JoJo Siwa Responds To Backlash To Her Dislike Of The Word ‘Lesbian’

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JoJo Siwa is clarifying some comments she made in a recent interview that raised some hackles in the LGBTQ+ community. Siwa, who came out as gay last year, recently spoke with Yahoo!

Life about her new role as “gay icon.” READ MORE: JoJo Siwa Attends Her First Pride Parade In ‘JoJo Goes’ Trailer Despite openly being a lesbian, Siwa explained why she prefers not to use that particular nomenclature. “I don’t like the word itself,” she said. “It’s just like a lot.

But I mean, at the end of the day, that’s what I am.” Siwa added, “It’s like the word moist. It’s just like… ugh!” READ MORE: Candace Cameron Bure Posts Bible Verse After Jojo Siwa Publicly Declares Her The Rudest Celeb She’s Met  Siwa’s comments were hit with backlash on social media, with numerous Twitter users admonishing her for drawing a negative connotation to the word “lesbian.” Siwa caught wind of the controversy and responded in a video she shared on TikTok, insisting that she “never said that lesbian is a dirty word” in her interview. “I never would say that it’s a dirty word because it is not.

It’s not a bad word, it’s not a slur, it’s especially not a word that I am ashamed of saying or ashamed of identifying as by any means,” she explained, insisting her dislike of the word is entirely based on its sound. READ MORE: Candace Cameron Bure’s Daughter Claps Back At JoJo Siwa: ‘Grow Up’ “I don’t hate the word lesbian, whenever someone talks to me about my sexuality I just say that I’m gay,” Siwa added. “It’s not a word that flows off the tongue for me, if that makes sense?”