YouTube Sensation JoJo Siwa Comes Out As Gay

After Jojo Siwa's TikTok video went viral, the dancer on Friday hinted that she is gay. The 17-year-old singer, dancer, actor and YouTube personality recently tweeted a photo of herself wearing a t-shirt that said "Best. Gay. Cousin. Ever" and added the caption "My cousin got me a new shirt."

My cousin got me a new shirt pic.twitter.com/DuHhgRto7b

— JoJo Siwa!🌈❤️🎀 (@itsjojosiwa) January 22, 2021

Siwa, who enjoys a 31 million strong following on Twitter, first dropped hints about her sexuality in a viral TikTok video posted on Thursday. In the video, Siwa danced to Lady Gaga's famous Born This Way song, which is widely regarded as an LGBTQ+ pride anthem. The video has more than 4.5 million likes and 25 million views, making this Siwa's most popular video on TikTok.

Earlier in the video, Siwa is seen lip-syncing the lyrics,” No matter gay, straight or bi, lesbian, transgender life, I’m on the right track baby, I was born to survive, no matter black, white or beige, chola or orient made, I’m on the right track baby, I was born to be brave.”

ok ik there’s a lot of speculation going around rn about jojo siwa possibly coming out bc of this vid and the one w the teen beach movie cast which is very exciting but just a reminder not to label her as anything until she confirms her sexuality :) pic.twitter.com/0SBPaFpOaZ

— jordyn 🖤ミ☆ (@bIairanderson) January 21, 2021

After her post on Friday, the teen YouTuber was showered with good wishes, with rapper Lil Nas X (who also came out as gay in 2019) telling her: "if u spell 'swag' backwards, it's 'gay'. coincidence??"

if u spell “swag” backwards, it’s “gay”. coincidence??

— nope (@LilNasX) January 22, 2021

As a dancer, Siwa first grabbed the spotlight on the Lifetime reality series Dance Moms. Soon she rose to popularity and signed up with Nickelodeon in 2017 and appeared in the TV movie Blurt, Lip Sync Battle Shorties. Later, she became the youngest contestant ever on Fox’s The Masked Singer.

Neither Siwa nor her representatives have directly confirmed the news.