Topics: JoJo Siwa, Celebrity, Sex and Relationships, Celebrity Big Brother, ITV, Reality TV, TV And Film
JoJo Siwa’s partner, Kath Ebbs, has been flooded with support after receiving vile comments from, you guessed it, internet trolls as they sent a message into the Big Brother house.
Kath, 27, who identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, has unfortunately faced several cruel comments made by viewers watching the reality TV series which recently saw JoJo, 21, read out a letter from them.
In last night's episode (24 April), JoJo said to fellow housemate Corrie star, Jack P. Shepherd: "I honestly like, I’m finding myself really analysing that note and like I don’t like it."
"As in, are you trying to find a hidden message or something?" he responded.
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Then, talking about reading the letter in the diary room, former Love Islander, Chris Hughes, who has struck up a close friendship with the former Dance Moms star, said: "...I nearly started crying before I said anything, just where it said, 'Dear JoJo'.
"And it was nice, her partner’s in there, her mum’s in there. Two very important people. It was an honour; it was an honour to read out her letter…"
Later in the diary room, JoJo explained: "I think I’ve tried to keep myself distracted from missing sweet Kath. I said goodbye to them at the airport and it was a really hard goodbye. And then they were the last person I talked to before I gave up my phone for the Big Brother house. God, I love that little sucker. I do."
She continued: "I do have beef to pick with them though, they didn’t even say in the note that they love me. I will not let them live that down. I will say, where was my 'hi sweetheart', where was my 'I love you' where was my 'I miss you?'.
"Like happy you’re keen to see me when I get out of here, keen to see you as well, but come on baba, give me a little something something."
Earlier this month (11 April), Kath took to TikTok to share a sweet message about their partner, JoJo, for how she handled the whole Mickey Rourke debacle which saw him spout a load of homophobic nonsense her way.
"This is why I adore this human with all my heart," Kath wrote over a clip of Mickey apologising to JoJo. "She is genuinely one of the most empathic, kind and patient people I ever met.
"Not everyone can offer grace in the face of bigotry, justifiably so. But for those that have the capacity to hold space through hate and dig into the depths of humanity (doesn't mean you can't have boundaries) offer an incredibly gift to the world."
They added: "We could heal a lot with that stuff."
Unfortunately, some trolls saw the video as their chance to hurtle a load of nasty remarks speculating about JoJo's behaviour in the house but others, fortunately, took the opportunity to share their support.
One TikTok user penned: "Please ignore the rude comments. Hope you're ok and just wanted to say remember big brother do a lot of clever editing to get views!!"
"Everyone needs to stop commenting about Chris, the producers always love to push a relationship on TV to get ppl interested, they clearly have both just found comfort in each other after he helped her," noted a second.
Another chimed in: "Can everyone like stop asking about their relationship... if they are okay with it and they are not making a big deal about it how about you guys let their relationship be."
And a final TikTok user added: "I feel people need to back off Kath here. What is public entertainment for us is this person's reality crashing down. Stay strong Kath and just know you can do better than this."
Celebrity Big Brother continues tonight (25 April) from 9pm on ITV, ITVX, STV and STV Player. It will be followed by Late & Live on ITV2 and ITVX from 10pm.
