Awards, designed by Marc Bouwer. 4. The dress Joan Crawford wore in Mildred Pierce The 1945 film noir Mildred Pierce is one of my all-time favourite movies. It was one of the first old Hollywood films I watched that made me realise contemporary culture didn't have a monopoly on portraying complicated, complex, and sometimes difficult women. The dress itself, designed by Milo Anderson, was worn by Crawford in the film as she begins running her restaurant. It transitioned her away from plain, housewife garb into more structured and shoulder-padded suiting, marking her changing station and wealth. 3. The size of Prince's feet If you know, you know, but the exhibition contains a pair of Prince's shoes. They confirm Prince's likely origin as a pixie sent from on high to deliver music for the ages while emanating an ambiguous, raw and real sexual power. 2. The vulva pants I would sell an organ (if required) to see Janelle Monáe live. A high-concept fashion icon, the vulva pants worn for the 2018 'Pynk' video were peak vulva-inspired dressing, and frankly, we don't have enough of that. 1. Rihanna as pope Rihanna owns the Met Gala carpet and has done for a decade now. For the 2018 Met Gala, themed 'Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination', Rihanna wore a papal-inspired outfit designed by John Galliano for Maison Margiela. In my humble opinion, it ranks as one of the best Met Gala themes and one of Rihanna's best looks. We don't often get to see John Galliano's designs beyond our magazines and screens here, so seeing this beaded creation in person was truly the highlight for me. Rihanna's star began rising in 2005, and she remains an enigmatic diva with enduring popularity. My one true pope. My one true diva.
Daily Mirror
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Heinz pays tribute to 'number one' Chris Hughes amid Jojo Siwa romance
As Chris Hughes' relationship with his Celebrity Big Brother housemate Jojo Siwa appears to go from strength to strength, food giant Heinz has admitted feelings of their own towards the 32-year old Heinz has hilariously dedicated a 'new' version of it's famous spaghetti hoops to Chris Hughes, and fans have begged the company to release the product to the public. Former Love Island star Chris has proclaimed his love for the product numerous times throughout his time on Celebrity Big Brother, where his relationship with Jojo Siwa has also begun to blossom. Jojo's recent performances on stage, meanwhile, have seen her change the lyrics of Kim Carnes' 'Bette Davis Eyes' to 'Chris Hughes Eyes' - something Heinz couldn't help but poke fun at on Instagram. "This message is for Chris Hughes and Chris Hughes only, if you aren't Chris Hughes keep scrolling," the company penned in a post on Tuesday (May 27), declaring their admiration for the reality star. Heinz added an image of a redesigned tin, which was labelled 'Chris' Hoops', alongside a poem titled: 'To our number one'. With several references to the loved-up couple's romance, it read: "We don't have to hard launch/For our love to be true/Or sing 'Chris eyes'/To get close to you." The poem continued: "Does your bright orange beanie/Remind you of us?/You tell us 'sit down'/Well 'we're sat', trust/It's a little 'leave it'/When we're 10th in your post/Chris loves Spaghetti Hoops/We love you the most." Writing in response, Chris quipped: "Okay I fell for you." Meanwhile, Jojo added: "And honestly... Fair play." Elsewhere, one Instagram user praised: "This is incredible marketing I had to stand up and applaud." A second person penned in hope: "Now tell us your going to bring out Chris' hoops for us to buy yeah." A third asked: "Can you make a special edition with some 'j' and ' c' in with the hoops?" A fourth individual added: "Can we please have Chris' hoops on cans please? Whilst a fifth Instagram user declared: "Bloody genius! Would love to see these in the shops." An iconic scene in the Big Brother house last month saw Ella Rae Wise approach Chris to ask if there was anything he would like to be added to the housemates' shopping list. "I just want spaghetti hoops," Chris said from the bath. "That's all I want." "Any fruit?" Ella Rae asked in response, to which Chris reaffirmed: "No, just spaghetti hoops. Thank you." Last night (May 27), Jojo opened up about her lyrical amendment, telling her crowd that she changed the song as it made her "happy." The former Dance Moms icon JoJo said: "I'll tell you this much, if it's not obvious, that ending lyric is very much true."
Scotsman
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
JoJo Siwa ‘confirms' romance with CBB star
JoJo Siwa appears to have 'confirmed' a relationship with a Celebrity Big Brother star 👀 Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Celebrity Big Brother has ended but the drama is continuing. Fans are being treated to even more gossip in the off-season. But has JoJi Siwa 'confirmed' a relationship with one of her housemates? It was the 'friendship' that got the nation's chins wagging during Celebrity Big Brother - but could JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes be more than friends? Viewers questioned whether there was more than just buddy-buddy vibes between the two during their stint in the ITV house. Both have kept a tight lip on the situation since they left the show. However JoJo appears to have 'confirmed' the relationship on stage. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The former Dance Moms star shouted out Chris during a recent performance. It has left fans convinced that they have 'hard launched' the relationship. Are JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes dating? JoJo Siwa appears to have 'confirmed' a relationship with a fellow CBB star | Initial/ITV JoJo went into the house with a girlfriend, but they have broken-up since her time on CBB came to an end with April's finale. Fans have been eagerly waiting and watching to see if her and Chris would become an item following her break-up. However they have not officially confirmed if they are dating or not. But the two have seemed very close on their social media - with JoJo sharing photos of them cosying up and Chris even travelled to the US for her recent 22nd birthday. JoJo captioned a post on her Instagram: "This years birthday week was more magical than anything. Full of surprises, family time, performing, chilling, laughing, loving, smiling, and good meaningful cries. Absolutely beautiful, wouldn't change a single thing a week I'll remember for the rest of my life." Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad While Chris wrote: "The previous 7 days have been the prettiest..' JoJo Siwa appears to 'confirm' relationship - sending fans wild During a recent performance, JoJo dropped the biggest hint so far. She changed the lyrics of the song 'Bette Davis Eyes' to 'Chris Hughes Eyes' during a recent rendition on stage, Heart reports . It has sent fans wild with one writing: 'They hard launched so hard, help me.' Another said: 'Omg awww I'm so happy for the both of them.' A person echoed: 'Chris and JoJo are awesome together and it's amazing and heart-warming to see.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The pair had previously hinted at a relationship during an appearance on This Morning after leaving the CBB house. JoJo said: "Look, he's 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 am really grateful for our dynamic that we have, the bond that we have, and whatever life does, life will do." Have you got a story you want to share with our readers? You can now send it to us online via YourWorld at . It's free to use and, once checked, your story will appear on our website and, space allowing, in our newspapers.
Scotsman
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
JoJo Siwa ‘confirms' romance with CBB star
JoJo Siwa appears to have 'confirmed' a relationship with a Celebrity Big Brother star 👀 Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Celebrity Big Brother has ended but the drama is continuing. Fans are being treated to even more gossip in the off-season. But has JoJi Siwa 'confirmed' a relationship with one of her housemates? It was the 'friendship' that got the nation's chins wagging during Celebrity Big Brother - but could JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes be more than friends? Viewers questioned whether there was more than just buddy-buddy vibes between the two during their stint in the ITV house. Both have kept a tight lip on the situation since they left the show. However JoJo appears to have 'confirmed' the relationship on stage. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The former Dance Moms star shouted out Chris during a recent performance. It has left fans convinced that they have 'hard launched' the relationship. Are JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes dating? JoJo Siwa appears to have 'confirmed' a relationship with a fellow CBB star | Initial/ITV JoJo went into the house with a girlfriend, but they have broken-up since her time on CBB came to an end with April's finale. Fans have been eagerly waiting and watching to see if her and Chris would become an item following her break-up. However they have not officially confirmed if they are dating or not. But the two have seemed very close on their social media - with JoJo sharing photos of them cosying up and Chris even travelled to the US for her recent 22nd birthday. JoJo captioned a post on her Instagram: "This years birthday week was more magical than anything. Full of surprises, family time, performing, chilling, laughing, loving, smiling, and good meaningful cries. Absolutely beautiful, wouldn't change a single thing a week I'll remember for the rest of my life." Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad While Chris wrote: "The previous 7 days have been the prettiest..' JoJo Siwa appears to 'confirm' relationship - sending fans wild During a recent performance, JoJo dropped the biggest hint so far. She changed the lyrics of the song 'Bette Davis Eyes' to 'Chris Hughes Eyes' during a recent rendition on stage, Heart reports . It has sent fans wild with one writing: 'They hard launched so hard, help me.' Another said: 'Omg awww I'm so happy for the both of them.' A person echoed: 'Chris and JoJo are awesome together and it's amazing and heart-warming to see.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The pair had previously hinted at a relationship during an appearance on This Morning after leaving the CBB house. JoJo said: "Look, he's 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 am really grateful for our dynamic that we have, the bond that we have, and whatever life does, life will do."
