JoJo Siwa, queen of sparkles and former bow-wearing tornado, has recently been making waves β and not just with her dance moves. The 21-year-old internet sensation caused some serious eyebrow gymnastics with her latest photoshoot for LADYGUNN, where she sported… wait for it… a glitter-covered codpiece. Yes. A whole rhinestone-encrusted cup. Like if Liberace got into sports equipment.
But JoJo didnβt stop there. Oh no. She also wore an avant-garde top that was sculpted to resemble a masculine six-packβbecause who needs crunches when you can just wear abs? Imagine: shiny bulge, glitzy pecs, and the unapologetic energy of someone who once thought 40 hair bows at once was βsubtle.β
The Blowback Was No Bedazzled Picnic
JoJo sat down on the Talk Tuah podcast and gave us the tea about the backlash she faced for her gender-bending look. Spoiler alert: It wasnβt exactly sunshine and rainbows. “Itβs really hard. People are just d-cks,” JoJo said, proving that her vocabulary has evolved beyond the family-friendly Nickelodeon days.
According to her, the whole concept was meant to sprinkle a little spice on her style, like tossing cayenne on some basic spaghetti. βIt was a little gender-bend moment,β she explained. βA little, βHey, letβs blur some lines and see what happens.β And boy, did it blur some linesβand apparently some minds.β
Harry Styles Could Never (But Also, He Kinda Did)
JoJo also shared that she drew inspiration from THE Harry Styles and his iconic 2020 Vogue cover where he wore a dress. βWearing a bedazzled bulge is obviously a bit different than wearing a dress,β she said with the confidence of someone who just showed up to a black-tie event in a disco ball. (Honestly, the comparison worksβboth involve making certain corners of the internet very, very uncomfortable.)
But JoJoβs not here to please the haters. No, sir. “One thing about me,” she declared, βis that Iβm for the people who are different. The ones who color outside the lines. The ones who wear socks with sandals and just go for it. If you donβt take fashion risks, are you even living?β
Exploring the Risk Zone: JoJoβs New Motto
JoJo made it clear that sheβs not interested in playing it safe. “I have to go as far as I possibly can into the risk zone,” she said, as if the risk zone is some kind of glittery, high-fashion wilderness where only the bravest dare tread. (Honestly, that sounds like the plot of a Pixar movie waiting to happen: JoJo and the Bulging Frontier.)
And honestly? Props to her. Why just dabble in the shallow end of fashion when you can cannonball straight into the deep endβwith a rhinestone codpiece, no less? Love it or hate it, JoJoβs out here living her best life, one sparkly controversy at a time.
So, in the words of JoJo herself: Be yourself. Bedazzle a bulge. Wear abs that you didnβt earn. The risk zone is waiting.