JoJo Siwa recollects Elton John calling her after she publicly got here out
JoJo Siwa has spoken about receiving a telephone name from Elton John after she publicly got here out as homosexual final 12 months.
The singer, dancer and YouTuber mentioned her relationship with John in an interview with E! News on Sunday at LA’s Dodger Stadium, the place he performed his last ever US live performance. “I keep in mind the primary time I ever bought to fulfill Elton was backstage at certainly one of his live shows and I bought to speak to him for 45 minutes,” she mentioned. “I used to be solely 15 and that dialog modified my life perpetually.”
When Siwa publicly got here out in January 2021, she bought a name from “a random quantity” within the UK. “And I used to be like: ‘Who the heck is looking me from the UK?’ So I reply it, trigger you understand on the identical time I’m an adolescent,” she continued. “[And John said] ‘Whats up JoJo, darling. That is Elton.’ And I used to be like: ‘Mother, get the digicam out. It’s Elton John.’”
The Dance Mothers alumna mentioned that seeing the best way different celebrities had been accepted after they got here out as LGBTQ+ themselves gave her the braveness to disclose her id to the world. “To see the best way that the world accepted Elton John for who he was, Freddie Mercury for who he was,” she mentioned. “All of these individuals who got here earlier than me within the homosexual neighborhood made me really feel like: ‘Oh, it’s going to be OK. These individuals are who they’re, folks know them and folks love them.’”
John is at present in the midst of his ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Highway’ tour, which he has vowed will probably be his final ever earlier than he retires. He will probably be bringing the tour to the UK in spring subsequent 12 months – see the total record of dates under.
APRIL
Sunday 2 – London, The O2
Tuesday 4 – London, The O2
Wednesday 5 – London, The O2
Saturday 8 – London, The O2
Sunday 9 – London, The O2
Wednesday 12 – London, The O2
Thursday 13 – London, The O2
Sunday 16 – London, The O2
Monday 17 – London, The O2
Wednesday 19 – Birmingham, Resorts World Area
Saturday 22 – Liverpool, M&S Financial institution Area
Sunday 23 – Liverpool, M&S Financial institution Area
MAY
Tuesday 30 – London, The O2
Wednesday 31 – Manchester, AO Area
JUNE
Friday 2 – Manchester, AO Area
Saturday 3 – Manchester, AO Area
Tuesday 6 – Leeds, First Direct Area
Thursday 8 – Birmingham, Utilita Area
Saturday 10 – Birmingham, Utilita Area
Sunday 11 – Birmingham, Utilita Area
Tuesday 13 – Aberdeen, P&J Dwell
Thursday 15 – Aberdeen, P&J Dwell
Saturday 17 – Glasgow, SSE Hydro
Sunday 18 – Glasgow, SSE Hydro