The Colleen Ballinger Situation Keeps Getting WORSE

Jojo literally goes “well I wasn’t groomed. I mean I’ve known her since I was 12 and she’s done nothing but made me feel special so I’d like her. But I’ve never been groomed” and doesn’t see the irony. I truly feel bad for her. She was raised in that culture and it has blinded her to people like Colleen and Shane.

Jojo Siwa throwing her entire career away for Colleen Ballinger was NOT on my bingo card for 2023 💀

Jojo has been groomed by every single adult that has been around her. Adults have failed her. Period.

It's sad that we are watching Jojo actively being a victim of grooming. She's putting her career on the line for Colleen.

I think what Jojo is really failing to understand is that Colleen and her family would never dare be rude to the millionaire that she is. When she said “they’ve always been nothing but nice to me”…. Like, of course they were. She has been controlled and used and manipulated by adults her entire life. There is no way she can know what a healthy relationship is. Adults don’t seek out friendships with children. That’s weird.

I can tell by the way JoJo speaks that she’s been told how “mature” she is for her age. It gives her this false sense of confidence that makes her say things like “real grooming” and makes her defend people like Coleen and not see that she’s been groomed as well

the fact that jojo works with children herself makes this 100x more terrifying

No gonna lie, a lot of people have described this interview as if Howie somehow made it uncomfortable for Jojo. He barely pushed her. He gave her many, many, many opportunities to defend Colleen (and this was 100% intended to be a defense of Colleen, not a Jojo interview) and Jojo just doubled down. Howie handled her with feather pillows and I feel the interviewed attempted to normalize or dismiss what Colleen has done.

The only thing Colleen has done for the internet is give us the most bizarre "apology" ever.

Its not cancelation its a crime period.

I’m scared for Jojo honestly. There’s no way she hasn’t been groomed by all the adults she’s been around. This is insane.

Jojo's interviews be like: Say you've been groomed without saying you've been groomed.

i hope this channel is a bit more unhinged. i love how fair and professional you are but I also wanna see unhinged swoop

"Colleen can't be a bad person bc she was nice to me." In other news, global warming can't be real bc I was cold yesterday...

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When she said "I've known Colleen since I was 12" I screamed EXACTLY JOJO. It's going to be a rough day when she realizes how groomed she has been. I imagine she doesn't see it that way when people have profited from it since she was a CHILD. Howie was trying to get her to connect the dots.

I despise the term "cancelled". People do not get cancelled. Tv shows get cancelled. Concerts and sports games and play dates get cancelled. You cannot cancel a person. You hold them accountable for their bad behaviour. People call it cancellation to avoid taking accountability. Ugh.

I just don't understand how Colleen can make her so uncomfortable and yet she's defending her.

Thank you for pointing out the fact that JoJo could still be a victim and not realize it. She wont understand the severity of this kind of thing until she's a little older. Once the mid-late 20s hit and you look back and realize all the crazy things you went through and how messed up all of that really is. She's in the Hollywood world too where this shiii is "normalized" We need more people like you to keep speaking out about the truth. I think that she thinks all of those people are her friends, but they really aren't. They're clearly using her because everyone knows she gets a lot of views and brings in a different crowd and from what I can tell, she's a brilliant, intelligent person who is also a little niave and has been there for the wrong people. I do hope she looks back and realizes how crazy all of this is.