JoJo Siwa Reveals Which Celebs Caused Her 'Gay Awakening'

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JoJo Siwa is spilling the tea on the celebs that helped inspire her «gay awakening.» In a new video shared to TikTok on Wednesday as part of the «One Thing About Me» trend, Siwa shared a bit of her coming out story and the exact moment she knew she was gay.Siwa said it was Demi Lovato's 2015 hit, «Cool for the Summer» — a sultry track about having a summer fling with another woman -- that first piqued her interest.«I really, really liked it and listened to it all the time,» she said in the video. «I did not know what it meant back then but now that I'm much older and I understand, I know what it means.»The second moment came a few years later after the  alum saw Jenna Dewan perform a inspired number on .«Then a few years later, Jenna Dewan went on .

She did a really great  number,» she recalled. «I pretty much watched it every day. Little me, she didn't know she was gay, until...»She then recounted her first date with a man, which sent off all the alarm bells the dance pro said she needed to confirm she was gay.«A couple years later, a man was my first date and he wanted to have sex with me and I did not want to — never wanted to, grossed out by the thought of it,» she went on to share. «Immediately knew men are not my thing.

Women are my gig. Gotta go.»EnjoySiwa, who came out as gay on social media, in January 2021, shared a similar story about her «gay awakening» during an appearance on Lovato's  show that July, where she again credited the singer's 2015 track for cementing her sexuality.«I've been figuring out my gay awakenings recently.

I think I realized that my very first gay awakening was Jenna Dewan's performance on ,» Siwa shared with Lovato. «I think that was one of them.