JoJo Siwa

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth

Gyles Brandreth / Plain Jaine Media

Society & Culture, Unknown

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

JoJo Siwa is Rosebud's youngest ever guest - she's only 22 years old. But she's been famous since she was 9, and a megastar since she was 12, when her first single "Boomerang" went viral. The video for that song was viewed over 1 billion times. Now JoJo is all grown up and, fresh from her appearance in Celebrity Big Brother, she has a new record out: "Bulletproof".

Gyles is fascinated by child stars: what drives them, and how do they cope? In this conversation - the only podcast interview JoJo is doing in the UK - JoJo talks about her early years, growing up in Nebraska and competing and winning dance competitions under the tutelage of her mom, and Abby-Lee Miller, her dance instructor. She talks about the fire she had to succeed, and about how it felt to become super famous at 12. She talks about discovering her sexuality, and tells Gyles an amazing story about falling in love with her first girlfriend on a cruise ship. And then she talks about now: about her recent experience in Celebrity Big Brother, and how she met and fell in love with the reality star Chris Hughes while she was in the house. JoJo shows Gyles her tattoos. And Gyles and JoJo talk about the origin of the word "serendipity".

JoJo's single "Bulletproof" is available to stream now.

This interview was recorded at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House in London.

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0:48.8	It's Rosebud. It's a big one. It's a very big one. I'd say it's bullet to this week's special guest. And they are a very special guest, but they're unusual,
1:28.5	because it's a guest that I had never heard of until I met her. And indeed, you may never have
1:35.5	heard of her, but I assure you, she is hugely famous. I know this because I encountered her not
1:41.7	long ago, and she was surrounded by people, paparazzi and others,
1:46.0	and I thought this person is obviously interesting. So I put myself into the mix and had a
1:51.0	selfie taken with her. I then was showing this selfie to my grandson, Rory, who is 18 years of age,
1:58.1	and he went, well, slightly wild. He said, grandpa, you know Jojo Siwa?
2:05.6	You're in a selfie with Jojo Siwa. Oh, grandpa, I can't believe it. And before I knew what was
2:11.9	happening, he was sort of, whatever they do now, Snapchatting, texting, sending messages,
2:16.1	anyway, to friends and family,
	...

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