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JoJo Siwa's mum Jessalynn and Aussie partner Kath Ebbs break silence on Mickey Rourke staying on Celebrity Big Brother UK: 'Not okay' READ MORE: Bella Thorne, 27, accuses Mickey Rourke, 72, of 'bruising her genitals' and 'humiliating' her on set By MIKAELA WILKES FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 23:10 EDT, 11 April 2025 | Updated: 23:11 EDT, 11 April 2025 e-mail View comments JoJo Siwa 's mother Jessalynn Siwa and partner Kath Ebbs have spoken out in defence of the Dance Moms star, 21, after she suffered several homophobic attacks in the Celebrity Big Brother UK house by Mickey Rourke. 'I'm not surprised, honestly,' an emotional Jessalynn said in a video posted to Instagram on Saturday. 'I'm not surprised that he didn't go home.
I knew he wouldn't.' 'I'm really sad, though, that I sent my kid to a foreign country to do a TV show and she got treated like that— right away. Right out of the gate.
'I think she handled it great. I think everyone has told me that she handled herself so well but that doesn't make it okay. Doesn't make it right.
'I am just lucky she can handle herself. I'm just lucky she is okay. I watch her on the live feed and in the rest of the scenes from the show and I think she looks great.
' JoJo Siwa 's mother Jessalynn Siwa and partner Kath Ebbs have spoken out in defence of the Dance Moms star, 21, after she suffered several homophobic attacks in the Celebrity Big Brother UK house by Mickey Rourke JoJo Siwa 's mother Jessalynn Siwa said she is 'honestly not surprised' that Mickey Rourke wasn't removed from the Big Brother house following his homophobic comments to her 'kid' Kath Ebbs, who is currently in Sydney and has been in a relationship with JoJo since November 2024, shared Jesalynn's posts and added some additional thoughts 'I think she looks like she's doing what she always does,' the Dance Moms alum continued. JoJo Siwa appeared on Dance Moms from the age of 11 to 15, starting with Season 4 and appearing until Season 6. She was first introduced to the world on the reality TV show Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition at age 9, a spin-off of Dance Moms.
'I mean come on,' Jessalynn said. 'It's kind of become a culture. It's become a game.
It's a trend: "Let's not like her. Let's hate her. Let's make fun of her.
Let's tell her she's a bad dancer. Tell her she can't sing. Tell her you'll make her not a lesbian".
' The 50-year-old filmed the piece to camera from her home in California, dressed in a black sweatshirt and black wide-rimmed glasses. US actor Mickey , 72, was given a formal warning on Celebrity Big Brother UK after telling housemate JoJo, 'If I stay longer than four days you won't be gay anymore.' Mickey also used British slang word for cigarette, which is also a homophobic slur, before turning to Siwa and saying: 'I'm not talking to you.
' Mickey Rourke has continued to cause chaos in the Celebrity Big Brother house with a rule break after he sparked furore with the homophobic comments he made towards JoJo Siwa On Wednesday, fans of the ITV show demanded 'vile' Mickey, 72, be removed from the house after he branded lesbian dancer Jojo a 'f*g' before going on to insult other female housemates JoJo was left in tears after Mickey said he would 'tie [her] up.' Housemate Chris Hughes was seen hugging the Karma singer and trying to console her in the episode that was viewed by 1.55million people on Wednesday.
Mickey asked Chris if everyone had to vote one another out of the house, with the Wrestler star stating: 'I'm going to vote the lesbian out real quick.' JoJo overheard and hit back: 'That's homophobic, if that was your reasoning', as Chris defended her by interjecting: 'You can't do that Mickey'. 'What's next?' Jessalynn asked.
'Why don't you just take her for face value?' 'It's funny I see a lot of comments that are life, "I like JoJo when she's like this on the show". 'What do you mean? That's how she always is. You just don't see it.
You choose not to. You see what you want to see,' she said. Kath Ebbs, who is currently in Sydney and has been in a relationship with JoJo since November 2024, shared Jesalynn's posts and added some additional thoughts.
In three videos shared to their Stories on Saturday, Kath Ebbs said the person British viewers are watching in the Big Brother house is who JoJo Siwa really is The happy couple, who were first linked in November 2024, hard launched their romance online in January after months of indirect posts about each other Read More Who was evicted from Celebrity Big Brother? First housemate of series axed in bombshell decision 'This times one thousand,' Kath wrote. 'Jo is one of the kindest most generous people I have ever come to know, let alone had the privilege to call my partner. 'We all witnessed misogyny play out on national television these last two days and the support for her has been swift, which it should be, BUT that same level of misogyny is levelled at her daily by I'm sure a lot of folks who are currently backing her.
'So I ask you, why did it take this level of attack to see her as human?' In three videos shared to their Stories on Saturday, Kath said the person viewers are watching in the Big Brother house is the real JoJo. 'Sometimes the only fault that people can find in her is that they deem her cringe,' the 27-year-old media personality said. 'We've had to see outright misogyny play out in order for people to go: "Oh, maybe we were wrong about her".
'This is her. She's all of it. 'It's a really important moment for people to reflect on that.
'Obviously it's been so incredibly hard and anxiety-inducing to watch someone that I love so fiercely go through this,' they added. 'I'm using this an example, but I think in general when it comes to online and the media and celebrity culture, stop and think about your impact.' Kath, who identifies as non-binary and uses she/they pronouns, shared their outrage on Instagram following the episode and demanded Mickey be booted out of the show.
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