JoJo Siwa is opening up about the “brutal” backlash she received for a controversial magazine cover

JoJo Siwa She has gotten candid about the “brutal” backlash she faced for posing with a fake bump on the cover of a recent magazine.

During his appearance last week on “Talk Tuah” podcast. Hosted by Haley Welch, aka “Viral”Hook tuah girlThe singer and dancer said it was “really hard” to be criticized for a photo shoot that went viral. As she wore a dazzling prosthetic bouffant.

“It's brutal,” she told Welch.. “It's really hard. People are just stupid.”

At the September photo shoot for Lady GunSiwa also posed in a jeweled strapless top that featured fake nipples and abs, which she paired with gold combat boots.

The “Dance Moms” alum explained her decision to wear the controversial accessory.

“The stoner bulge is that we were just offering a little bit of spice, a little bit of gender bending, and a little bit of, 'You can be anything you want to be,'” Siwa said. “It was just seasoning myself a little bit.”

Siwa then compared her shiny puffy look to Harry Styles' controversial look Vogue cover in 2020He wore many traditional women's clothing, including skirts and dresses.

“It's like back when Harry Styles wore a dress,” Siwa noted. “Obviously, wearing a bouffant is a little different than wearing a dress.”

“You stuck with it,” Welch replied. “I think you should do more of that, though.”

Siwa explained that she likes to push boundaries and venture into the “danger zone” with her collections.

“One thing about me is that I like to be around people who are different, people who don't fit in with me, people who aren't afraid to take risks,” Siwa said. “I feel like I'm that person, I have to go as far into the danger zone as I can. I have to explore the danger zone to see what things are like.”

Last month, the “Karma” singer turned heads with another bold fashion look at the Christian Cowan runway show at New York Fashion Week.

Siwa hit the runway show on September 8 wearing a costume A giant ball covered in black fur. She paired the leg-revealing outfit with furry green knee-high boots and coordinating green makeup.

At the event, the former Nickelodeon star He said H! news She and her team saved every outfit she's worn in public since she was 9 years old.

“Everything I wore in public, like a music video or performance, we have in the archive,” Siwa said. “I've saved everything since I was nine – everything I've worn on TV. It's too much stuff. We'll have to clean it out one day.”

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