JoJo Siwa’s ex Kath Ebbs appears to respond to intimate photo with Chris Hughes before she confirmed relationship

It feels like we've received an update on JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes' developing relationship at least once a week ever since the pair first crossed paths on Celebrity Big Brother back in April.

The long and short of it saw the pair strike up a very close bond on the ITV reality show before JoJo, 22, broke it off with her 27-year-old partner at the time Kath Ebbs at the CBB wrap party, who has spoken out a number of times on the sitch.

And now, the latest instalment in the saga seemingly sees Kath, who identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, appear to 'respond' JoJo confirming her new relationship with Chris, 32.

In a new interview with The Guardian, JoJo confirmed that her relationship with Chris - who recently shared an intimate photo of them in bed together - is no longer 'platonic'

"People can see our chemistry, and they got to see it develop," she told the outlet. "I think everyone's just curious, and I can't blame them."

After the interviewer suggested that JoJo was smiling ear to ear, the former Dance Moms star gushed: "I am…because we… we… we have..." before taking a '20 second' pause.

"It’s not platonic any more, and it’s been a beautiful development, a beautiful connection, and I’m absolutely head over heels for him and he’s the same way," JoJo eventually said of her new romance with the Love Island veteran.

She also shared that she still identifies her sexuality as 'queer' - something she openly discussed during her time on CBB - as the term 'encompasses how I am, and who I am'.

"There’s a lot of different sexual identities. I think there’s nothing more beautiful than somebody discovering themselves," the reality TV star added.

The same day the article was released (2 June), Kath took to TikTok to share a short clip with her 182.7k followers.

The video in question shows Kath dancing with the overlay text reading: "Shaking my a** instead of crashing tf out."

They captioned the post: "Happy pride month."

While some viewers took this as somewhat of a 'response' to the whole situation and took to opportunity to cruelly troll them, fans of Kath's were quick to defend them in the comments.

"People are so assumptive in the comments…. Where has Kath mentioned JoJo at all in this post?" penned on TikTok user.

Another offered: "Your feelings are so valid and you are genuinely so strong."

And a third urged: "Wow I am all for Chris and JoJo but the comments! Guys remember there is a human reading these comments, you don’t like them fine you are team JoJo, fine but the hate has to stop!

"It’s over they have moved on so should you from the comments of hate!"