December 19, 2023 • 37 mins
JoJo is back answering more of your burning questions!She reveals why she still lives at home with her parents, when she wants to have kids (sooner than you think!), and why she still talks to Abby Lee Miller after Dance Moms.
Plus, who is her favorite ex? And why she’ll always defend Tom Sandoval.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
You're listening to Jojasua now with me Jojo Ciua and
iHeartRadio podcast. Welcome back to Jojaswa. Now it is still
Q and a time. I'm answering all of your questions
that you wanted to know that you sent it on
my Instagram at it's Jojo Sia. So without further ado,
I'm gonna stop talking, but I'm gonna keep talking. But
instead of talking about my intro, I'm gonna talk about
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some questions. Let's go Sophia Underscore Sophie twenty one. Hey, Jojo,
do you have any regrets like a movie or TV
show that you turned down? And why? Okay, So I don't.
I don't really have a regret, but I do have
like a like ooh, I turned down doing They did
this fucks did this incredible show called Stars on Mars
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and it was the first season of it and it
was gonna be a really fun show again secluded from
the world similar to Special Forces for a longer chunk
of time, and it was a competition show as well,
and they asked me to do it. I'm so stoked.
And then it was actually one of the first projects
that my team was like, no, you can't do this,
and at the time, I was like, well why not,
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and they there was a bigger picture why I couldn't
do it, and I was like, all right, that's fair, valid,
I will trust you on this one. But like I
was mad. I was angry. And then about a month
later is when I got the offer for Special Forces,
which is also a Fox show. And so if I
would have done Stars on Mars, I wouldn't been able
to do Special Forces, and then I wouldn't have my
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family that I have now with my boys and my girls,
my sisters on the show. I wouldn't have my fellow recruits.
So I'm very very At the time, I was very
sad that I had to say no, it's doing Stars
on Mars. But then I was very happy that I
got to do Special Forces because without that, I'd be
still the same old, same old joker that I always was.
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Oreo's bestie, Who's your favorite X? Lol? What a question?
Like I love that. I was like, Hey, ask me
a question, and Oreo's bestI was like, I want to
know who your favorite X is? Like that is baller?
I don't, I mean, I don't, I mean I do
I do have a favorite it's kind of like when
you have kids, you know you don't have a favorite,
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but like you do have a favorite. I don't know
I of my true exes, that's hard of people that
I've talked to not actually dated, though I I've been
able to kindle a friendship with somebody. Actually, two people
that I've talked to have been able to kindle a
friendship with that has been super nice and pure platonic,
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which has been so incredible. And I think that that's
cool because you know, at some point you realize, like, look,
we're all young. It literally doesn't matter. Like we never
did anything. We never dated, we never even went on
a date. We just kind of like flirted over texts
like that's all. And so now that we're able to
have like a true friendship is pretty cool. But yeah,
I bet you want to know who my favorite of
my axes is. I mean, it's not that hard to
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figure out. When you want kids from reptisarus oh four
two five? When do I want kids? Literally yesterday? I
want babies so bad. Little Freddy, Eddie and Teddy will
be coming to town as soon as possible. I don't know,
I want to have babies. I think I want to
be pregnant when I'm like twenty three or four, and
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then have babies when I'm like twenty four or twenty five.
I think, like early twenty four or super late twenty
three or and then you know what I mean, Like
I feel like that's the right timeline for me, or
like pregnant early twenty four having babies. I don't know.
I don't know. I A lot will depend on my career.
I really do love my career. I love performing. I
do want to carry my own children within a few years.
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Though I decided not carry my own children. I think
I would have kids younger. But if I if I
want to carry children, I think I would wait a
little bit so that way I can perform a little
bit more, enjoy my career a little bit more, then
have babies and then continue. But I will have to take,
you know, a bit of a break while i'd be pregnant.
But yeah, no, my babies will becoming everywhere with me.
Oh my god, little Peanuts on tour, Freddi, Eddie and
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Teddy will be running around those arenas. They will be
having the best time. What are your last thoughts in
the wings before you go on stage? Just from Karen
dot Knight Underscore, Underscore. My last thoughts, I go crazy
before I go on stage. I am either so calm
and just like yeh, here we go, whatever is going
to happen, or I am like psycho running my dance
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over and over and over and speed running and doing
all my rituals. You know, I do a special prayer
every time. Then I do my dance moms one of
through Fust seven eight Kis Cassini Knock Knock. And then
I say I'm prepared. I'm excited to have myself, because
that's something Jenna and I you say. We did say
I'm prepared, We're prepared, We're excited, and we have each other,
you know, I have all my fun little rituals that
I do. But yeah, like right before that moment before
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I'm just like all right, here we go. Whatever happens happens,
like no turning back now, Sweet and sassy in Texas,
do you see yourself moving out on your own? Student?
This actually was a question that got asked a lot,
and I saw this question a lot in a positive way,
like hey, when you think you're moving out? And I
also saw this question be asked in a negative way
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of like, yeah, oh you're twenty, move out already, or
why do you still live with your parents? That's embarrassing
and it's funny to me that someone cares that much
that I still live at home. I mean, I have
a beautiful family, I have a beautiful home, and I'm
very lucky that we're all still able to live together.
Talked about moving out, I have. It's a it's a
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conversation that actually comes up in my family quite often.
The thing is is it's not really safe right now
for me to live on my own, because you know,
people find out where I live. People show up at
my house as it is, and so if I was alone,
you know, that'd be be different. And I think I
will wait to move until I have somebody that I'm
ready to move with. And there's also the option that
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I would stay here and my parents would move. You know,
this house is kind of a shared house, and so
I don't know, but we I mean, it's it's our
setup is so great. My parents and I have the
best dynamic ever. Our house upstairs is kind of divided
into two, you know, so we have right where I
am right now is actually on half of this side.
And I have my room, I have my closet, and
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I don't know. I there's no reason for me to
move out right now. You know. I go in my
room and I close my door a lot, and my
parents are very good at just like letting me do
my thing. But yeah, no, I mean eventually I'll move out,
for like, I love my family. I don't feel a
need to yet. Lyvia Elizabeth, why do you think you?
(06:24):
As in all caps? That's why I emphasized it. Why
do you think no one else from Dance Moms talks
to Abby? Like? Really? You know? This goes up back
again to Everyone has a different experience, and I don't know.
I think everyone left on different terms. I think Abby
is a very prominent figure in everyone that has been
a part of the show's life, whether they would like
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to admit it or not, at some point in time,
everybody did respect the world out of Abby and wanted
Abby's approval. And I think now that everyone's older, you know,
it's for some probably is the best choice to just
not have any communication to Abby. For me, the best
choice is to have communication with her, and is to
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make sure she feels the love and respect that I
feel like I should give to her. You know what
everyone else from the show's journey was is different from mine.
But for me personally, you know, I do want to
have a good dynamic, a good relationship with her. She
helped me get here, and I will forever be grateful
and forever give her that respect and honor because she
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she deserves it. Kaylee's sixty four underscore coming and bat
me again with the negative question. This is what I
was talking about. Will you move out? When? You when?
Will you move out? You're twenty? Be independent girl, Get addie,
I'm the most independent person. Get out, Amanda underscore, Davis
underscore danswer. Oh this question, I just love it because
(07:51):
I don't understand it. I'm going to read this word
for word. Why will you guys not address what happened
to the old Memi Emmy Emmy Bees b Ees of
XOMG Pop? Why will you guys not address what happened
to the old Memi Bees of XOMG Pop? I don't, Lily,
(08:12):
I don't know what that means. Don't know what me
me bees is. Sorry, dude, would you want to tour
your new music with a live band? Abs of freaking
lutely my new dream. I know G Flip is their
own artist, but like, imagine me going on tour and
G playing drums the whole time. That would be so lit.
That's like my new fever dream. Yeah, I don't know.
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I I definitely want a live band. Live answer is
live band. That's like my It's my new vibe. I
just love it. My best friend Kez asked me this question.
She said, can you smell popcorn? I have literally no
idea what this means. I feel like it's some inside
joke between the two of us, and I just like forgot.
But I'm like Keiz what She's probably a wake by
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now I should text her be like, what did you
mean by this? I mean I can smell popcorn? Like huh,
I don't know. Anyways, JoJo's, I'll just go to love
a fan, your favorite and most sold Jojo products. This
is actually crazy. So the Jojo bos are a massive empire,
and a lot of people think those are my number
one products, But actually toys and electronics always outsold accessories.
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And I don't know if that's because there was more.
I don't know, if because the value was more, I
don't know, because there was just more. I mean, there
wasn't more variety than there was bos, but Bo's would
be considered accessory. And then my dolls were the number
one driver of toy sales, so it's actually my toys.
Are you going to go back to short hair? This
is a debate that I've been in for so freaking long.
(09:44):
I don't know. I Uh. Some days I'm like, you
know what, I really want my short hair book. Other
days I'm like, you know what, Nope, I like long hair.
Other days I'm like, give me my mad hair. I
want extensions. I I'm all over the place in my hair.
I never know what I want to do. I never
know if I like it or not. It's this air
is a mess. Giselle Jaseel Jaseel j zel O don't know, Hey, Jazel,
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what's your favorite challenge that you did on Special Forces?
My favorite challenge, okay, as hard and as torturous as
the boat challenge was where we had to carry the
boat for two miles. It was so satisfying when we
were done. I mean, that car ride back to base
and we were just sitting in the car all dead,
was just it was so satisfying. Also, the backwards dive
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off the Hella off the boat when we had a
backwards dive. I was so proud of myself. I was like, yes,
freaking nailed it. Then he was like, miserable fail. I
was like, I guess I didn't nail it, like I
don't know. And then of course the damn wall. I'm
running down the dam wall. I mean, when are you
ever gonna get to do that? That's I mean, that
was crazy. Alex underscore E nine. Do you miss being
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on tour? I do so much. I dreamed the tour
was one of my favorite phases of my life. I
think ever, such a fun face, is such a fun dynamic,
such a fun vibe. I mean, there's nothing like being
on tour for sure. For sure was one of my
favorite phases of life. And I can't wait to be
back out on the road. I really can't give him.
(11:13):
Miss doing JoJo's Juice, I do. I think of jojo
Juice when it was in its prime. You know, when
I had first moved into my apartment, I feel like
it was when Joja's Juice was really in its prime.
But I remember doing Joj's Juice on Dance Moms, and
it was always so difficult because Wednesdays were Pyramid days
and Tuesdays were interviews. So normally what I would try
to do for JoJo's Juice was film on Monday, edit
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on Tuesday, upload on Wednesday. But then what would happen
is Monday would be our day off, and I would
just be tired and not want to get ready, and
so then I would be like, you know what, fine,
I'll film it on Tuesday. Then Tuesday would come and
I would have to do an interview and then go
to the studio and dance. So I'd be like, all right,
I'll just I don't know, I'll do it tonight. And
then i'd get back tonight and I eat dinner and
I'd just forget. And so then Wednesday would come, and
there would literally be some Wednesdays at eleven o'clock at
night where I would just like the crap, I haven't
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done it yet. And I used to do what it's
called JoJo's Juice live, and I just pop a live
stream on YouTube and I would do it live and
then like we just ended it. Jus was very stressful,
but I loved it, you know, when it was in
its prime, it was the best thing ever. Amanda just SPA.
How old were you when you realized you were gay?
Wish I would have figured it out sooner. I think
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I realized I was gay. I don't think I let
myself realize it until I was seventeen, and because I
kind of had a crush on this friend of mine
before I got to see her again, and so like,
I kind of knew because I was kind of jealous
of her with other girls, but I didn't really know.
But now looking back, I knew. But I mean officially
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when I was seventeen, but unofficially, I mean the signs
were there when I was twelve eleven. Now knowing what
I know, I don't know. I feel like everyone kind
of figures out when they're gey at their own on
their own timeline. But I think everyone always knows. I
think it's just when you allow yourself to believe it,
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which is gonna be different for everybody. Unity Goal twenty four.
Sticking on the gay subject, why are you gay? Fox?
Squirrels are great? Man? I don't know. Anti underscore, social underscore, Goose.
Do you regret being filmed from such a young age?
This is something that I don't there There is no
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regret for me. I feel like it was what I
always wanted. I always can remember being happy. I do
see some kids and I'm like, you are not made
for it, you know what I mean, Like you are
not able to handle the stress and the pressure and
the public life of what comes with working in the
industry and being on camera. But I know that at
the time I was. And so I think a lot
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of child stars, you know, have resentment to their parents
because you know, parents should not put the kids in
the industry. But I truly believe that, like I was
meant for it. And I look back at me and
I like, if I if I was, My mom asked me,
She was like, if you were to raise your kid, like,
what would like if you would raise you as a kid,
what would you do? And I was like I would.
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I would be like like go keep going, like I
would do the exact same thing. And so I think,
I don't know. I don't. I don't really regret it.
I don't know anything besides it, so I can't really
say fully. I mean, I only had eight years of
life before my life was public. But I don't know.
I don't, I don't. I don't regret it at all.
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Becky underscore Roberts. How do you handle hate and speculation
and gossip and drama and how do you stay happy?
This question is is brutal. Hate and gossip and speculation
and drama are some of the hardest things to deal
with the things that I always try to remember is
that hate all it is is speculation, gossip, and draw
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And you said those in your question, which is why
I use those three words. Hate is not I'm trying
to think of this is gonna sound messed up or not,
and I don't really know. Hate is not real. Hate
and bullying is something that people do to think they're funny,
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think they're cool it. I do think there are some
people out there maybe who do have bad intention, but
I think most people in this world try to have
a pure heart. And I think people bully, hate, make
fun of cause gossip, the drama, bullying because because they
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think it's entertaining or fun or funny or cool. The
reality is it's not. It's just an easy way to
try to be cool, which is which is sad. And
I think that is really changing nowadays, which I think
is really special. I'm really cool that especially like the
next generation is going to get to experience that for
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me to the people around me really are who and
what keeps me happy. Normally for about three weeks I
fixate on something. So currently I'm in the drumming phase
where I'm drumming all the time. Working out really helps me,
dance really helps me. In our skydiving really helps me
stay happy. But yeah, the hating, speculation and gossip and
drama part of that, It really just is like, just
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know that, like Susie hidden behind her phone making that comment,
really doesn't affect you. If you are proud of what
you're doing and you are happy, it is your life
and that is that is the only freaking thing that matters.
Oreganook said genuine question, how is your hair doing after
all that damage? Honestly, it's doing great. This is a
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question that I was like, I gotta answer this because
I'm really stoked about my hair journey. I had to
stress for ash when I was little from dance moms
that I picked at, So I killed all those hair follicles. Luckily,
it's only on a small chunk of my head on
the left side of my head, but that's the only
place on my hair is damaged. Everywhere else is pretty solid,
mentally underscore dot drained, Same girl. What's your favorite dance
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you've done with XFG so far? My favorite number that
I've choreographed for them is either their new song on
their Christmas album, Essay NTA, which is the cutest song ever,
and also their dance to their song Party Like a
Pop Star. I love both of those. I was just
watching them do Merrawground Yesterday and Candy Hearts though, I
was like, dang, those are good, Like I really like
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those two. I really, I really mess with those, like
I really vibe with those. But something about this Santa
one Essay s A NTA. It's so cute. There's this
one part where they go, oh, and they do this
little like kick and like little Sparker hands, and it's just, Oh,
that's probably one of my favorites. Jody Godfrey, any regrets
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from your coming out story. Honestly, no, I don't think
I really have any. I wish I would have posted
on my instag feed inside of my Instagram story, but
that's I mean, it's practically irrelevant, like literally doesn't matter
at all. East dot m zero. How hard is it
getting into a relationship while being in the public eye.
It is practically impossible. I'm very proud because nobody knows
(18:14):
the people that I've talked to on a relationship level
this year. Obviously I haven't dated anybody this year, but
I have. You know, I'm twenty nineteen, I'm twenty this year.
I touch you chat around, and I'm very grateful that
no one knows because in the past, everyone's been able
to know prior to twenty twenty three, they've figured it
out before I even figured it out. But this year
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it's really been under wraps. And I'm really proud of
that because that was something that I said I was
gonna do. I was gonna keep my relationships more pop
private because you know, I have been in a few
very very very public relationships, and my two relationships that
were public taught me a lot about relationships in the
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public eye. They taught me that it's not just me.
They taught me that it's me and a person. And
I think with my first relationship, it taught me, you know,
that it's me and a person who has very pure
intention with me, but is it didn't doesn't have this
public lifestyle that I have, and so that taught me that, look,
this is my life not hers. And then I think
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my second relationship taught me that maybe this relationship isn't
with the purest intention, and maybe they're longing for this
public lifestyle and that once I realized that that kind
of got to me too. So now I try to
keep my talking to is my relationships far far away
from the Internet. I don't do that good of a job,
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like it's not that hard to figure out if you
really wanted to. But I'm better about it, and I
think now when I do get into my next serious relationship,
you know, that could be tomorrow or it could be
in twenty years from now, I think I will play
it by ear because I really do think that it
just depends on the person, It depends on the situation, circumstance,
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it depends on everything. And I don't know. I'm just
firm believer, and everything happens, and you know, if it's
if it's meant to be, it'll be in. If it's not, sure's,
sure's heck won't Caitlin down Ashley underscore what's it like
being a brand? Do you still have to uphold a
certain esthetic for marketing? So this is something that's crazy.
So my life I have been a brand. You know,
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there's been Jojo sewer products, There's been Jojosua movies, Jojasy
with TV shows, Jersey with videos, Jersey with songs, and
and it's it's become a brand and versus just human.
And what's crazy to me is I've done something that
people haven't done yet, which is take a real human
and make a brand out of it. Nothing I ever did.
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I'm looking around in my room right now because I
have all the Jojo products in here. Nothing I ever
did was fake. Nothing I ever did was ingenuine, even
even down to having my dog Bobo, Like that really
was my dog. I really had a dog named Bobo.
We really signed Bobo to Nickelodeon as well. Like it
all was so real and every every bit of it.
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I said on my very first podcast, the only lie
I ever told was that I don't that I liked candy.
I really don't like candy. But everything was real, like
the unicorns and rainbows, the sparkles, the all the color.
I don't know, it all was who I was. All
the videos were who I was, All the songs were
who I was. They all came from my heart, and
I you know, it was luckily enough to be able
to write all my own music and come up with
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my own music video creative and everybody just went with it.
And there was a few times where people would try
to take my brand in a different direction on the
corporate side, and I would slow to the brakes and
I would be like, hey, look, you can do this,
but if you do this, I'm out. And I will
say publicly that I'm out, and I will say that
I had nothing to do with this and that you
just took my image and ran with it. And when
I would say that, I'd be like, okay, no, no, no, no,
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like what are we doing your own? Then I'd be
like it was One time was when a doll had
piggy buns and versus the side ponytail bone, and I
was like, I've never worn piggy buns in my life
at this point and goes like fifteen or sixteen. I
was like, I don't wear piggy buns. That's not a
Jojo doll. You can sell that doll, but you can't
sell that as a Jojo doll because that's not Jojo.
And everyone was like, no, it's like a character version
of Jojo. And I was like, no, that's the thing is,
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there's not there's no such thing as a character Jojo,
and they were like, well, what do you mean? And
I was like it was a learning curve for everybody because,
you know, being signed to Nickelodeon, they knew SpongeBob and
pap Patrol, where it was a character. You know, you
could put Paw Patrol, and you can put Chase, who's
wearing a cop outfit. Typically, you could put him in anything,
and it's Rab Patrol. It doesn't matter, right, it's an
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animated character. But for me, it was a human, and
I was a human that was a brand for the
first time, and so there was that disconnect of you know,
you can't just do anything. I remember too, when I
went to go film my movie The J Team, someone
told me there was this big drama which maybe I'll
get into one day. We can do a whole podcast
dedicated to the J Team and all of that. There
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was this drama this right before we started filming, where
I was getting told what my wardrobe was and what
my hair and makeup was gonna look like. And I
was like, absolutely not. And everyone was like, well, what
do you mean, Like you're an actor in a movie,
you don't get to say like, no, this is what
the director wants. And I I remember being like, but
this this isn't just a movie. This is the Ja team.
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I'm being Jojo Seaway. I'm playing myself. Like, yes, there's
a script and there's a director, and there's other casts
that are my friends in the movie that aren't my
friends in real life, although they became my best friends.
Like I try. It took a second for everyone to
kind of wrap their head around, wait, this is not
a character. She is being herself, but there is a
script to how does this work? And I was like,
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the script is based off of me. It's things I
would really say. You know, I had meetings with the
writer to help and this probably was pretty sassy with
me at the time. I was almost eighteen. I was seventeen.
I was old seventeen. Then I told them, I was like, well,
then you can cast somebody to play Josia because Jojo
Sia doesn't play Jojo Sia. Josi Way is Jojo Siwa.
And they were like oh, and I was like, there's
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no such thing as a character Jojo Jojo. This is Jojo.
We were a cide ponytail and bo, we're a bright colors.
This is what it is. And it was I mean,
it was small details of they didn't want me to
wear Jojo Bo's and I was like, I've warned Jojo
Bos the last nine years of my life. We're gonna
do the j team where I'm playing Jojo see one,
We're not gonna We're not gonna wear Jojo Bo's. Like
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what sense does that make? Guys? And so once I
really got everyone's head wrapped around it, it just was new
and no one had done it. But sometimes, unfortunately, what
I've learned in the industry is you have to get
aggressive and you have to get stern, and you have
to stand your ground otherwise no one, no one cares,
and no one listens, and it's it's something that we
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all do. And then after the fact you have that
awkward leg Yeah, you know, we're good, We're cool. And
it's happened to me where people have gotten aggressive with
me to do the right thing, where people you know,
we'll threaten things, and well, if you're not gonna do that,
then final do it. All right, you know, we're cool,
don't worry. I understand, Like you've just had to do
that to get your point across, like it's it happens
all the time, saman I thought on his score under school,
(25:00):
would you date someone that is not famous? One hundred percent?
I've dated somebody that is famous, and I've dated somebody
that isn't famous. My two main relationships have been one
in the industry one and the not. And uh, yeah, no,
I don't. I don't have a preference. I think just
your human as your human. Madeline thirteen, Why are you
pretending that Sandoval isn't a roach? Because he's not. Sandoval
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is a human. Tom Sandoval is definitely. I don't think
calling any human a roach is a good approach. I think, uh,
you can have your opinions on people, for sure, but
I don't think we should call people roaches. I think
that's pretty embarrassing. Think about me, is I met Tom
in a very vulnerable state. I met Tom on Special
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Forces where we're all away from our families. I didn't
know who he was. I never watched vander Pump. I
didn't know what went on. I didn't know who Raquel
was or Rachel or Arianna or I didn't even know
there was another Tom. I didn't even know that was
a thing. And then I found out there was a
bar that Tom owned called Tom Tom, and I was like,
oh my god, funny like Jojo, like he made Tom Tom.
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And then I realized it was another Tom Like I
I didn't I didn't know anything about it, and I
I hate it when people do that about things. But
I genuinely didn't know anything about it. And so to
be able to help Tom see a perspective of like, look, dude,
not everyone in the world knows what's going on in
your life. And he was like no, like you don't understand,
Like you open Instagram and like it's right there, and
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I was like, no, no, no, that's because it's your Instagram.
I was like, there's seven billion people in this world.
All seven billion don't know what's going on on vander Pump.
I promise now. I don't condone cheating at all. I
am a very, very very loyal person. I would never
and if any of my partners ever did, I mean,
it's that's that's what you get. No shot, you know
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what I mean, you get, you get, you get no chances,
Like if that everyone was happening to me, I'd be like,
all right, thank you next, and that's just something I
would never do. It's not who I am, so I
don't condone cheating. I do think Tom got put in
a situation where his worst mistake got exded online. And
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do I think he handled it the best that he
possibly could have? No, but it's again something you learn of.
And there's not a book on how to deal with something.
There's not a book on how to do life right.
There's not, there's not, and this is all our first life.
So I think thing to wrap it up, I will
never ever, ever what is this question? Why are you
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pretending that stamp Tom Standaval isn't a roach? I will
never think any human is a roach ever. I will
think humans are humans, and I think that life happens.
And Madeline, if I could give you any advice, go outside,
go read a book, Go stop worry about Tom Standaval.
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And if I stop worrying about if I think Tom
would stop worrying about you thinking that I'm not thinking
that Tom Standerbal is a roach. I mean, come on home, girl,
like you got there's way a better things to do
with your time than that. I promise, would you ever
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date a guy? I mean, look again, I believe your
person is your person. However, I've dated a man and
I don't think I would ever again. I don't know.
I have a lot of boys i'm coming in to
my life that I'm like, man, I really love and
adore you, but I could never, ever, ever ever date you.
I think that's why me and Tyler get along so well,
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because every girl in America wants to be with Tyler Cameron.
I mean, I think even some gay girls would probably
be like, yeah, nah, that's that's all. I'm mad. Like,
if he wanted me, i'd go with him. But I
look at Tay and I'm like, dude, I love you
so much. The other day he was commimenting me so
much on the podcast, and I was like, I'm the
only girl that's gonna say this, but like, thanks, bro,
appreciate it. Like I don't know. I think that's why
we're able to be such good friends. Those those those
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boys in my life are just like there might be.
But I could never see myself every dating boy. I
don't think never say never, but I just don't think so.
The other day, I Liz has got about a funny story.
I looked a mess. I mean, I I I looked
like a hot mess. I had just gotten done working out,
and I facetimed Nick from uh A Special Forces is
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Nick vile? And Nick's a Nick's also a beautiful man.
He he was a bachelor bachelorette, you know what I mean. Anyways,
facetimed him because it was his birthday and I'm looking
at myself on the FaceTime. I'm like, I'm for sure
the only girl that's ever called this man looking a
wreck like this, Like you know, every girl that he's
ever talked to is like ready for their FaceTime. And
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I was like, nah, he gets me post work out?
Who runs? Oh three? Do you still talk to any
of your ex'es? I do. I think a civil relationship
is healthy. Obviously that gets tricky, uh when you start
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a new relationship. Some people don't like being friends with exes.
I don't think friends is a fair word to say
for me with my exes. I don't think I'm friends
or could be friends with exes. I think there might
actually be a question coming up about that, or maybe
I just saw it and screenshot it. Somebody asked, you know,
is it can you actually be friends with the next
I don't think you can but I do think you
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can choose to be civil, and you can choose to
be okay with each other and not eat each other's guts,
you know what I mean? Lily, Underscore always Underscore comes
Underscore back underscore. What's a favorite song that you made
for me? Hides out, Shoes out of the Park, ah
moost two songs will always be my favorites. We're almost
done here. We got four more questions. Buckle up, Buckle up,
(30:43):
Sadie underscore, How well, why did you get your teeth done? This?
Actually I got my teeth done because I always say,
like how baseball players by cleat singers and Bob stars
by teeth? I don't know. I it was in COVID,
and I was either gonna have to get brace to
fix my teeth quick because viline wasn't gonna fix them
as quick as they could. Braces would have been faster.
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So it's either gonna be brace face or which is
nothing wrong. I actually think braces are really cute. I
just didn't want to have to deal with like the
eating of braces and the upkeep of them, or just
get veneers. And I knew I was probably gonna get
veneers when I was twenty twenty one, twenty two, and
so I was like, yeah, whatever, we'll just get them now.
So I got my veneers when I was seventeen sixteen.
Well I was a baby, all right. Why did you
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cut your hair? Brittany Underscore Millwood wanted to know, honestly,
just because I wanted to. I had always wanted to
ever since I saw Miley Cyrus and I was like,
now is time to shine. Let's freaking chop it. And
I got the okay for my team because you know,
there's a lot that goes into a big change like that.
And so I got the okay and I took the
scision in my head and never looked back. Keep me
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Underscore vandor how do you stay motivated to eat healthy
and work out? This is an incredible question because it
is very difficult at times. There will be times when
I am feeling so good and so healthy, and there
will be other times where I'm like, I just want
to donut right now. That's the only thing that will
make me happy, and I think something to remember, so
that's okay. I've learned that sometimes you know, your mental
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health house come first and whatever whatever, whatever is going
to make you happy. That's what you got to do
to get there. I see my future. I see what
I want my body to be able to do performance
wise and working out, honestly, I mean, the hardest part
is getting out there. But once you're once you're at
the gym, or once you're in your workout off at
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your house like whatever it is, wherever it is. The
hardest part is getting started. But once you're there, it's
it's it's easy to keep going. I really do find
fun in working out. I find enjoyment in getting to
exude that energy. Uh, I don't know, I I thoroughly
actually enjoy working out, all right. Last question, Metaline, Madeline
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g Stout, good Stout, Matt my dayling Scouts. Clearly, I'm
never going to know how to say your name. What
was one of the biggest things you took home with
you from Special Forces. I thought this would be a
good question to end on because it comes just with
some advice, and that is that life is precious. And
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I think on Special Forces, all of us, all of
the recruits, got to our mentally lowest point we've ever
been at. You're away from everyone, you know, you're doing
the hardest thing you've ever done. You're having these massive
celebrations anytime you finish something, but then you have no
one to celebrate it with. You become family with strangers.
It is the furthest thing from your normal life than
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you that the day that you could imagine, but it
makes you realize that your people that are valuable to you,
what is valuable to you and could be things like
a car, and it could be things like a hug.
You know, what is valuable to you and whatever that
is is okay. So I think it just brought home
with me that, like, look, life is short, and it
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really put that into perspective, that life is short. And
so I think now I've been living definitely a better life,
definitely a healthier life. And I'm I'm very stoked to
say that I loved being a recruit. It was very
fun and also gave me, i mean, such a higher
respect for our military and and and I think that
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people that serve our country are some of the bravest, strongest,
and most respectable people out there. Just getting a taste
one percent of what they do is is was actually insane.
And then I love discipline, and I brought that home
with me. You can always go a little bit further
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a warrior. A warrior doesn't get ready. A warrior stays ready.
All their all their quotes that they taught me while
we were there, Uh, the DS means business. And they
held you accountable and they held me accountable and they
don't lit you slack. And I think I've kind of
kept that with me, which is something that I'm very
very very proud of. And the last thing that I
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really do apply in everyday life is failure doesn't mean
it's over, and failure doesn't linger. Something about me is
when I failed at something my whole life. Say you
lose that a dance competition. You go back in the
studio and you lost. So now your whole goal is
to work to beat that loss. Right, that is your
whole goal and to do better. And that's in my life.
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You know, I grew up in the competitive dance world.
But something that Special Forces taught me is you fail, Okay,
you move on and you you I was always worried
we were going to talk about that fail again or
get punished for that fail. So say, you know I
failed the backwards dive off the helicopter. There's a misserbo fail,
I go up, you failed, great go in the dry tent.
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We never speak about it again. We never spoke about
a failure after the fact. It was that moment you failed,
you know, you failed where you're going to go now?
And that is something to me that was like, failure
doesn't linger. It happened and it's over. You can choose
to let it linger, or you can choose to pick
up and move on. And that was something I was
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always so afraid of failure, but now it's actually kind
of one of my favorite things that is failing. And
I know that sounds crazy, but it's like, no, if
you fail, like it doesn't it doesn't matter. It really
doesn't because no matter what, Dave's gonna keep going and
if it lingers, that's on you to eliminate it, you
know what I mean. And so I've I've really I've
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become less afraid of failure. I've become kind of more
interested in failure because it kind of spices it up
a little bit. Yeah, I feel like that's a pretty
pretty solid place to end this Q and a thank
you so much for listening. If you've been enjoying Jojsu
and now please let me know leave a review, tell
your friends, download wherever you're listening at you know the
(36:52):
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You're listening to Jojasua now with me Jojo Ciua and
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Q and a time. I'm answering all of your questions
that you wanted to know that you sent it on
my Instagram at it's Jojo Sia. So without further ado,
I'm gonna stop talking, but I'm gonna keep talking. But
instead of talking about my intro, I'm gonna talk about
(00:23):
some questions. Let's go Sophia Underscore Sophie twenty one. Hey, Jojo,
do you have any regrets like a movie or TV
show that you turned down? And why? Okay, So I don't.
I don't really have a regret, but I do have
like a like ooh, I turned down doing They did
this fucks did this incredible show called Stars on Mars
(00:44):
and it was the first season of it and it
was gonna be a really fun show again secluded from
the world similar to Special Forces for a longer chunk
of time, and it was a competition show as well,
and they asked me to do it. I'm so stoked.
And then it was actually one of the first projects
that my team was like, no, you can't do this,
and at the time, I was like, well why not,
(01:04):
and they there was a bigger picture why I couldn't
do it, and I was like, all right, that's fair, valid,
I will trust you on this one. But like I
was mad. I was angry. And then about a month
later is when I got the offer for Special Forces,
which is also a Fox show. And so if I
would have done Stars on Mars, I wouldn't been able
to do Special Forces, and then I wouldn't have my
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family that I have now with my boys and my girls,
my sisters on the show. I wouldn't have my fellow recruits.
So I'm very very At the time, I was very
sad that I had to say no, it's doing Stars
on Mars. But then I was very happy that I
got to do Special Forces because without that, I'd be
still the same old, same old joker that I always was.
(01:45):
Oreo's bestie, Who's your favorite X? Lol? What a question?
Like I love that. I was like, Hey, ask me
a question, and Oreo's bestI was like, I want to
know who your favorite X is? Like that is baller?
I don't, I mean, I don't, I mean I do
I do have a favorite it's kind of like when
you have kids, you know you don't have a favorite,
(02:06):
but like you do have a favorite. I don't know
I of my true exes, that's hard of people that
I've talked to not actually dated, though I I've been
able to kindle a friendship with somebody. Actually, two people
that I've talked to have been able to kindle a
friendship with that has been super nice and pure platonic,
(02:31):
which has been so incredible. And I think that that's
cool because you know, at some point you realize, like, look,
we're all young. It literally doesn't matter. Like we never
did anything. We never dated, we never even went on
a date. We just kind of like flirted over texts
like that's all. And so now that we're able to
have like a true friendship is pretty cool. But yeah,
I bet you want to know who my favorite of
my axes is. I mean, it's not that hard to
(02:52):
figure out. When you want kids from reptisarus oh four
two five? When do I want kids? Literally yesterday? I
want babies so bad. Little Freddy, Eddie and Teddy will
be coming to town as soon as possible. I don't know,
I want to have babies. I think I want to
be pregnant when I'm like twenty three or four, and
(03:14):
then have babies when I'm like twenty four or twenty five.
I think, like early twenty four or super late twenty
three or and then you know what I mean, Like
I feel like that's the right timeline for me, or
like pregnant early twenty four having babies. I don't know.
I don't know. I A lot will depend on my career.
I really do love my career. I love performing. I
do want to carry my own children within a few years.
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Though I decided not carry my own children. I think
I would have kids younger. But if I if I
want to carry children, I think I would wait a
little bit so that way I can perform a little
bit more, enjoy my career a little bit more, then
have babies and then continue. But I will have to take,
you know, a bit of a break while i'd be pregnant.
But yeah, no, my babies will becoming everywhere with me.
Oh my god, little Peanuts on tour, Freddi, Eddie and
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Teddy will be running around those arenas. They will be
having the best time. What are your last thoughts in
the wings before you go on stage? Just from Karen
dot Knight Underscore, Underscore. My last thoughts, I go crazy
before I go on stage. I am either so calm
and just like yeh, here we go, whatever is going
to happen, or I am like psycho running my dance
(04:17):
over and over and over and speed running and doing
all my rituals. You know, I do a special prayer
every time. Then I do my dance moms one of
through Fust seven eight Kis Cassini Knock Knock. And then
I say I'm prepared. I'm excited to have myself, because
that's something Jenna and I you say. We did say
I'm prepared, We're prepared, We're excited, and we have each other,
you know, I have all my fun little rituals that
I do. But yeah, like right before that moment before
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I'm just like all right, here we go. Whatever happens happens,
like no turning back now, Sweet and sassy in Texas,
do you see yourself moving out on your own? Student?
This actually was a question that got asked a lot,
and I saw this question a lot in a positive way,
like hey, when you think you're moving out? And I
also saw this question be asked in a negative way
(04:59):
of like, yeah, oh you're twenty, move out already, or
why do you still live with your parents? That's embarrassing
and it's funny to me that someone cares that much
that I still live at home. I mean, I have
a beautiful family, I have a beautiful home, and I'm
very lucky that we're all still able to live together.
Talked about moving out, I have. It's a it's a
(05:19):
conversation that actually comes up in my family quite often.
The thing is is it's not really safe right now
for me to live on my own, because you know,
people find out where I live. People show up at
my house as it is, and so if I was alone,
you know, that'd be be different. And I think I
will wait to move until I have somebody that I'm
ready to move with. And there's also the option that
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I would stay here and my parents would move. You know,
this house is kind of a shared house, and so
I don't know, but we I mean, it's it's our
setup is so great. My parents and I have the
best dynamic ever. Our house upstairs is kind of divided
into two, you know, so we have right where I
am right now is actually on half of this side.
And I have my room, I have my closet, and
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I don't know. I there's no reason for me to
move out right now. You know. I go in my
room and I close my door a lot, and my
parents are very good at just like letting me do
my thing. But yeah, no, I mean eventually I'll move out,
for like, I love my family. I don't feel a
need to yet. Lyvia Elizabeth, why do you think you?
(06:24):
As in all caps? That's why I emphasized it. Why
do you think no one else from Dance Moms talks
to Abby? Like? Really? You know? This goes up back
again to Everyone has a different experience, and I don't know.
I think everyone left on different terms. I think Abby
is a very prominent figure in everyone that has been
a part of the show's life, whether they would like
(06:44):
to admit it or not, at some point in time,
everybody did respect the world out of Abby and wanted
Abby's approval. And I think now that everyone's older, you know,
it's for some probably is the best choice to just
not have any communication to Abby. For me, the best
choice is to have communication with her, and is to
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make sure she feels the love and respect that I
feel like I should give to her. You know what
everyone else from the show's journey was is different from mine.
But for me personally, you know, I do want to
have a good dynamic, a good relationship with her. She
helped me get here, and I will forever be grateful
and forever give her that respect and honor because she
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she deserves it. Kaylee's sixty four underscore coming and bat
me again with the negative question. This is what I
was talking about. Will you move out? When? You when?
Will you move out? You're twenty? Be independent girl, Get addie,
I'm the most independent person. Get out, Amanda underscore, Davis
underscore danswer. Oh this question, I just love it because
(07:51):
I don't understand it. I'm going to read this word
for word. Why will you guys not address what happened
to the old Memi Emmy Emmy Bees b Ees of
XOMG Pop? Why will you guys not address what happened
to the old Memi Bees of XOMG Pop? I don't, Lily,
(08:12):
I don't know what that means. Don't know what me
me bees is. Sorry, dude, would you want to tour
your new music with a live band? Abs of freaking
lutely my new dream. I know G Flip is their
own artist, but like, imagine me going on tour and
G playing drums the whole time. That would be so lit.
That's like my new fever dream. Yeah, I don't know.
(08:34):
I I definitely want a live band. Live answer is
live band. That's like my It's my new vibe. I
just love it. My best friend Kez asked me this question.
She said, can you smell popcorn? I have literally no
idea what this means. I feel like it's some inside
joke between the two of us, and I just like forgot.
But I'm like Keiz what She's probably a wake by
(08:56):
now I should text her be like, what did you
mean by this? I mean I can smell popcorn? Like huh,
I don't know. Anyways, JoJo's, I'll just go to love
a fan, your favorite and most sold Jojo products. This
is actually crazy. So the Jojo bos are a massive empire,
and a lot of people think those are my number
one products, But actually toys and electronics always outsold accessories.
(09:21):
And I don't know if that's because there was more.
I don't know, if because the value was more, I
don't know, because there was just more. I mean, there
wasn't more variety than there was bos, but Bo's would
be considered accessory. And then my dolls were the number
one driver of toy sales, so it's actually my toys.
Are you going to go back to short hair? This
is a debate that I've been in for so freaking long.
(09:44):
I don't know. I Uh. Some days I'm like, you
know what, I really want my short hair book. Other
days I'm like, you know what, Nope, I like long hair.
Other days I'm like, give me my mad hair. I
want extensions. I I'm all over the place in my hair.
I never know what I want to do. I never
know if I like it or not. It's this air
is a mess. Giselle Jaseel Jaseel j zel O don't know, Hey, Jazel,
(10:08):
what's your favorite challenge that you did on Special Forces?
My favorite challenge, okay, as hard and as torturous as
the boat challenge was where we had to carry the
boat for two miles. It was so satisfying when we
were done. I mean, that car ride back to base
and we were just sitting in the car all dead,
was just it was so satisfying. Also, the backwards dive
(10:30):
off the Hella off the boat when we had a
backwards dive. I was so proud of myself. I was like, yes,
freaking nailed it. Then he was like, miserable fail. I
was like, I guess I didn't nail it, like I
don't know. And then of course the damn wall. I'm
running down the dam wall. I mean, when are you
ever gonna get to do that? That's I mean, that
was crazy. Alex underscore E nine. Do you miss being
(10:52):
on tour? I do so much. I dreamed the tour
was one of my favorite phases of my life. I
think ever, such a fun face, is such a fun dynamic,
such a fun vibe. I mean, there's nothing like being
on tour for sure. For sure was one of my
favorite phases of life. And I can't wait to be
back out on the road. I really can't give him.
(11:13):
Miss doing JoJo's Juice, I do. I think of jojo
Juice when it was in its prime. You know, when
I had first moved into my apartment, I feel like
it was when Joja's Juice was really in its prime.
But I remember doing Joj's Juice on Dance Moms, and
it was always so difficult because Wednesdays were Pyramid days
and Tuesdays were interviews. So normally what I would try
to do for JoJo's Juice was film on Monday, edit
(11:35):
on Tuesday, upload on Wednesday. But then what would happen
is Monday would be our day off, and I would
just be tired and not want to get ready, and
so then I would be like, you know what, fine,
I'll film it on Tuesday. Then Tuesday would come and
I would have to do an interview and then go
to the studio and dance. So I'd be like, all right,
I'll just I don't know, I'll do it tonight. And
then i'd get back tonight and I eat dinner and
I'd just forget. And so then Wednesday would come, and
there would literally be some Wednesdays at eleven o'clock at
night where I would just like the crap, I haven't
(11:57):
done it yet. And I used to do what it's
called JoJo's Juice live, and I just pop a live
stream on YouTube and I would do it live and
then like we just ended it. Jus was very stressful,
but I loved it, you know, when it was in
its prime, it was the best thing ever. Amanda just SPA.
How old were you when you realized you were gay?
Wish I would have figured it out sooner. I think
(12:20):
I realized I was gay. I don't think I let
myself realize it until I was seventeen, and because I
kind of had a crush on this friend of mine
before I got to see her again, and so like,
I kind of knew because I was kind of jealous
of her with other girls, but I didn't really know.
But now looking back, I knew. But I mean officially
(12:41):
when I was seventeen, but unofficially, I mean the signs
were there when I was twelve eleven. Now knowing what
I know, I don't know. I feel like everyone kind
of figures out when they're gey at their own on
their own timeline. But I think everyone always knows. I
think it's just when you allow yourself to believe it,
(13:02):
which is gonna be different for everybody. Unity Goal twenty four.
Sticking on the gay subject, why are you gay? Fox?
Squirrels are great? Man? I don't know. Anti underscore, social underscore, Goose.
Do you regret being filmed from such a young age?
This is something that I don't there There is no
(13:23):
regret for me. I feel like it was what I
always wanted. I always can remember being happy. I do
see some kids and I'm like, you are not made
for it, you know what I mean, Like you are
not able to handle the stress and the pressure and
the public life of what comes with working in the
industry and being on camera. But I know that at
the time I was. And so I think a lot
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of child stars, you know, have resentment to their parents
because you know, parents should not put the kids in
the industry. But I truly believe that, like I was
meant for it. And I look back at me and
I like, if I if I was, My mom asked me,
She was like, if you were to raise your kid, like,
what would like if you would raise you as a kid,
what would you do? And I was like I would.
(14:07):
I would be like like go keep going, like I
would do the exact same thing. And so I think,
I don't know. I don't. I don't really regret it.
I don't know anything besides it, so I can't really
say fully. I mean, I only had eight years of
life before my life was public. But I don't know.
I don't, I don't. I don't regret it at all.
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Becky underscore Roberts. How do you handle hate and speculation
and gossip and drama and how do you stay happy?
This question is is brutal. Hate and gossip and speculation
and drama are some of the hardest things to deal
with the things that I always try to remember is
that hate all it is is speculation, gossip, and draw
(15:00):
And you said those in your question, which is why
I use those three words. Hate is not I'm trying
to think of this is gonna sound messed up or not,
and I don't really know. Hate is not real. Hate
and bullying is something that people do to think they're funny,
(15:24):
think they're cool it. I do think there are some
people out there maybe who do have bad intention, but
I think most people in this world try to have
a pure heart. And I think people bully, hate, make
fun of cause gossip, the drama, bullying because because they
(15:45):
think it's entertaining or fun or funny or cool. The
reality is it's not. It's just an easy way to
try to be cool, which is which is sad. And
I think that is really changing nowadays, which I think
is really special. I'm really cool that especially like the
next generation is going to get to experience that for
(16:05):
me to the people around me really are who and
what keeps me happy. Normally for about three weeks I
fixate on something. So currently I'm in the drumming phase
where I'm drumming all the time. Working out really helps me,
dance really helps me. In our skydiving really helps me
stay happy. But yeah, the hating, speculation and gossip and
drama part of that, It really just is like, just
(16:27):
know that, like Susie hidden behind her phone making that comment,
really doesn't affect you. If you are proud of what
you're doing and you are happy, it is your life
and that is that is the only freaking thing that matters.
Oreganook said genuine question, how is your hair doing after
all that damage? Honestly, it's doing great. This is a
(16:49):
question that I was like, I gotta answer this because
I'm really stoked about my hair journey. I had to
stress for ash when I was little from dance moms
that I picked at, So I killed all those hair follicles. Luckily,
it's only on a small chunk of my head on
the left side of my head, but that's the only
place on my hair is damaged. Everywhere else is pretty solid,
mentally underscore dot drained, Same girl. What's your favorite dance
(17:11):
you've done with XFG so far? My favorite number that
I've choreographed for them is either their new song on
their Christmas album, Essay NTA, which is the cutest song ever,
and also their dance to their song Party Like a
Pop Star. I love both of those. I was just
watching them do Merrawground Yesterday and Candy Hearts though, I
was like, dang, those are good, Like I really like
(17:31):
those two. I really, I really mess with those, like
I really vibe with those. But something about this Santa
one Essay s A NTA. It's so cute. There's this
one part where they go, oh, and they do this
little like kick and like little Sparker hands, and it's just, Oh,
that's probably one of my favorites. Jody Godfrey, any regrets
(17:53):
from your coming out story. Honestly, no, I don't think
I really have any. I wish I would have posted
on my instag feed inside of my Instagram story, but
that's I mean, it's practically irrelevant, like literally doesn't matter
at all. East dot m zero. How hard is it
getting into a relationship while being in the public eye.
It is practically impossible. I'm very proud because nobody knows
(18:14):
the people that I've talked to on a relationship level
this year. Obviously I haven't dated anybody this year, but
I have. You know, I'm twenty nineteen, I'm twenty this year.
I touch you chat around, and I'm very grateful that
no one knows because in the past, everyone's been able
to know prior to twenty twenty three, they've figured it
out before I even figured it out. But this year
(18:37):
it's really been under wraps. And I'm really proud of
that because that was something that I said I was
gonna do. I was gonna keep my relationships more pop
private because you know, I have been in a few
very very very public relationships, and my two relationships that
were public taught me a lot about relationships in the
(18:58):
public eye. They taught me that it's not just me.
They taught me that it's me and a person. And
I think with my first relationship, it taught me, you know,
that it's me and a person who has very pure
intention with me, but is it didn't doesn't have this
public lifestyle that I have, and so that taught me that, look,
this is my life not hers. And then I think
(19:20):
my second relationship taught me that maybe this relationship isn't
with the purest intention, and maybe they're longing for this
public lifestyle and that once I realized that that kind
of got to me too. So now I try to
keep my talking to is my relationships far far away
from the Internet. I don't do that good of a job,
(19:40):
like it's not that hard to figure out if you
really wanted to. But I'm better about it, and I
think now when I do get into my next serious relationship,
you know, that could be tomorrow or it could be
in twenty years from now, I think I will play
it by ear because I really do think that it
just depends on the person, It depends on the situation, circumstance,
(20:00):
it depends on everything. And I don't know. I'm just
firm believer, and everything happens, and you know, if it's
if it's meant to be, it'll be in. If it's not, sure's,
sure's heck won't Caitlin down Ashley underscore what's it like
being a brand? Do you still have to uphold a
certain esthetic for marketing? So this is something that's crazy.
So my life I have been a brand. You know,
(20:21):
there's been Jojo sewer products, There's been Jojosua movies, Jojasy
with TV shows, Jersey with videos, Jersey with songs, and
and it's it's become a brand and versus just human.
And what's crazy to me is I've done something that
people haven't done yet, which is take a real human
and make a brand out of it. Nothing I ever did.
(20:41):
I'm looking around in my room right now because I
have all the Jojo products in here. Nothing I ever
did was fake. Nothing I ever did was ingenuine, even
even down to having my dog Bobo, Like that really
was my dog. I really had a dog named Bobo.
We really signed Bobo to Nickelodeon as well. Like it
all was so real and every every bit of it.
(21:05):
I said on my very first podcast, the only lie
I ever told was that I don't that I liked candy.
I really don't like candy. But everything was real, like
the unicorns and rainbows, the sparkles, the all the color.
I don't know, it all was who I was. All
the videos were who I was, All the songs were
who I was. They all came from my heart, and
I you know, it was luckily enough to be able
to write all my own music and come up with
(21:26):
my own music video creative and everybody just went with it.
And there was a few times where people would try
to take my brand in a different direction on the
corporate side, and I would slow to the brakes and
I would be like, hey, look, you can do this,
but if you do this, I'm out. And I will
say publicly that I'm out, and I will say that
I had nothing to do with this and that you
just took my image and ran with it. And when
I would say that, I'd be like, okay, no, no, no, no,
(21:47):
like what are we doing your own? Then I'd be
like it was One time was when a doll had
piggy buns and versus the side ponytail bone, and I
was like, I've never worn piggy buns in my life
at this point and goes like fifteen or sixteen. I
was like, I don't wear piggy buns. That's not a
Jojo doll. You can sell that doll, but you can't
sell that as a Jojo doll because that's not Jojo.
And everyone was like, no, it's like a character version
of Jojo. And I was like, no, that's the thing is,
(22:08):
there's not there's no such thing as a character Jojo,
and they were like, well, what do you mean? And
I was like it was a learning curve for everybody because,
you know, being signed to Nickelodeon, they knew SpongeBob and
pap Patrol, where it was a character. You know, you
could put Paw Patrol, and you can put Chase, who's
wearing a cop outfit. Typically, you could put him in anything,
and it's Rab Patrol. It doesn't matter, right, it's an
(22:29):
animated character. But for me, it was a human, and
I was a human that was a brand for the
first time, and so there was that disconnect of you know,
you can't just do anything. I remember too, when I
went to go film my movie The J Team, someone
told me there was this big drama which maybe I'll
get into one day. We can do a whole podcast
dedicated to the J Team and all of that. There
(22:51):
was this drama this right before we started filming, where
I was getting told what my wardrobe was and what
my hair and makeup was gonna look like. And I
was like, absolutely not. And everyone was like, well, what
do you mean, Like you're an actor in a movie,
you don't get to say like, no, this is what
the director wants. And I I remember being like, but
this this isn't just a movie. This is the Ja team.
(23:13):
I'm being Jojo Seaway. I'm playing myself. Like, yes, there's
a script and there's a director, and there's other casts
that are my friends in the movie that aren't my
friends in real life, although they became my best friends.
Like I try. It took a second for everyone to
kind of wrap their head around, wait, this is not
a character. She is being herself, but there is a
script to how does this work? And I was like,
(23:33):
the script is based off of me. It's things I
would really say. You know, I had meetings with the
writer to help and this probably was pretty sassy with
me at the time. I was almost eighteen. I was seventeen.
I was old seventeen. Then I told them, I was like, well,
then you can cast somebody to play Josia because Jojo
Sia doesn't play Jojo Sia. Josi Way is Jojo Siwa.
And they were like oh, and I was like, there's
(23:57):
no such thing as a character Jojo Jojo. This is Jojo.
We were a cide ponytail and bo, we're a bright colors.
This is what it is. And it was I mean,
it was small details of they didn't want me to
wear Jojo Bo's and I was like, I've warned Jojo
Bos the last nine years of my life. We're gonna
do the j team where I'm playing Jojo see one,
We're not gonna We're not gonna wear Jojo Bo's. Like
(24:18):
what sense does that make? Guys? And so once I
really got everyone's head wrapped around it, it just was new
and no one had done it. But sometimes, unfortunately, what
I've learned in the industry is you have to get
aggressive and you have to get stern, and you have
to stand your ground otherwise no one, no one cares,
and no one listens, and it's it's something that we
(24:40):
all do. And then after the fact you have that
awkward leg Yeah, you know, we're good, We're cool. And
it's happened to me where people have gotten aggressive with
me to do the right thing, where people you know,
we'll threaten things, and well, if you're not gonna do that,
then final do it. All right, you know, we're cool,
don't worry. I understand, Like you've just had to do
that to get your point across, like it's it happens
all the time, saman I thought on his score under school,
(25:00):
would you date someone that is not famous? One hundred percent?
I've dated somebody that is famous, and I've dated somebody
that isn't famous. My two main relationships have been one
in the industry one and the not. And uh, yeah, no,
I don't. I don't have a preference. I think just
your human as your human. Madeline thirteen, Why are you
pretending that Sandoval isn't a roach? Because he's not. Sandoval
(25:24):
is a human. Tom Sandoval is definitely. I don't think
calling any human a roach is a good approach. I think, uh,
you can have your opinions on people, for sure, but
I don't think we should call people roaches. I think
that's pretty embarrassing. Think about me, is I met Tom
in a very vulnerable state. I met Tom on Special
(25:46):
Forces where we're all away from our families. I didn't
know who he was. I never watched vander Pump. I
didn't know what went on. I didn't know who Raquel
was or Rachel or Arianna or I didn't even know
there was another Tom. I didn't even know that was
a thing. And then I found out there was a
bar that Tom owned called Tom Tom, and I was like,
oh my god, funny like Jojo, like he made Tom Tom.
(26:07):
And then I realized it was another Tom Like I
I didn't I didn't know anything about it, and I
I hate it when people do that about things. But
I genuinely didn't know anything about it. And so to
be able to help Tom see a perspective of like, look, dude,
not everyone in the world knows what's going on in
your life. And he was like no, like you don't understand,
Like you open Instagram and like it's right there, and
(26:28):
I was like, no, no, no, that's because it's your Instagram.
I was like, there's seven billion people in this world.
All seven billion don't know what's going on on vander Pump.
I promise now. I don't condone cheating at all. I
am a very, very very loyal person. I would never
and if any of my partners ever did, I mean,
it's that's that's what you get. No shot, you know
(26:49):
what I mean, you get, you get, you get no chances,
Like if that everyone was happening to me, I'd be like,
all right, thank you next, and that's just something I
would never do. It's not who I am, so I
don't condone cheating. I do think Tom got put in
a situation where his worst mistake got exded online. And
(27:10):
do I think he handled it the best that he
possibly could have? No, but it's again something you learn of.
And there's not a book on how to deal with something.
There's not a book on how to do life right.
There's not, there's not, and this is all our first life.
So I think thing to wrap it up, I will
never ever, ever what is this question? Why are you
(27:30):
pretending that stamp Tom Standaval isn't a roach? I will
never think any human is a roach ever. I will
think humans are humans, and I think that life happens.
And Madeline, if I could give you any advice, go outside,
go read a book, Go stop worry about Tom Standaval.
(27:52):
And if I stop worrying about if I think Tom
would stop worrying about you thinking that I'm not thinking
that Tom Standerbal is a roach. I mean, come on home, girl,
like you got there's way a better things to do
with your time than that. I promise, would you ever
(28:12):
date a guy? I mean, look again, I believe your
person is your person. However, I've dated a man and
I don't think I would ever again. I don't know.
I have a lot of boys i'm coming in to
my life that I'm like, man, I really love and
adore you, but I could never, ever, ever ever date you.
I think that's why me and Tyler get along so well,
(28:35):
because every girl in America wants to be with Tyler Cameron.
I mean, I think even some gay girls would probably
be like, yeah, nah, that's that's all. I'm mad. Like,
if he wanted me, i'd go with him. But I
look at Tay and I'm like, dude, I love you
so much. The other day he was commimenting me so
much on the podcast, and I was like, I'm the
only girl that's gonna say this, but like, thanks, bro,
appreciate it. Like I don't know. I think that's why
we're able to be such good friends. Those those those
(28:57):
boys in my life are just like there might be.
But I could never see myself every dating boy. I
don't think never say never, but I just don't think so.
The other day, I Liz has got about a funny story.
I looked a mess. I mean, I I I looked
like a hot mess. I had just gotten done working out,
and I facetimed Nick from uh A Special Forces is
(29:18):
Nick vile? And Nick's a Nick's also a beautiful man.
He he was a bachelor bachelorette, you know what I mean. Anyways,
facetimed him because it was his birthday and I'm looking
at myself on the FaceTime. I'm like, I'm for sure
the only girl that's ever called this man looking a
wreck like this, Like you know, every girl that he's
ever talked to is like ready for their FaceTime. And
(29:38):
I was like, nah, he gets me post work out?
Who runs? Oh three? Do you still talk to any
of your ex'es? I do. I think a civil relationship
is healthy. Obviously that gets tricky, uh when you start
(30:01):
a new relationship. Some people don't like being friends with exes.
I don't think friends is a fair word to say
for me with my exes. I don't think I'm friends
or could be friends with exes. I think there might
actually be a question coming up about that, or maybe
I just saw it and screenshot it. Somebody asked, you know,
is it can you actually be friends with the next
I don't think you can but I do think you
(30:21):
can choose to be civil, and you can choose to
be okay with each other and not eat each other's guts,
you know what I mean? Lily, Underscore always Underscore comes
Underscore back underscore. What's a favorite song that you made
for me? Hides out, Shoes out of the Park, ah
moost two songs will always be my favorites. We're almost
done here. We got four more questions. Buckle up, Buckle up,
(30:43):
Sadie underscore, How well, why did you get your teeth done? This?
Actually I got my teeth done because I always say,
like how baseball players by cleat singers and Bob stars
by teeth? I don't know. I it was in COVID,
and I was either gonna have to get brace to
fix my teeth quick because viline wasn't gonna fix them
as quick as they could. Braces would have been faster.
(31:05):
So it's either gonna be brace face or which is
nothing wrong. I actually think braces are really cute. I
just didn't want to have to deal with like the
eating of braces and the upkeep of them, or just
get veneers. And I knew I was probably gonna get
veneers when I was twenty twenty one, twenty two, and
so I was like, yeah, whatever, we'll just get them now.
So I got my veneers when I was seventeen sixteen.
Well I was a baby, all right. Why did you
(31:29):
cut your hair? Brittany Underscore Millwood wanted to know, honestly,
just because I wanted to. I had always wanted to
ever since I saw Miley Cyrus and I was like,
now is time to shine. Let's freaking chop it. And
I got the okay for my team because you know,
there's a lot that goes into a big change like that.
And so I got the okay and I took the
scision in my head and never looked back. Keep me
(31:51):
Underscore vandor how do you stay motivated to eat healthy
and work out? This is an incredible question because it
is very difficult at times. There will be times when
I am feeling so good and so healthy, and there
will be other times where I'm like, I just want
to donut right now. That's the only thing that will
make me happy, and I think something to remember, so
that's okay. I've learned that sometimes you know, your mental
(32:15):
health house come first and whatever whatever, whatever is going
to make you happy. That's what you got to do
to get there. I see my future. I see what
I want my body to be able to do performance
wise and working out, honestly, I mean, the hardest part
is getting out there. But once you're once you're at
the gym, or once you're in your workout off at
(32:35):
your house like whatever it is, wherever it is. The
hardest part is getting started. But once you're there, it's
it's it's easy to keep going. I really do find
fun in working out. I find enjoyment in getting to
exude that energy. Uh, I don't know, I I thoroughly
actually enjoy working out, all right. Last question, Metaline, Madeline
(32:59):
g Stout, good Stout, Matt my dayling Scouts. Clearly, I'm
never going to know how to say your name. What
was one of the biggest things you took home with
you from Special Forces. I thought this would be a
good question to end on because it comes just with
some advice, and that is that life is precious. And
(33:20):
I think on Special Forces, all of us, all of
the recruits, got to our mentally lowest point we've ever
been at. You're away from everyone, you know, you're doing
the hardest thing you've ever done. You're having these massive
celebrations anytime you finish something, but then you have no
one to celebrate it with. You become family with strangers.
It is the furthest thing from your normal life than
(33:40):
you that the day that you could imagine, but it
makes you realize that your people that are valuable to you,
what is valuable to you and could be things like
a car, and it could be things like a hug.
You know, what is valuable to you and whatever that
is is okay. So I think it just brought home
with me that, like, look, life is short, and it
(34:02):
really put that into perspective, that life is short. And
so I think now I've been living definitely a better life,
definitely a healthier life. And I'm I'm very stoked to
say that I loved being a recruit. It was very
fun and also gave me, i mean, such a higher
respect for our military and and and I think that
(34:23):
people that serve our country are some of the bravest, strongest,
and most respectable people out there. Just getting a taste
one percent of what they do is is was actually insane.
And then I love discipline, and I brought that home
with me. You can always go a little bit further
(34:44):
a warrior. A warrior doesn't get ready. A warrior stays ready.
All their all their quotes that they taught me while
we were there, Uh, the DS means business. And they
held you accountable and they held me accountable and they
don't lit you slack. And I think I've kind of
kept that with me, which is something that I'm very
very very proud of. And the last thing that I
(35:06):
really do apply in everyday life is failure doesn't mean
it's over, and failure doesn't linger. Something about me is
when I failed at something my whole life. Say you
lose that a dance competition. You go back in the
studio and you lost. So now your whole goal is
to work to beat that loss. Right, that is your
whole goal and to do better. And that's in my life.
(35:30):
You know, I grew up in the competitive dance world.
But something that Special Forces taught me is you fail, Okay,
you move on and you you I was always worried
we were going to talk about that fail again or
get punished for that fail. So say, you know I
failed the backwards dive off the helicopter. There's a misserbo fail,
I go up, you failed, great go in the dry tent.
(35:50):
We never speak about it again. We never spoke about
a failure after the fact. It was that moment you failed,
you know, you failed where you're going to go now?
And that is something to me that was like, failure
doesn't linger. It happened and it's over. You can choose
to let it linger, or you can choose to pick
up and move on. And that was something I was
(36:11):
always so afraid of failure, but now it's actually kind
of one of my favorite things that is failing. And
I know that sounds crazy, but it's like, no, if
you fail, like it doesn't it doesn't matter. It really
doesn't because no matter what, Dave's gonna keep going and
if it lingers, that's on you to eliminate it, you
know what I mean. And so I've I've really I've
(36:32):
become less afraid of failure. I've become kind of more
interested in failure because it kind of spices it up
a little bit. Yeah, I feel like that's a pretty
pretty solid place to end this Q and a thank
you so much for listening. If you've been enjoying Jojsu
and now please let me know leave a review, tell
your friends, download wherever you're listening at you know the
(36:52):
whole drill. You can follow me everywhere at It's Jojo Ciua.
I really do love y'all, and I really do appreciate you.
I appreciate you listening, I appreciate you supporting, and I
appreciate sending in your questions. That means the world to me.
Keep your eye up because I'm sure we'll do another
Q and A soon on here. And I love y'all. Peace.
Thank you so much for listening. Everybody. Be sure to
(37:13):
follow us on Instagram and TikTok at Jojesua Now Podcast.
Be sure to write us a review, and maybe if
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