CELEBRITY Big Brother star JoJo took a swipe at ex partner Kath Ebbs as she arrived back in America – and gushed over her new “best friend” Chris Hughes.
The Sun exclusively caught up with the Dance Moms alum, 21, as she touched down in Los Angeles following her dramatic stint in the ITV spy house.
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JoJo, 21, was welcomed by mum Jessalyn, 50, with the pair sharing a big hug before they made their way to their car.
Yet one person who wasn’t on-hand to see JoJo was her former partner Kath Ebbs.
Kath, 27, revealed they had been dumped by the Dance Moms alum during the wrap party for the ITV reality series.
Taking to Instagram on Saturday, Australian content creator Kath, said they were in “complete shock” and felt “numbed out and humiliated” after being dumped by JoJo.
And safely out of the Celebrity Big Brother compound, JoJo told us she realised she had ” a lot of things in my life I wasn’t happy about” when she had time to reflect on her situation in the house.
The actress and singer – who formed a blossoming connection with Love Island alum Chris, 32 – told us she wasn’t happy to be home.
As she wheeled her cases around JoJo said: “Can I be honest? No.
“I want to go back, I want to go back.”
She was asked: “What was your biggest take away from it?” to which she appeared to make a veiled reference to Kath.
JoJo said: “Biggest takeaway? Probably [that I] learned more about myself and yeah I think that I had a lot of things in my life I wasn’t happy about.
“And being there forced me to change that, and that’s good.
“I needed that.”
Over the weekend, Kath was pictured for the first time since the split.
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They had told how dancer JoJo had “fallen in love” with Chris during their time in the compound.
After posing a video all about their break-up, one fan of Kath’s commented on their clip to say: “Imagine watching your partner fall in love with someone else in real time. Cannot even begin to fathom that.”
Appearing to confirm that this is exactly how they were feeling, Kath, who identifies as non-binary, liked the comment in question.
It is the most telling sign yet that Kath has been negatively affected by JoJo’s bond with Chris.
Meanwhile, JoJo’s mum has previously revealed the real reason her daughter instigated the break-up.
CHRIS’ CONNECTION
As she left the terminal building, JoJo told us of her feelings about the show and her “romance” with Chris.
On the ITV series she said: “Oh I would do it again in a heartbeat.
“I would do big brother 50 times over again.
“Because it was incredible, it was life changing, it was magical.
“I got to meet a best friend,” referring to ITV Racing pundit Chris.
As she packed her car up with her cases JoJo added she hoped to the back in the UK soon as there was “a lot of people I’ll miss over there.” again seemingly referencing the reality TV hunk.
OPENING UP
It came hours after JoJo clarified her relationship status with Chris in an interview on Monday’s This Morning.
Speaking about where Chris and JoJo go from here, regarding their “close” friendship, Chris said they have a “really strong bond” – calling it a “soulmate friendship”.
Chris said: “Our friendship, it’s hard to explain… it’s just a really strong bond between two people, it’s just a strong friendship.
“I think you can have a soulmate friendship, that’s the thing.
“To me, it’s that energy when it’s not the standard friendship you have with your friends, but it’s still a friendship, we are friends.
“It’s nice, I found it strange because it was such a strong friendship.
“Having someone in there to go through an experience like that and have someone there everyday when you’re emotional, when you’re happy… that was beautiful, that was genuinely an amazing thing.”
Ben then grilled the pair and asked if it was just “platonic” or if it could develop into something “romantic”.
JoJo laughed and said: “He’s a gorgeous boy, look, he’s a great guy, it is platonic, we have a lot of fun together.
Life is life and I don’t know any future of anything but I’m really grateful for the dynamic that we have and the bond that we have.
“Whatever life does, life will do.”
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