JoJo Siwais continuing to reflect onmaking historyas the first female celebrity paired with a female pro dancer onDancing with the Stars.
“They asked, would I be more comfortable with a female or with a male and immediately I knew for myself I would be way more comfortable with a girl,” said Siwa, whocame out as a member of the LGBTQ communityearlier this year and has been open about herrelationshipwith girlfriendKylie Prew.
“I have a chance right now to make history and to break down a barrier and there’s nothing that I would rather do than that,” she added of joiningDWTS.
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Siwa also addressed whether she thinks her background in dance gives her a leg up on the upcoming season of the competition show, which premieres Sept. 20 on ABC.
“I don’t,” she said. “I explain it as a football player trying to play basketball. I also think, too, I’m going to be judged a lot harder.”
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Siwacame out as LGBTQin January over a series of posts on TikTok and Instagram. Months later, in April, shetold PEOPLEthat the announcement was the last thing she hadn’t shared with the world.
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“I still don’t know what I am. It’s like, I want to figure it out. And I have this joke. Her name is Kylie. And so I say that I’m Ky-sexual,” she said at the time. “But like, I don’t know, bisexual, pansexual, queer, lesbian, gay, straight. I always just say gay because it just kind of covers it or queer because I think the keyword is cool.”
“I like queer,” Siwa added. “Technically I would say that I am pansexual because that’s how I have always been my whole life is just like, my human is my human.”
Season 30 ofDancing with the Starspremieres Monday, Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
source: people.com
