JoJo Siwa breaks silence on Chris Hughes relationship following Kath Ebbs split at Big Brother wrap party

JoJo Siwa has broken her silence on her relationship with Chris Hughes following her split from Kath Ebbs at the Celebrity Big Brother wrap party.

Speaking alongside Chris during a segment on This Morning earlier today (28 April), presenter Cat Deeley asked JoJo: "You've grown up being on TV shows. You understand it. You're very open and honest. There's been so many different reports over this weekend, what's the truth?"

JoJo, 21, then responded that she found the first two days of the experience 'fun' - while referencing the whole Mickey Rourke debacle.

She then continued: "Day three, I was now in my own thoughts, away from everyone that I know, away from outside opinions, away from everything, and I sat with myself.

"And from that point on, I really realised things that I was okay with in my life that I should never have been okay with in the first place."

"Do you mean your relationship?" Cat asked.

JoJo responded: "So many things, that is one of them, but so many things. And then I, you know, obviously I wanted to hold them inside, though, because I didn't want to air that out very publicly.

"But there were countless things that I was like, that's not, you know, something that I should be okay with and I don't need to be okay with and I'm not happy, and I knew as soon as I got out, I wanted to fix things in my life and make the changes that I needed to make.

"Because I don't know, I think you have this experience that's so exhilarating. It's 20 days, but it feels like it's four and a half years, and the first thing you want to do when you get out is just exactly what you need to do in your life to make it as good as you can.

"And I think I realised just how not great things were that I was pretending they were great. And it's been hard, but it's, it's been good. And I'm very happy with where I am now. I'm very grateful."

JoJo Siwa has opened up about the Celebrity Big Brother wrap party (ITV)

Looking at Chris - who JoJo has been very close to throughout CBB - she added: "I'm very grateful that I had you in there for support and for comfort. Because even though you didn't know what was going on in my brain, you were still obviously and still obviously are like support."

Presenter Ben Shephard then interjected: "You did it very quickly. I mean, you sort of made those changes at the wrap party, by all accounts. And your ex has sort of come out and talked about that as well. So that's obviously gonna shine the light on it."

"Yeah," JoJo replied. "I'll be honest, that was not a plan, that was not an intention, that was not supposed to happen like that.

"Initially, I was told that, you know, the wrap party was something they didn't want to attend. And then about an hour into the wrap party, they decided they wanted to, and so I was genuinely just going to have a conversation before, and then it just led to another.

"They straight up asked me if I was happy, and I said no. And, you know, one thing led to another, and that conversation did take place there."

Chris called him as JoJo 'soulmates' (ITV)

Ben then asked if JoJo's relationship with Chris, 32, was a 'catalyst' in the decision, to which the former Love Island star responded: "Our friendship is just a really strong bond between two people, which is just a strong friendship.

"And I think you can have, like a soulmate friendship. I think that's a thing. And to me, it's like that energy of where it's not like the standard friendship that you have with your friends, but it's, you know, it's still a friendship.

"You know, we are friends and it's just nice, and I found it strange because it was such a strong friendship. But having someone in there to go through an experience like that and have someone there every day when you're emotional, when you're down, when you're happy, that was beautiful.

"Like that is a genuinely an amazing thing. And probably my favourite thing I got from the whole show."

Ben also asked if JoJo would like the friendship to turn 'romantic' to which she explained: "Look, he's a great guy. It is platonic. We have a lot of fun together. Life is life, and I don't know any future of anything, but I'm really grateful for our dynamic that we have, and our bond that we have, and whatever life does, life will do."