Watch : Jojo Siwa’s Boyfriend Chris Hughes Reveals First Words He Ever Said to HerJoJo Siwa understands that buzz about her love life comes back like a boomerang. "She was," Siwa responded in their July 31 TikTok, "by the way." As Siwa explained in 2022, "I don't hate the word 'lesbian,' I just—whenever someone talks to me about my sexuality, I just say that I'm gay." She continued in a TikTok video at the time, "It's not the word that flows off the tongue for me if that makes sense." And Siwa believes she was "boxed" into describing herself as a "lesbian" early on in her journey.