JoJo Siwa Cancels Chicago Pride Show Over 'Scheduling Conflict'

JoJo Siwa has unexpectedly withdrawn from a gay pride event just hours after expressing that she felt "pressured" to label herself as a lesbian.

via: Daily Mail

Back Lot Bash Chicago, the organization putting on the event, made the announcement early Saturday morning with a quick note in its Instagram Stories.

'Due to a scheduling conflict, JoJo Siwa will no longer be performing at Chicago's Back Lot Bash,' it read, without further explanation.

The news comes one day after the Bulletproof singer, 22, who defines herself as queer, revealed to the Daily Mail that she felt pressured into calling herself a lesbian.

‘When I came out at 17, I said: “I’m pansexual, because I don’t care [about gender]." But then I kind of boxed myself in and I said: “I’m a lesbian.” And I think I did that because of pressure.’

The Dance Moms alum has had several relationships with women since coming out in February 2021.

‘In a weird way, I think [the pressure] came a little bit from inside the [LGBTQ] community at times. From people I know, from partners I’ve had,' she contended.

'You just get put in this world where you feel like, because you now have said, “Oh, I’m a lesbian”, you have to be a lesbian. And the truth is, sexuality is fluid.’

Siwa met her current love interest, Chris Hughes, 32, while they were both competing on Celebrity Big Brother UK.

The TV presenter defended Siwa after fellow contestant Mickey Rourke, 72, made homophobic comments.

The two became friends, and then 'platonic soulmates' and then it developed into something more with the couple going public with their romance earlier this month.

'I’ll just say that it took time. It took time away and then it took time together.’

She now calls Hughes 'the favourite part of my life.'

For those who think the liaison is just for PR, they couldn't be more wrong, the Guilty Pleasure singer told The Guardian. 

'Clearly, you’ve never been around us. I won’t ever speak for him, but for me personally, the happiness in my life just radiates off of me right now,' she told the outlet. 'Literally yesterday, I was massaging my cheeks; I’ve never [before] been in pain from smiling so much.'

The Karma artist was set to return to the US next week for the American leg of her tour, but an announcement made on the website jojosiwalive.com said the dates have been postponed, with those who bought tickets would receive a refund.

She also teased that there would be more shows in Europe announced soon in a hint that she could be staying in the UK for longer.

It comes just days after it was revealed JoJo has been dropped by record label Columbia just one year after being signed.

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The smartest decision this annoying child has done was cancel performing at Pride. The last thing gays need is for Jojo to be subjecting audiences attending Chicago Pride to that noise she calls music.

While there are some out there who do not believe you can be bisexual, I do believe sexuality is fluid. However, I think what has turned a lot of people off is that JoJo has made being a lesbian her entire personality. What she really needs is time to soul search and figure out who she really is instead of using her sexuality as some sort of online diary none of us want to be subjected to.