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JoJo Siwa gushed that her boyfriend Chris Hughes’ parents are her ‘future in-laws’ as the Love Island star’s entire family attended her show in Birmingham.
The Dance Moms star, 22, has been travelling the UK on her Infinity Heart Tour, and as she took to the stage at the O2 Insititute on Wednesday, JoJo told the crowd she had some ‘guests of honour’ in attendance for the show.
Chris, 32, who himself surprised JoJo at the show by presenting her with flowers backstage, could be seen sat alongside his parents Val and Paul and his brother Ben in the venue, joined by the singer’s parents Tom and Jessalynn.
Footage from the show then showed JoJo sharing a sweet nod to Chris’ parents being in attendance for the show, joking she was going to be on her ‘best behaviour’.
She said: ‘Val gives us your best wave from up there, do you have a good wave? In case that anybody doesn’t know, that’s the person who gave birth to my favourite person in the world. That’s the mother of the boy that makes me really happy.
‘I’m very delighted to have the guests of honour tonight, Val and Paul Hughes everyone.’
‘It’s going to be a good show, I am on my best behaviour this show,’ JoJo added, with the crowd then launching into a sea of boos.
JoJo then hit back: ‘Guys! My future mother and father in law are in the room. I can’t full on freak too hard tonight.’
Ahead of the concert, Chris surprised JoJo backstage with a bouquet of flowers, admitting that he made the impromptu decision to come to the show as he wasn’t going to see her ‘for a little while.’
The star then returned to London, and the next morning enjoyed a surprise reunion with his former Love Island co-star Kem Cetinay, as he kicked off his 24-hour Padel Challenge for Capital’s official charity, Make Some Noise.
On Sunday, JoJo took to the stage to perform at London’s O2 Forum, with her boyfriend Chris watching on.
As she performed her array of hits, Chris was seen watching alongside JoJo’s parents Jessalynn and Tom Siwa, and he proudly filmed his girlfriend as she performed 18 of her oldest, and newest, hits.
This was only Chris’ second appearance at JoJo’s 11-date tour, and the star offered several cheeky nods to her boyfriend throughout the show.
These included playing his 2018 song Little Bit Leave It, which he recorded with Kem Cetinaay, just minutes before she was due on stage.
JoJo also offered a sweet on-stage tribute to Chris during the show, as while performing her cover of Kim Carnes’ hit Bette Davies’ Eyes, she once again changed the song’s final lyric to sing ‘Chris Hughes’ Eyes.’
Footage captured by Daily Mail showed Chris laughing as JoJo blew him a kiss from the stage, and he offered one back as she quickly went into the next song.
Another nod to Chris came during JoJo’s rendition of Guilty Pleasure where she performed a raunchy routine with one of her dancers.
As the song ended, she jokingly declared: ‘You’re not Chris Hughes!’ as the dancer left the stage.
During the show, JoJo also performed two unreleased tracks, the first being Waste Of A Heartbreak, which has now hit streaming, just hours after her London performance.
The second song, titled I’m Still Dancing, is an ode to Elton John’s famous song I’m Still Standing, and JoJo revealed to the crowd she had to get permission from her longtime pal Elton to release the track.
In a heartwarming moment, the star also broke down in tears as she performed Back To That Girl, as one of her dancers presented her with one of her famous bows in a nod to a child star heyday.
Emotionally she told the crowd: ‘This is one of those moments where you feel like ”we did it!” before she was embraced by her troupe.’
Following the show, JoJo also shared a sweet snap with Chris backstage on her Snapchat, before they parted ways.
JoJo is next set to travel to Birmingham for the seventh show on her tour, before heading to Cardiff, Paris, Cologne and Warsaw.
Last week, the star was forced to kick a fan out of her concert in Glasgow, after spotting they were wearing a hoodie with her face on the front in the shape of an egg, in a nod to a viral meme of the star.
In 2022, JoJo revealed how she had been left with a bald spot caused by the ‘stress’ of filming reality show Dance Moms as a child, with people on social media making cruel memes about her hairline.
Speaking on stage she said: ‘The hoodie making fun of me? No way! Appreciate it! But we only got room for infinity hearts in here, right?
‘Not in my house, baby. We got no room for that. We got no room for that!’
The fan has since shared a video apologising for causing any offence, insisting she brought the hoodie to the concert as she thought JoJo would find it ‘funny.’
It comes after JoJo insisted that she is not straight following questions surrounding her sexuality, as she stated that her current relationship with boyfriend Chris does not negate her previous romances with women.
The Dance Moms star previously came out as pansexual and had a number of public same-sex romances, before falling for Love Island star Chris while in the Celebrity Big Brother house in April and now identifies as queer.
While the loved-up couple’s relationship has since gone from strength to strength, JoJo admitted she has experienced an ‘extreme amount of hate’ from the LGBTQ+ community for entering into a hetero romance.
Speaking on Sirius XM’s Smith Sisters Live, she admitted: ‘Nobody around me knows the extreme amount of hate that I’ve experienced from within the community.
‘Just because I’m in a hetero relationship does not mean I’m straight. And okay, just say all of a sudden I said, ”yeah, I’m straight”. Awesome. Who cares? Great. Beautiful. I’m still an ally then.’
JoJo then clarified: ‘I’m not straight. I mean, I am in love with a man. But my past doesn’t get to be discredited though because of that.’
‘The first time I ever fell in love with somebody was with a woman. And she was my best friend. And we had an incredible relationship. I’ve obviously been in a relationship with other women and non-binary person and now I’m with a man.’
She added: ‘I’ve never experienced a love like his. No-one has made me feel that way. It’s so destined to be together and the best thing that’s ever happened to me is falling in love with him.’
While the Karma singer also gushed that Chris has always been supportive of her and how she identifies, recalling how he rushed to her defence in the CBB house after Mickey Rourke made a series of homophobic comments to her.
