Chris Hughes shuts down trolls calling JoJo Siwa romance ‘creepy', tells them to 'p**s off kindly'

JoJo Siwa and BF Chris Hughes have been a target of online hate since their romance began after appearing together on 'Celebrity Big Brother.'
PUBLISHED JUL 29, 2025
Chris Hughes refuses to let online bullies shame his relationship with JoJo Siwa and calls for them to ‘do better’ (@chrishughesofficial/Instagram)
Chris Hughes refuses to let online bullies shame his relationship with JoJo Siwa and calls for them to ‘do better’ (@chrishughesofficial/Instagram)

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 fires back at trolls  defending his relationship with JoJo Siwa (chrishughesofficial/Instagram)
Chris Hughes fires back at trolls defending his relationship with JoJo Siwa (chrishughesofficial/Instagram)

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.”

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 23:  JoJo Siwa attends Nickelodeon's 2019 Kids' Choice Awards at Galen Cente
JoJo Siwa attends Nickelodeon's 2019 Kids' Choice Awards at Galen Center on March 23, 2019 in Los Angeles, California (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

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.”

Chris Hughes had already responded to people criticizing his relationship with JoJo Siwa in comments (@chrishughesofficial/Instagram
Chris Hughes had already responded to people criticizing his relationship with JoJo Siwa in comments (@chrishughesofficial/Instagram

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.”

Chris Hughes hits back trolls criticizing his relationship with JoJo Siwa (Chrishughesofficial/Instagram)
Chris Hughes hits back trolls criticizing his relationship with JoJo Siwa (Chrishughesofficial/Instagram)

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.”

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 11: Jojo Siwa attends the 2019 Streamys Premiere Awards at The B
Jojo Siwa attends the 2019 Streamys Premiere Awards at The Broad Stage on December 11, 2019 in Santa Monica, California (Andrew Toth/Getty Images for Streamy Awards) 

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.

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