JoJo Siwa doesn’t regret calling Candace Cameron Bure out for being ‘rudest’ star she’s ever met
29.07.2023 - 03:01
/ foxnews.com
JoJo Siwa is reflecting on her public back-and-forth with Candace Cameron Bure after the "Dance Moms" alum called the "Full House" star the "rudest" celebrity she had ever met in a TikTok video last year. After the clip went viral, Siwa, 20, and Bure, 47, had several other public exchanges, and the two appeared to have resolved their differences.
However, the dancer later called out Bure once again regarding comments the "Let It Snow" actress made about "traditional marriage" in a press release and a Wall Street Journal interview. Bure, the chief creative officer for the faith-based Great American Family channel, sparked backlash after saying the network's Christmas programming "will keep traditional marriage at the core." Siwa, who came out as a member of the LGBTQIA community in 2021, said in November Bure's remarks were "rude" and "hurtful." In an appearance Thursday on the "Viall Files" podcast, Siwa said she wished Bure "was able to be a little more open, more accepting." "I’m OK with calling her out in the way that I did," Siwa added, referring to her TikTok video.
"For a while, I regretted it. But after I found … that article about her not wanting anything to do with LGBTQIA, that’s my people.
And I’ve got to stand up for my people. And that’s messed up." The "Boomerang" singer explained she didn't object to Bure's goal of focusing on traditional marriage in Great American Family's Christmas movies.
In Bure's WSJ interview, she had been asked if the network would feature same-sex couples as leads, and Bure said, "I think that Great American Family will keep traditional marriage at the core." "You should do a movie with traditional marriage, with a man to a woman," Siwa noted. "Not that that is what should be
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