- JoJo Siwa’s ex Kath Ebbs said in a TikTok video that the Dance Moms star “dumped” her at a Celebrity Big Brother UK afterparty
- Ebbs addressed Siwa’s closeness to her costar Chris Hughes on the reality show, saying everything viewers saw between the pair “was not fabricated”
- The former couple started dating months ago and went Instagram official in January
JoJo Siwa has split from Kath Ebbs.
Ebbs claimed in a TikTok video on Saturday, April 26, that Siwa, 21, ended their relationship at a recent afterparty for Celebrity Big Brother UK, after the Dance Moms star appeared to get close to one of her costars, Chris Hughes, during filming.
“I flew across the world to support and be there and hold that person in whatever they would be experiencing, leaving such a wild experience, and instead, I was dumped at the afterparty, with Chris [Hughes] in the next room,” Ebbs said.
“I was told that there are confused feelings there … and that she had realized in the house that I wasn’t the person that [she] wanted to spend the foreseeable future with,” they then explained, referring to Siwa. “Which has honestly been … so shocking, that I feel kind of subhuman right now. I feel incredibly humiliated and I feel a bit embarrassed.”
A representative for Siwa did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on April 26.
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Ebbs — who uses they/them pronouns and had begun a relationship with Siwa months prior to the reality show — said that throughout the filming of Celebrity Big Brother UK, Siwa had sent them messages “in admiration of me and our love and our relationship,” which they said “indicated” that there was “solidness and trust.”
“[Siwa] told me a lot of big things and reassured me ‘til the cows come home, [but] has decided that they don’t want to be with me and they wanna explore independence and explore certain feelings,” Ebbs continued.
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They went on to address recent episodes of Celebrity Big Brother UK, in which the singer and dancer was filmed getting physically close to Hughes, 32 — cuddling with him, holding his hand and allowing him to kiss her on the forehead.
Ebbs said everything viewers “saw transpire,” including the “emotional cheating,” “the over crossing of boundaries” and the “questioning” Siwa had of their relationship on TV “was not fabricated.”
“It took that person less than an hour to follow through,” Ebbs continued. “In terms of Mr. Christopher, I don’t know. I have opinions, [but] I’m not gonna say them now. In terms of their relationship, that’s their journey, enjoy.”
“I don’t know what the future of this situation holds,” they added. “But, yeah. [It’s] pretty, pretty, pretty brutal.”
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Ebbs’ candid social media post comes after Hughes defended his bond with Siwa on the show, per E! News. “We’re just messing around — we’re being kids. She was someone I can have fun with,” he said.
“From a friendship point of view, yeah, of course I love her,” Hughes added. “Why would I not want to get on with people when I’m in a house? If I want to spend time with a person who makes me feel like I’m at home, makes me feel happy and forget that we’re filming a TV show, we’re having fun, I’ll do that — because that’s very normal. It was just a friendship, which is only going to get stronger.”
The So You Think You Can Dance judge previously opened up about her bond with Hughes during a confessional on Celebrity Big Brother UK, when she described him as a “one-of-a-kind gentleman” and someone “who is so easy to love, so easy to laugh with.”
“Christopher, the love that I’ve gained for you in this building is insane,” she told him, adding, “I really, really believe you are a vital part of my life that I didn’t know I was missing.”
