JoJo Siwa reveals she was swatted after coming out Unsplash, AJ Colores \/ YouTube, It’s JoJo SiwaYouTuber and former Dance Moms star JoJo Siwa came out on January 22 \u2014 but while the internet was busy celebrating her announcement, Siwa herself was dealing with a frightening swatting situation. [jwplayer h3XPfMqQ] JoJo Siwa is one of the biggest influencers among young people; boasting over 12 million subscribers on YouTube, Siwa has become a veritable icon for kids due to her bubbly personality, positive messages, high-energy pop songs, and rainbow-studded outfits. However, it wasn\u2019t her style that took over the net on January 22 \u2014 instead, it was her official \u201ccoming out\u201d announcement, which she had previously teased by uploading a TikTok of herself lip syncing to Lady Gaga\u2019s \u201cBorn This Way.\u201d JoJo confirmed what many fans had suspected by uploading a photo of herself wearing a shirt she\u2019d been given by her cousin, which boasted lettering that read \u201cBest. Gay. Cousin. Ever.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsjojosiwa\/status\/1352719582977355777?s=20 Needless to say, the internet went wild with excitement over Siwa\u2019s announcement \u2014 but it seems that the weekend went in an entirely different direction for Siwa, herself. According to the YouTuber, police had been called to her home in a classic case of \u201cswatting\u201d in wake of her big reveal, leading to a terrifying moment during what should have been a celebratory time for the singer. \u201cOur house got swatted,\u201d she explained during an Instagram Live stream. \u201cWe were at our house and all of the sudden, there were a whole bunch of police telling us to come outside the house. And we didn\u2019t know why. \u2026The police were saying that somebody had called and made a claim, and then all of the sudden, paparazzi came around the corner.\u201d Siwa seemed to claim that the swatting had been carried out due to a call from paparazzi, who may have hoped to be the first to snap some photos of the star after her announcement. While this claim has yet to be confirmed, it\u2019s obvious that swatting is never okay under any circumstances. Swatting refers to prank calls that aim to send a number of armed police offers to a person\u2019s home address, usually with allegations that the target is breaking the law or endangering others. While it was no doubt a traumatizing experience for Siwa, she\u2019s maintaining a positive attitude and hopes the caller will face consequences for their actions. The star also revealed she\u2019d filmed the whole ordeal and will upload the video to her YouTube channel sometime in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
JoJo Siwa reveals she was swatted after coming out Unsplash, AJ Colores \/ YouTube, It’s JoJo SiwaYouTuber and former Dance Moms star JoJo Siwa came out on January 22 \u2014 but while the internet was busy celebrating her announcement, Siwa herself was dealing with a frightening swatting situation. [jwplayer h3XPfMqQ] JoJo Siwa is one of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}