Face - to - face nomination are nothing liken to having your peer name all the rationality why they need you to be kicked out of dance school day at 12 years erstwhile .
As you may have heard,JoJo Siwais currently crushing it on the UK version ofCelebrity Big Brother, with the 21-year-old star officially a finalist in the ITV reality show.
She remained similarly unfazed when a cruelBig Brothertwist meant that she was able to save herself from eviction by putting a safe housemate up instead — and calmly held her ground when her choice was met with pushback throughout the rest of the day.
Speaking to Big Brother in the Diary Room at the end of the dramatic episode, JoJo nonchalantly said: “For me, personally, not a tough day. For the people around me… Very tough day.”
And viewers familiar with JoJo’s past weren’t particularly surprised by this, with some taking to X to reference the fact that JoJo starred on the reality showDance Momswhen she was incredibly young, which was notoriously cruel at times.
If you need reminding, JoJo was just 9 years old when she found global stardom on the second season ofAbby’s Ultimate Dance Competition, with her and her mom, Jessalynn Siwa, joining Season 5 ofDance Momsshortly afterward. This show followed the training and careers of child dancers at Abby Lee Miller’s school, the Abby Lee Dance Company — or “ALDC” for short.
In oneDance Momsscene, Abby told her other pupils: “I asked each of you to do a homework assignment, I wanted you to write about JoJo; reasons she should not be part of the Abby Lee Dance Company.”
Abby supported the other kids as they reeled off their reasons, which included: “Sometimes she’s very loud,” “sometimes she’s off with the dances and sometimes she’s a little too crazy,” and “you have time issues."
“You’re lucky to even be a guest here at the ALDC,” Abby then told JoJo, then 12, who was visibly holding back tears. “If you’re so good, you don’t really need to be a part of the Abby Lee Dance Company.”
Abby went on to scream to the rest of the class: “She deserves nothing! Don’t have an attitude that you are entitled in this world, you deserve nothing.” Noticing that JoJo was now crying, Abby snapped: “No crying children.”
Captioning a TikTok compilation of her treatment in 2021, JoJo wrote: “When people hate to try and hurt me but this was my childhood…” She also revealed that she could remember Abby’s “you deserve nothing” quote almost word for word.
duetwith @tvshowedits39#dancemoms“you have to be ready to put your heart on a platter , and for someone to prod it ” - Abby Lee Miller 🫶🏼
In addition , JoJo has articulate that she stillhas a bald spot on her scalpas a outcome of the “ stress blizzard ” she develop while filming the show .
She said in aTikTokvideo : " When I was little , I had a really bad stress rash right here onDance Moms , and I would pick at it all Clarence Shepard Day Jr. long . I damaged every individual haircloth follicle that has ever been right there . "
Thankfully, JoJo has been able to rise above all that she endured as a child and has maintained a hugely successful music, TV, and social media career since leavingDance Momsin 2016 — even being included inTime’s 2020 listof the 100 most influential people in the world.
And with her distressing childhood in mind, it’s no wonder that JoJo was so unbothered by something as trivial as face-to-face Big Brother nominations.
