{"id":46925,"date":"2025-04-24T15:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T15:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/46925\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T15:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T15:25:11","slug":"chris-hughes-fiercely-defended-by-pal-amid-creepy-relationship-backlash-with-itv-cbbs-jojo-siwa-its-just-chris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/46925\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Hughes fiercely defended by pal amid &#8216;creepy&#8217; relationship backlash with ITV CBB&#8217;s JoJo Siwa: \u2018It\u2019s just Chris\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrity Big Brother star Chris Hughes has faced backlash recently for his close friendship with JoJo Siwa, but his best friend, Jake Quickenden, recently set the record straight. <\/p>\n<p>Over the last three weeks, Hughes and Siwa have grown close, which has led to outside speculation that the pair are more than just friends. <\/p>\n<p>On multiple occasions, Hughes has been slammed for \u201ccrossing the line\u201d with the 21-year-old American singer.  <\/p>\n<p>The ITV series has also been hit with 125 Ofcom complaints after former Love Island urinated in a cat litter tray with Siwa present.  <\/p>\n<p>The controversial moment occurred whilst Hughes was dressed in a cat costume as part of a show task and asked her: \u201cCan you block the door? Don&#8217;t tell anyone I&#8217;ve weed though.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hughes and JoJo have drawn attention on the show due to their close friendship, often laying in bed together, giving massages, sharing the hot tub and occasionally sharing secret messages. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"4c248\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"103f037e3b44717b55e1d5a0edceebd8\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20800'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/chris-hughes-and-jojo-siwa.png\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Chris Hughes and JoJo Siwa\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The pairs relationship has been called into question <\/p>\n<p>ITV <\/p>\n<p>At one point, Hughes broke down crying in the Diary Room and expressed: \u201cI know that mine and JoJo&#8217;s friendship is genuine.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf she left the house ever, and I&#8217;d be stuck in here, that would genuinely crush me. I guess she&#8217;s my person in here.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Hughe\u2019s intentions have been called into question, but the stars best friend Quickenden recently set the record straight.  <\/p>\n<p>Speaking to GB News on behalf of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whichbingo.co.uk\/bingo-sites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WhichBingo<\/a>, he said: \u201cI mean, all I see if just two mates having a bit of a laugh.  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"e0d42\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"2fb9d9f51644420662ae367f97c359cf\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20800'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/chris-hughes.png\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Chris Hughes\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jake Quickenden revealed that Chris is flirty with everyone <\/p>\n<p>ITV <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that he knows the boundaries, and I also think that he has got this relationship with JoJo where they say stupid things to each other.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut also, that is Chris, Chris flirts with me, that is just Chris, and I think he has just found somebody that he clicks with. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not a massive difference (age) and their not getting together and it\u2019s not creepy in any way, I don\u2019t think. For me, watching on the outside, knowing Chris, it\u2019s Chris.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cChris flirted with my mum when he met her at my wedding. That is just his kind of personality, touchy-feely, emotional and yeah, he is a lovely kid and the people that are saying that have to look at why they think that.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just needs that comfort blanket in there, and I think that is what JoJo came to him, a bit of a comfort blanket that he can be himself around.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is in a relationship, and I don\u2019t think Chris would try and break up a relationship of a girl who is in a relationship with another girl anyway, it\u2019s not something he would do.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"be425\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"675a17569d60d0d713dbd43993757ca5\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20800'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1745508311_43_chris-hughes-and-jojo-siwa.png\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Chris Hughes and JoJo Siwa\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The two stars have been in some interesting situations <\/p>\n<p>ITV <\/p>\n<p>Following the triple eviction on Tuesday, Hughes and Siwa will make it to tomorrow\u2019s final alongside Danny Beard, Chesney Hawkes, Donna Preston, and Jack P. Shepherd.<\/p>\n<p>According to Grosvenor Sport, Shephard has odds of 13\/8 to take home the win tomorrow night, with Hughes only sitting at 16\/1. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celebrity Big Brother star Chris Hughes has faced backlash recently for his close friendship with JoJo Siwa, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46926,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[1456,4781,77,208,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-46925","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-big-brother","9":"tag-celebrity","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-itv","12":"tag-tv","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114393640773819956","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}