# @pinknews on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-09-11T09:45:38.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PinkNews (@pinknews) — https://gondola.cc/pinknews

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JoJo Siwa has gone deep on the backlash and in-person abuse she’s received from the LGBTQ+ community after getting into a relationship with a man.

Speaking candidly on the Reign with Josh Smith podcast, the 22-year-old “Karma” singer said that she now feels a “guard come up” when she interacts with a queer person, due to the “brutal bullying” she received after confirming her romance with former Love Island star Chris Hughes.

“It is hard because it feels like my own family has turned a little bit. And I think we are the LGBTQIA+ family, not the LG community and it’s a beautiful rainbow and the number one saying of the queer community is love is love. And that goes both ways,” she told podcast host Josh Smith.

“Just because I am in a heterosexual relationship that doesn’t discredit my past.”

Expanding, the former Dance Moms star revealed that she has experienced numerous in-person instances of “bullying” since confirming her romance with Hughes, including a queer couple “laughing” at her, and another flipping their middle finger at her.

She explained that a “guard comes up” when she meets queer people now, “because I immediately go, ‘Do they like me or do they hate me? Does he already have a preconceived opinion of me? Is he on the side of the internet, that is, ooh, she’s a horrible person?’”

She said the past few months have taught her how “brutal hate” and “brutal bullying” can be both from outside and inside of the LGBTQ+ community.

“Women holding hands, women cuddling together in public, I see them see me and I see them laugh, I see them point, I see them roll their eyes. Now I see them come up to me and take a photo and run away,” she shared.

“I see them flip me off while I’m driving. I see them. Someone the other day came and stood outside my studio with the middle finger up for about two minutes, and then just walked away from within the queer community.”

#JoJoSiwa #ChrisHughes #DanceMoms #BigBrother #LGBTQNews

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