Love Island star Chris Hughes was initially ‘confused’ about his feelings for JoJo Siwa, but soon figured out a way to tell her during his trip to the US for her birthday
Love Island star Chris Hughes revealed the sweet way he revealed his romantic feelings to JoJo Siwa after meeting on Celebrity Big Brother earlier this year. The duo became fast friends when they appeared on the reality programme in April, and many fans were gobsmacked over their lovey-dovey antics.
Barely any time passed after the final aired when JoJo, 22, dumped her partner Kath Ebbs at the show’s afterparty, with fans convinced it wouldn’t be long before the singer and Chris became more than friends. The couple have given fans insights into their life together in recent months and this week teased that singer JoJo is now officially the former Love Island star’s ‘girlfriend’.
Chris, 32, also dragged fans into their intimate life by revealing JoJo named his testicles ‘Jimmy and Timmy’. It comes after Gary Lineker ‘signs a huge deal with ITV to host new show’ after BBC exit.
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In a new interview, Chris took fans back to the beginning as he discussed how he told her about his feelings towards her at a hotel. The TV personality travelled to the US to surprise JoJo for her birthday when they took their friendship to the next level.
He said he was initially ‘confused’ about how he felt, but suddenly ‘wasn’t confused anymore. “I knew I needed to write it down to explain to her how I was feeling.
“I went to Florida thinking ‘I really like this person’, but I was slightly confused about the feelings. I had already written her birthday card before I flew over. I took all these presents over for her. They were fun and sentimental gifts rather than anything of monetary value.”
Chris continued to The Sun: “But the night before her birthday, I realised my feelings had changed. I told her, ‘I’ve got to go do something. I’ll be back in half an hour.’ I went to the hotel reception and borrowed a pen, and came back up to the room.”
The reality star loved her as a pal in the beginning, but his feelings soon developed to something more by the end of the series.
It comes after Chris was forced to hit back at trolls who claimed he was using the dancer for fame and pointed out the age gap between the two.
He took to Instagram over the weekend to share a series of romantic snaps as the couple come to terms with their long distance romance. He captioned the post: “Just everything – missing you.”
The reality TV star received plenty of gushing comments, yet one troll commented: “Does anybody else find this creepy.” Chris was having non of it as he snapped back: “No Pauline, you’re miserable, p**s off kindly.”
The woman continued to poke Chris as she quipped: “lol we see long it lasts.” Chris responded again: “yeah again, you don’t need to speak, you don’t follow me, respectfully do one thank you.”
However, Chris was hit was a comment from a different troll who posted: “Mate sort yourself out. You would do anything for fame.” A fan came to the Love Islanders defence as they hit back: “oh liz, imagine hating someone who’s just living and happy. Misery aren’t you.”
“I don’t hate anybody sweetheart I just live in the real world,” the poster named Liz replied. Chris then got involved as he fumed: “the real world! online bullies are the real world apparently.”
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