I was a baaad girl, I did some baaad things… sorry, I literally can’t stop singing “Karma” performed by the one and only JoJo Siwa. If you haven’t seen the music video or a million clips from it, you are not chronically online enough, and that’s not okay. She may not be an icon or a legend quite yet, but JoJo definitely is the moment. She’s determined to enter her sexy, adult, Miley Cyrus Bangerz era and shock us all. (Consider me thoroughly shocked.) In JoJo’s new single, she seems to be singing about regretting cheating on partners in the past. The scandal…
So naturally, I immediately got curious about the Dance Moms alum’s previous relationships. JoJo’s still only 20 now, but she already has a pretty juicy romantic history — let’s just say there are plenty of muses who could inspire new “gay pop” songs. JoJo’s had several relationships in the public eye and a few of them have ended in, well, disaster. Here’s every detail you absolutely must know about her exes.
Mark Bontempo
JoJo’s first-ever public relationship was with Mark Bontempo, the nepo brother of influencer Madison Bontempo. They hard-launched their romance on TikTok in August 2020, but the sparks only lasted about three months. She confirmed their split via Insta in December. Ah, young social media love.
Kylie Prew
These girlies met on a cruise in 2020 and became besties before there were any romantic feelings. JoJo and Kylie eventually fell for each other during a trip to Universal Orlando. (Very JoJo.) “We went to [Orlando] together and all of a sudden … it kind of all happened,” the “Karma” singer recalled to People. She added, “We just both had this moment of ‘Woah, okay so what I’ve been feeling is what you’ve been feeling.’ It was really cool.”
Jylie dated from January to November 2021, split for a while, and then got back together and dated from April to June 2022. During her recent extremely chaotic appearance on Call Her Daddy, JoJo called Kylie a “great partner” and revealed that they’re still good friends.
Katie Mills
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JoJo was briefly linked to Katie, an influencer, in 2021, and Katie has spilled quite a bit of tea on their relationship. After JoJo called her exes “clout chasers,” Katie responded with a since-deleted March 2023 TikTok video. “I’m done being quiet,” she announced. Oof. Katie accused JoJo of “tell[ing] someone you love them and ghost[ing] them the next day.” She also claimed that it was JoJo who wanted to make their relationship public. Messy, messy, messy!
Avery Cyrus
This is kind of a brutal piece of pop culture/TikTok history. JoJo and Avery, who’s also an influencer, dated from September to December 2022. They were very public with their romance and got a lot of backlash basically for being cringe Disney adults. (In their defense, they were barely adults at the time.) Ultimately, the exes had a very not amicable split, and JoJo accused Avery of using her for views and clout.
Then, we learned even more about the breakup when JoJo appeared on Call Her Daddy — the longest interview ever, truly. She claimed that Avery sent her a “really, really, really fucked up” message that became a “whole ass legal thing behind closed doors.” Oh dear.
