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Jojo Siwa; Chris Hughes
Rumors about the two Celebrity Big Brother UK costars have been flying since they bonded while competing in the reality series.
JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes are once again fueling speculation that they are a couple.
Siwa and Hughes bonded on the 2025 season of Celebrity Big Brother UK. Throughout their time on the show, Siwa and Hughes spent time in each other's beds and shared private messages with each other.
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Those seemingly private and endearing moments led to rumors and speculation that Siwa, who had previously identified as a lesbian, and Hughes, who has identified as a straight man, were becoming a couple.
Now, they're adding even more fuel to the fire. Recent Instagram posts from both Siwa and Hughes show the pair cuddling close, leaning on each other, and seemingly spending all their time together.
Siwa's post says she'll remember her birthday week, spent with Hughes, "for the rest of my life."
One picture shows their legs touching as they sit next to each other with Hughes' hand on Siwa's thigh.
"This years birthday week was more magical than anything," Siwa wrote in the post. "Full of surprises, family time, performing, chilling, laughing, loving, smiling, and good meaningful cries. Absolutely beautiful, wouldn’t change a single thing."
Hughes also posted several pictures of the two on Instagram, saying, "The previous 7 days have been the prettiest.."
"[And] happiest [smiley face]. Heart is overflowing," Siwa responded.
Once again, these photographs show Siwa and Hughes cuddling, holding each other, making each other laugh, and engaging in typical couple behavior.
Fans also believe that Siwa and Hughes were photographed kissing at a Mexican resort, as reported by The Sun.
While it's unclear who is actually in the picture, the person closer to the camera does appear to have a shoulder tattoo that looks like Siwa's tattoo of a teddy bear with sunglasses and wings.
While on Celebrity Big Brother, Siwa updated her identity from lesbian to queer.
“I feel, like, so queer, do you know what I mean?” she said to fellow contestant, RuPual's Drag Race UK winner Danny Beard. “I think that’s the thing, I’ve always told myself I’m a lesbian, and I think being here, I’ve realized: ‘Oh, I’m not a lesbian, I’m queer.’ And I think that’s really cool.”
Rumors about Siwa and Hughes' relationship only got louder when Siwa broke up with her then-partner, Kath Ebbs, at a Celebrity Big Brother afterparty.
After the show, Hughes and Siwa appeared on This Morning, where they said they have a "platonic friendship" and "have, like, a soulmate friendship."More recently, on May 21, Siwa and Hughes appeared on Access Dailyand were asked how they would describe their relationship.
"You kinda can't. It's very special," Siwa said, as both appeared to get flustered.
When asked what they think about people speculating about their relationship, Siwa said, "Let 'em, you know what I mean?"
Siwa also revealed that when they spent time apart after the show, she would look at edits fans had made of the two of them together and "would text him and be like, 'I'm crying again,'" because she missed him.
Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.
Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.
