Chris Hughes shuts down trolls calling JoJo Siwa romance ‘creepy', tells them to 'p**s off kindly'
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Chris Hughes isn’t holding back anymore when it comes to defending his relationship with JoJo Siwa.
'The Love Island' star, 32, and the 'Dance Moms' alum, 22, have been a frequent target of online hate since their romance began after appearing together on 'Celebrity Big Brother.'
Chris Hughes slams music exec troll for ‘disturbing’ jab at JoJo Siwa's career
Chris Hughes took to Instagram Stories to call out a man named James, who claimed to work in music artist management, for mocking JoJo Siwa's fan engagement.
James had commented her community had “60 comments and 11 likes,” and added, “It’s no wonder the last single performed how it did.”
In his lengthy clapback, Chris responded: “I hate to be this person, but rn respectfully I don’t care.Trolls can be trolls, do your thing, whatever, carry on."
He continued, "They’ll always exist, they’ll always run with whatever narrative they want to push, and jump on bandwagons for social validation.”
Calling the comment “disturbing,” Chris pointed out that James had come to his post, written “a thread of 100+ comments of hatred” before deleting them.
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“The thing I find really ugly is that, through gritted teeth, this person is a music industry professional… someone who has worked with artists and performers… yet feels completely comfortable to want to shame other people within their industry absolutely NEEDLESSLY,” he wrote.
He added, “I find it disturbing because it’s cowardly. It’s unprofessional and it’s rude and shock it’s now deleted… gross. He tried to justify it being fine because the post popped up on his explore page.”
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Chris Hughes claps back at critics calling his JoJo Siwa romance ‘creepy’ and 'anyhting for fame'
Before calling out James, Chris had already responded to people criticizing his relationship with JoJo Siwa.
After sharing a carousel of photos on Instagram captioned “Just everything. Missing you,” a commenter named Pauline wrote: “Does anybody else find this creepy?”
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Chris fired back directly: “No Pauline, you’re miserable, p**s off kindly.” When she replied, “Lol we see long it lasts,” Chris said, “Yeah again, you don't need to speak, you don't follow me, respectfully do one thank you.”
Another commenter, Liz, also accused him of seeking attention, writing, “Mate sort yourself out. You would do anything for fame.”
A fan of Chris stepped in to defend him, commenting, “Oh Liz, imagine hating someone who's just living and happy. Misery aren't you.”
Liz replied, “I don't hate anybody sweetheart I just live in the real world,” to which Chris responded, “The real world! Online bullies are the real world apparently.”
Chris Hughes warns trolls targetting his girlfriend JoJo Siwa
Chris wrapped up his Instagram story by cautioning trolls to leave his girlfriend, Siwa, alone.
“I hope your fellow industry professionals don’t unnecessarily target you one day for absolutely no reason and try to belittle or put down your work, and I meant that. It’s not nice, it’s not pretty and it’s just not called for.”
Making his love for JoJo Siwa clear, he concluded in a warning to trolls.
“Do better, just don’t come for my person in the way you have, unprovoked, on a professional scale or any other music artist for that matter. Thank you," Chris wrote.
