JoJo Siwa is ‘happiest she has ever been’ since coming out

Kudos to JoJo Siwa, teenager and TikTok Hair Bow Ambassador, who says she is “the happiest.” [she’s] never been ”since coming out as a member of the LGBTQ + community ca. Wednesday. In an Instagram Live on Saturday, the 17-year-old Dance moms alum said she received “the most endless amount of love and support” after sharing the news with her fans in a series of content units last week. This is what we love to hear!

“I’ve been happy in this country for a minute now,” Siwa told viewers, “and now that I can share this with the world, it’s just, it’s great!”

Siwa first got her fans wondering on Wednesday, when she TikToked a video of herself dancing and lip-syncing to Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way,” with a rainbow lighting and a rainbow in her hair. She followed these clues with a Tweeter Friday: “My cousin got me a new shirt,” she wrote above a phone of herself in a tee that read “Best.” Gay. Cousin. Already. “All lingering mystery solved!

Yet, as she explained on Saturday’s Instagram Live, she’s not quite ready to label her sexuality. “The reason I’m not going to say this answer is because I don’t really know this answer,” she said. “I think humans are great.” Later in the video, she added, “All my life I’ve really been, I just loved people, but I’ve never fallen in love before. But I always believed that my person was going to be my person. If that person was a boy, so much the better! And if that person was a girl, so much the better! I think I’m really happy. I think in life you know that when you meet your person, I really know that. Siwa also noted that her “parents knew” and “were so everything”.

“Right now,” she stressed, “what matters is that you know that no matter who you like, it’s okay. And how awesome… There are so many accepting and loving people out there.