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Sorry. Not going to lie. That looks like rations I used to get when in the merchant navy. Seriously, please JUST learn how to cook. It's REALLY not hard. An onion, some pasta, noodles, tomato sauce, some ham/chicken & done. That's it. Don't need to buy this. Love your content though...not your sponsors.
dont get me wrong-like always ur video is enjoyable and well researched- but personally- im 36 and I feel insane to judge very young ppl acting like...very young ppl. to judge their behavior in the same way like media as a system but to their individual way they were abused and abuse others now obviously-if its just the way they received love by everyone around them -if they are coping, or just really didnt have time to go to therapy yet to get what is wrong about it...or maybe they still do not grew the strength to understand it..... thats why promoting Hollywood and all this shud be seen for adults as what it is -entertainment on the back of young ppl. what u also mentioned btw -with the millions of dollars someone makes its not excusing an abusive past- by the ppl that shud have protected this past in another but monetary way.
Hey!! Love your videos. I've been watching since you were doing them in your blue kitchen. Can you please please please look into Alexandria Rodriguez formerly known as Learningtofearless. She is a plus size RUclipsr who lied to her subscribers about her weight loss surgery, has narcissistic behaviors, and supports her PF father who is in jail. It's sickening. Please expose her! Thank you for all the work you do!! 🙏🏻💜
the parallel between jennette mccurdy and jojo is so sad... when i read jennette's book, i thought about jojo and realized she just doesn't understand how toxic is her mother and adults around her. it took jennette a lot of time to understand it in therapy and healing. i wonder if jojo will ever can do the same
I think it's more of a different sides of a coin rather than a parallel. McCurdy realized from a pretty young age that what her mother was putting her through was foul, but Jojo sees it as the best thing that ever happened to her.
I really hope Jojo one day acknowledges the exploitation that happened to her… or else it seems she will continue to inflict it onto more young people as well as her belief will be that “nothing is wrong with it” 😢
Miley, Jennette AND Alyson (Stoner) need to come together and develop a underground guidance corps solely for young actors! Stop exploitation and conditioning of children in adult-centric industries!
Easy for the predatory mother to say that, it's not HER childhood, it's her child's, she's already had her own childhood, she's only giving up her EXPERIENCE of her child's childhood without thinking of what it's costing the child herself. Selfish beyond measure, wild to hear a parent talk like that.
I know this is an old comment but JoJo is just the first. She is the first of the generation of RUclips child stars. I think the ace family kids and a bunch of other kids that are super popular on RUclips and that have been pushed and treated like a product their whole lives are going to be growing up and being the same way as Jojo. I wonder if they are Inauthentic or if it comes off that way because they truly have no idea how to be anything other than a product
yeah she wasn't given any options and ppl need to be a little bit more compassionate w her i think (not with her defending colleen and continuing the cycle with the girl group thing, but like the way people mock her decisions with her own career etc can be sort of vile i think)
it’s so extremely sad. i always felt really bad for the children when i watched dance moms, and hearing that evil woman say she was going to train this bubbly, resilient, ambitious queer young girl to be a “human brand” is so painful. it makes me feel like she’s really gonna be stuck in this horrible cycle of perpetuating this onto other kids forever. that brainwashing is going to be so hard to deconstruct. i hope she can just find a normal wife to dance with one day :(
That's what I'm saying....she was raised & groomed to entertain, preform, always in public eye. That's all she knows!! 🙃🥺 she doesn't have many true friends, everyone has an agenda. She probs doesn't have normal interactions in public, being so recognizable..
The saddest thing is that for every Jojo, there are dozens of "failed" Jojos who underwent the same torment for little to no fame. We'll never hear their stories
I agree this is sooo sad I'm happy that she seems happy but I highly doubt it's actually how she feels and everyone deserves a good childhood no child could ever do anything to deserve what this little girl has gone through at the hands of her OWN MOTHER the one person in the world that's supposed to pertect her from things like this😓
It broke my heart when that girl cried "why are you doing this to me?" - yes, why? Where is CPS? Why are there not stricter child labour laws in place in the US?
That was Elliana Walmsey who was on dance moms, was once friends with Piper Rochelle and is also a teen influencer. She even did a duet with JoJo Siwa too.
@@ginkgokraut you are 100% right! And if these people are so willing to act like this and treat children like this publicly what the '+@& are they doing behind closed doors?!! How much worse is it?
Am I the only who noticed when her mom said that Jojo didn’t like to be touched and she told her to just let it? This is horrible, it makes so much sense how she grew up to be friends with creeps…
@@megumholtz8132 yeah but the “it’s just a hug” did feel super dismissive. I doubt her mom taught her proper boundaries anyway based off of… literally every other part of Jojo’s life
@@SpecialInterestShowFrom what we see so far, she hasn’t. It’s going to take years of therapy to untangle and unlearn all of the shit her mom has put her through. She will hopefully have an awakening about how much her mother stole from her - and im not talking money. I hope she gets into therapy before her fame completely crashes down. I really want the best for her. It’s possible to learn boundaries, communication, authenticity, and self-compassion, but becomes more difficult as time goes on and she stays in that place. (Coming from a 33-yo recovering codependent, recently estranged from my own mom after some painful realizations)
You should absolutely encourage your child to be a pirate; we need more rapscallions and salty sea dogs, navigating their mighty galleons across the open seas
MIT has a piracy certification program if you do sailing, archery, fencing, and pistol shooting for your PE courses so your child DEFINITELY can become a pirate
@@the.lizardking Wait, so you're telling me that one of the world's most prestigious universities basically has a Pirate Engineer certificate? That is RIDICULOUSLY cool
I don't have kids, but I'm one of those parent older brothers (absent dad, deadbeat single mom) and I used to LIVE for the times my brothers would sleep so I could have some rest myself.
I actually know the answer to the "How does asbestos wind up in children's products?" question! The makeup was probably made with Talc (like talcum powder) which is a naturally occurring mineral that is mined. The issue is that where Talc forms, asbestos also usually forms. So if you're mining Talc you're also mining asbestos and there's a whole process that has to happen to clean the asbestos out of the Talc. Wherever the manufacturer was sourcing the Talc for the makeup failed to properly separate the Talc and asbestos, so all the makeup made with that batch of talc was contaminated.
The talc/asbestos connection has been known for decades, which makes it so unforgivable that products are still being made with it. Johnson & Johnson has faced so many lawsuits for keeping talc in their baby powder formulation for years despite knowing that asbestos occurs in talc. They (and other manufacturers of talc based products) did the math and saw it would be more profitable to sell a dangerous but cheaply made product en masse and settle any medical/death lawsuits than to completely reformulate the product.
not completely relevant but as long as we're sharing trivia- lots of children's stuff (clothes and various textiles, but also toys) used to be made with asbestos pre~1960's because it's fireproof!
Hearing her talk about all the horrible things she's been through and describing it like it's the best thing that's ever happened to her is really REALLY sad.
I feel so bad for her. On the day she does realize the truth. She's going to be absolutely crushed. I hope she realizes it one day, but I also hope she's at least got a good support network, and hopefully has enough financial independence to afford lots of therapy
The straight up horror in her parents worrying that she'd keep even 15% of her money for herself, after years of then parents greedily using the other 85% without any oversight.
That part made me so angry. The while purpose of that money is that it's for HER. What did they do with the test of that money that they had access to all these years? And guilting her into feeling like she'd be some monster for taking her own money? Evil. Them fearing she'd bolt is clearly then recognizing their abuse and being afraid she'll recognize it, too. I feel like, while she probably does love her work, there's an element of compulsion and trains behind all that work. As a kid, I tried to always be working (homework, chores, a job, whatever, anything productive) to avoid getting in trouble or triggering abuse. I wonder if she has any similar trauma. The pressure of her childhood can very naturally manifest as being a workaholic.
You'd think that if it is as much money as she aludes to they would put 15% in the Coogan account, maybe spend 15% for her comfort and invest and save the rest. One thing Abby Lee was right about was, she should've been able to have a privileged childhood based off of her chiropractor father's and dance studio owner turned momager's income. The excuse "he's paying a mortgage" is ridiculous.
@@Vi_Vi_1I'm sorry for what you had to go through I'm hoping life is kinder to you now. And I do believe you have a solid theory. Sad thing is this will be a lifetime type of thing. She will never escape because she has no idea that she is trapped
@@kristinridenhour101 that's always the biggest problem, you can only start to heal once you've admitted you were hurt in the first place, and I'm not sure how long it will take for her to see it, or if she ever will. This is all she knows so I can understand why she can't easily recognize it, but I hope she eventually does and can begin healing
@@Vi_Vi_1 I grew up in what I guess the USA considers a small town had a mom dad and older brother. My parents were incredible and even after more than a decade I have to fight back tears because they died too young and even now at 47 I still miss and need them. We were a tight unit best of friends with a healthy respect for their authority. We both played sports and my parents were beyond supportive. we both joined the military when we each hit 17 and they hid their tears and heartache in order to allow us to feel loved and supported while we fulfilled what we both felt was a calling. I say all that just to say I can not nor will I ever relate to or understand the level of mind fuckery JoJo has lived with. I will always believe she stopped maturing around age 9ish. I can say with full confidence that my 11 year old daughter (who used to be a JoJo fan) is more mature, understands what growing up means and so far has thoroughly enjoyed the whole 12 months of each age she has lived. We talk about anything and everything she knows and is comfortable with the fact that she can speak to me or her dad frankly even with rough subjects and she will never and I mean ever be made to feel ashamed or attacked she knows that when the time comes (please not for a long time) I will take her to the gyn hold her hand and request birth control. Jojo believes she is in a loving family that is so worried she will spend ANY of HER money because they already blew through the other 85% of the money so now they need the last 15% and to push her to clown level antics to make them money. A perpetual nine year old drunk on strings that they pull and control. And they don't care about her as a human or a daughter/sister etc. they see money signs dressed in terrible body paint, ugly costumes,bad acting, stealing other people's art, lyrics, music, and voices that's believes that sex/alcohol/swearing at her audience equals adult. Those parents should be investigated for gross negligence, mental, emotional, and I have a feeling physical abuse. She is an actual menace because she doesn't understand the world and how it works. Things could become dangerous she thinks she is a huge popular star on top of all and untouchable also infallible. If you ever see an interview with her watch how she never really answers specific questions. She just ignores and says whatever her mother (who is always lurking within arms reach to keep jojo in line in character and promoting at every second. They couldn't care less about her giving thoughtful intelligent on topic answers. She is a very very very mentally and emotionally ill/challenged/purposely stunted. I bet she will end up in a conservatorship any time now. Sad....imagine being a prisoner and not realizing that the ones you love and you thought loved you were the prison wardens/officers/keepers I would rather be poor. Freedom and real love are priceless
Then your child will never become an elite pirate. Maybe a decent pillager, an ok highjacker, a lover of rum. But if you don’t commit to piracy early, you’ll never get to Jack Sparrow level.
The sad part is she idolizes this "bangers era" breaking point of Miley Cyrus, without ever understanding what made it reach people like it did. I am only a couple years older then Jojo, I remember that time vividly, it was SHOCKING, because that was the point, to be a complete shock and rebellion against everything she had been previously, not because Miley necessarily needed the money, but because she so desperately wanted to be seen as she was. Jojo isn't doing that. Jojo is not shocking us with something new and authentic, shes just trying to be shocking to be shocking. Her brand has always already been loud and shocking, so it's just getting weirder. What would have been a shocking flip for Jojo would be to come out with some soft ballads and her new style be ethereal and romantic. We would take her seriously because WOAH- Jojo Siwa singing softly about an unrequited love? That feels as impossible as Disney's good girl country-pop singer Miley Cyrus swinging in on a wrecking ball completely naked. You see what I mean? It's a minor point but it's just something to show Jojo has never had the chance to be authentic, to self reflect and understand what it is that really matters when someone breaks out of a mould.
Yes JoJo is a big Miley fan and this is what Miley did to show that she was now an adult. JoJo has taken that and gone OK next stage of my career this is what I need to do. It is totally a business decision, not something that she authentically felt like she needed to do.
See, this is my point too. JoJo is just shocking and pissing people off to do it. She just likes it because it makes her laugh and makes her feel good about herself. Essentially, she's just a public Internet troll that everyone gets to mock. The reason it worked for Miley, yes even though at the time people hated her too, was because she was going against everything she stood for before. And yes while JoJo is going against her child image by being sexual and adult, that's not shocking anymore. That's kinda expected now. Like you said, what's shocking for a rebrand depends on the individual doing the rebrand, not what's expected by society.
I agree 100%. She would have done so much better if she toned everything down, really focused on her music and dance routines. She could still do pop without being completely off the wall and people would have respected her a lot more. Whatever management that suggested she go this direction really dropped the ball. I feel sorry for her because so much of this is very cringe and embarrassing.
Exactly, Miley rebelled because her Disney contract forbid her from being herself, she had to be Hannah Montana instead. And rightfully so, she had enough. This JoJo rebrand is absolutely not the same thing.
the image of her mother proudly sitting and being interviewed while wearing a gucci cardigan that was earned by ruining ANY chance of her daughter having a healthy childhood (and adulthood so far it looks like) invokes a disgust in me that is hard to find words for.
This video features some faces and videos of former child stars. As always, please be respectful in the comments! I know that the beginning of this video represents JoJo’s story a little bit differently than some of the other videos that have been out there. After looking into the history and background of Jojo, I could not move forward with a video just showcasing the commonplace narrative of Jojo and her many current controversies without first discussing the glaring and blatant childhood exploitation that took place and likely had distorted her thinking. I hope that I was able to properly showcase this, and that you’re able to see that aspect through this video. With peace and love :)
I'm very glad that you took different approach. From her very birth she was set to be a star by her mother. It's sad to see that. She can't be herself and that's heartbreaking. I actually feel sorry for her.
I feel like she has no idea who she is or ever got the chance to explore anything she wanted to do. That is the saddest part. And now that she is still a very young adult, she is basically becoming a joke on the internet. She has been told she can do no wrong and she says some of the most ridiculous things.
i appreciate your consistently balanced approach that is both empathetic and critical, seeking accountability without wanting to hurting anyone. it’s why you’re my favourite commentary channel.
What else is really disturbing about the money is how Jojo thought the 15% was such a massive amount, but somehow never felt like they had a lot of money in the years prior while spending the 85%???? Again, where did the money go?
@@KB-tf8vpShe lost her entire childhood, it's bound to come undone sooner or later. She will have my support also, as none of this was her choice!! It's allll her mothers doing 🫤
hearing jojo's little voice saying "i Have to dye my hair to look like a natural blonde" is actually so depressing. she had no childhood, was constantly told what to do and who to be by her own mother from the day she was born. its no wonder she acts the way she does now :[
I mean, considering how many YEARS it took for McCurdy herself to realize she was an abuse victim, it's unsurprising unfortunately. Much easier to make judgements on other people in general than to introspect your own situation, especially because Jojo clearly loves her parents and may never catch on to their manipulation tactics because of those rose tinted glasses.
Jojo is one of the most inauthentic celebrities of all time, and that's really saying something, considering how pretty much all celebrities are fake to some extent.
I agree that I think at the core that is the issue with her and many of her attempts online. There is no authenticity, but I also think she doesn’t know how to be authentic because she was never taught how to be and is just continuing with that behavior
I don't remember who said it but there was a quote that was like child stars, when not fostered properly, stop growing mentally around the age they got their fame and jojo feels like the result of that. A lot of her behavior feels abrasive, unhibited and maybe a bit manic? Like she's still keeping the energy and liveliness of her youth, whether she realizes it or not, as she gets older, but it just comes off disconcerting and juvenile. It's all her mother and "the business's" fault basically making her a full time brand so she doesn't know how to turn it off. It's really scary
Yes!! @@cruelworldhappymind I remember Jojo saying that she was basically involuntarily prolonging that shiny, glittery Jojo with her child focused audience until she released her version of Karma. She was literally forced to act this inhibited and childish years into young adulthood, which is really scary, because like you already said, she doesn't seem to have an own identity, which is why she is forcing this "baddie image" onto her career and failing miserably, because yes, it's still beyond childish, also creepy and just cringy. I just hope her wealth will be used to invest in proper therapy to work on finding her true self. Anyways, @cruelworldhappymind, thank you so much for your hard work and dedication, 4!!!!hours of content, QUALITY content - I'm blown away! Sending love and big hugs. I appreciate you so much! Much love from a Croatian viewer in Germany 🤗
Jojos speech impediment says a lot. Her mom clearly neglected speech therapy and possibly even liked the impediment because she thought it was cute or made Jojo seem younger. I had a similar speech impediment as a child and needed speech therapy. It was a source of bullying as a kid.
Instead of "Jojo, Have you learned nothing!?" we should be saying "Jojo, are you okay!?". Honestly how can she learn if she thinks everything bad was a positive thing for her and she was literally raised to be some sort of brand? I can't imagine what her reflection on these things will be like when she is 40.
Yeah, it never sat right with me when people are like "she's an adult now, she can make better choices and should know better" and it's like... normalcy is a language she literally does not understand. You can't just expect her to be able to see with clarity all of that which those around her that she was raised up to trust the most have done their best to obscure and reframe as positive. Like yeah ..she may never heal. She may never "do better" but even so I will always find sympathy and empathy for the little girl who was never allowed to just be and was told all of those horribly exploitative things that happened to her were actually totally worth it, for the best, and necessary to get her where she is now....and isnt she so much happier now because she (her mom) has all this money and influence?
And she may _legally_ be considered an adult but let's be real, only one year removed from being a literal teenager doesn't just magically make someone mature. Especially someone who is going to be emotionally stunted by being forced to ignore/bypass so many developmental stages in their life
@@DarlingMissDarling I can preach on that. I was locked in my bedroom from ages 8 to 11 and only allowed out for school and use the bathroom. I wasn't allowed friends and when I could leave my bedroom I wasn't allowed outside or go to friends houses and such. I also wasn't allowed online until I was 17 years old. I'm 23 now and my mental maturity is so stunted because of it. I feel like a teenager in an adult body and I still make teenage choices even though I'm not. However I now recognize it and am getting help for it. Lord knows my siblings didn't and I feel like I'm watching a train wreck. People need to raise and take care of children. I don't understand parents like Jojo's or like mine. Why have a fucking kid when you can't care for them??? Sorry for the rant but this has just been squirming around my head for a long time. Especially with the Gypsy rose stuff coming out. Its like my trauma is wanting me to scream out to the world lol. So I'll just do it in this comment where barely anyone will see it lol
@@squagz5830I see your comment, and I'm absolutely here for you, sending you the biggest hug I can! My god, your parents are monsters! I'm so glad you were able to escape them and now are healing from all of that trauma. If you need anything, trust me, we're all here for you love. ❤️❤️❤️
I am the exact same age as Jojo, and had a similar start. From before I could even walk, my mother decided i would be a rodeo star, like she didn't get to be because of an injury. And when Dance Moms came on, we started watching. I attached to JoJo, and to music, and I started to love singing and dance. But I wasn't allowed to go to dance class - instead it was riding practice and learning to rope and herding cattle. And as I grew older i began to make that my identity, always being shown off by my mother, always the trophy child, even when i started to resent it. When i didn't want to work, my mom would ask me what JoJo would do, tell me that JoJo's mom made her go to practice even when JoJo didnt want to. It started to make me resentful of JoJo herself. But i wanted my mom to be proud of me, so when my entire arm started to just go numb, I kept the injury quiet, because that was my riding arm. When it finally got so bad I had to go to the hospital they found that I now have a nerve injury that can't be fixed. And then I got older, came out as queer (not long before JoJo did, actually) and was disowned. I am doing physical therapy for my arm and shoulder, and it's getting better, and psychological therapy to help heal my mind. I'm doing better. I'm not ever going to be a singer - my experience growing afraid of being watched has given me horrible stage fright, to the point that i get sick at the thought of it. But I've discovered I love writing, and I'm going to school for that and healing, slowly. I feel bad for JoJo. That she never got the chance to find her own niche - and maybe it would have been dance! But who knows.
I am so, so sorry you went through all that. I hope your arm is doing better and that you’re able to find some more joys in life that are just for you.
Her mom really is a horrible person. You should never benefit financially from your child in the first place. When she says she sacrificed everything for Jojo and should have some of her money after she turns 18, it is disgusting. She didn't sacrifice for her child she forced her child in the life she wish she had. You should sacrifice for your child, and they dont owe you anything after they turn 18 for that.
@DianaOsazenaye And with no shame or even try to hide the fact that she is completely using her child. The interviews with her all show that she only cares about herself.
I almost skipped this video, because I thought, What's left to say about JoJo Siwa? I'm so glad I watched. This is far and away the most thorough and thoughtful take on the situation I've seen, and it left me with new understanding and compassion. Thank you for your excellent reporting! (And your team, too!) Brava!
I remember Jo jo saying that she was more nervous to tell her mom that she didn’t want to wear bows anymore over her telling her mom that she was gay. Then Jo jo was paying all the bills for the whole family and she had no idea for the longest time. So now she’s expected to pay for her whole families expenses for the rest of her life, even when she has her own family, that’s nuts. Also thank you for working so hard on this which we can see through not only the length of video, but also multiple outfit changes lol
Yes it would be interesting to know what conversations were had for Tom and Jayden to move out to LA when they did. Jess said that she didn't want the family to be apart anymore and so made Jayden move and do senior year home schooled. JoJo must have been making enough to support the family by then because that is when Tom stopped working and Jess had already sold/closed her dance studio by then.
Sounds like her folks found a loophole. Theres a law that prevents children celebrities from getting their money taken by the parents after what happened to the actor who played uncle fester.
pretty obvious the mom wanted to be famous but had no talent herself so she raised a stand in instead pretty normal case for famous kids. all these child star stories always sounds like a black mirror episode. one of the more insane things parents like this do is brag about their abuse like its funny to others is pretty damn insane.
@@Dave102693possibly because they are already protected from the jump by their parents influence and reputation. But that just how i interpreted his comment. I have no idea what he exactly mean.
The fact a parent getting 85% of the kids earnings being a better solution than previous is so disgusting. The fact JoJo's parents were just profiting from her all those years and then also want some of her 15% is disturbing. She has so much to unpack, one day we will be getting a Jojo tells all.
Sad is that before the Coogan Act it was rare for a child star to still have any money when they aged out of their career. Jackie Coogan who the Act's named for had earned serious money from his silent era acting days only for his parents to have spent it all by the time he was 18. He took them to court over it only to end up losing for the I think reason was 'your parents raised you, made sure you were fed and clothed'. It took lobbying from him and other former child stars who were in the same situation to even get the piddly 15% set aside.
@@MSinistrari I know :/ it's a tragic story. It is just unbelievable to me that 15% is the "better" outcome in this situation. Future generations are going to look back on this practice and shake their heads.
I really think Jojo and Jenette Mcurdy are two opposite ways that people react with essentially the same upbringing the biggest difference is Jenette realized it was abusive and Jojo hasnt
The thing that I fear is that Jojo could turn from being an abuse victim to being an abuser herself. This sort of thing has happened before as shown by Onision's wife Kai becoming an abuser herself.
@AnimeArchaeologist I completely agree, and I think that honestly, we're already seeing it with the XOMGPOP situation. Because even if Jojo didn't do any of it (which, from what I remember, they said she did) she was still a bystander, allowing it to happen. Idk I think it's hard not to become the abuser when you think the abuse you endured was ok or even the good and right thing.
24:03 "The moment im most proud of my daughter for is when i had her and the nurse said she was beautiful". Fucking UNHINGED. As in the time youre most proud of YOUR DAUGHTER was when YOU BIRTHED HER and she was complimented on being a beautiful baby from YOUR GENES. Literally the only time Jojo didnt even superficially participate, like, even less than as a toddler. That says SO MUCH. Even Jojo couldnt handle that one.
Especially considering we all know that nurse has said the same thing at every single other birth she’s attended… because of course she did 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Agree. RUclips polices everyday language to a laughable degree, but they don’t bat an eye at channels that make money by exploiting young children until there’s a general outcry.
I mean, it's a systemic problem at this point. Most people see kids as property or things that don't know anything. And no matter what people might say, no, you don't just become a kind and caring mother or whatever just by giving birth. Motherhood isn't fulfilling for everyone.
I worked at Claire's during the entire JoJo era. Parents went mad over them. They would get into fights with us and other customers for the "rare" bows. Kids collected those bows like stuffed animals, came in dressed like her, and wanted everything Jojo. It was a TIME.
That is so wild. It’s hard to imagine bc like CWHM said, I never saw a single bow being worn in the wild. They must’ve been more of a collectible than an accessory.
@@kayla5978 They were definitely collectibles. Collectibles make the most money. It encourages ppl to overconsume. Just like artists now releasing multiple versions of an album with no differences other than the cover. Ppl naturally become greedy and want it all.
@@Lee-qf9dz Exactly. It was never about WEARING the bows, but HAVING a collection and being able to show it off. Like Beanie Babies were collected instead of played with during the craze.
My mom tells me that when I was a baby she tried auditioning me for a commercial but I hated it so much she took me home and never brought me back. I’ve never been more grateful for her after watching this
im a bisexual cis woman and when JOJO said, "navigating lesbian relationships is more difficult" it definitely made me raise an eyebrow. its a wild thing to say out loud, but like.... shes not wrong lol. im in a LTR with a man now, but every time I was single and interested in another woman, its like do i want to be with her or do i just want to be her? JOJO copying her exes & their different styles is unfortunately super relatable.... but relatable in a way like i would never ever admit out loud, let alone express outwardly. it shows me just how emotionally & socially stunted she is.
Oh I’m ready for this one. I’ve seen so many people discussing her recently that I’ve just heard random information from all places. I honestly feel like she was used as a pawn for familial income, but doesn’t justify her behavior later on. Society really made Jojo Siwa
SO WELL SAID. pretty much what I wished to articulate in this 4 hour video haha- you don’t even need to watch it! (Just kidding, please watch it I worked so hard on ittttt)
Just seeing those small clips of those little girls crying on Dance Moms breaks my heart. The girl that is just repeating "why are you doing this to me" just made me break into tears.
That's the part that really got to me. This whole video is filled with nightmares but that part just made me so sad. These poor kids are trying so hard to do as they're told and make the adults around them happy, and instead they get shamed and screamed at. And they can't even quit! Poor babies :(
That girl is Elliana Walmsley, an extremely gifted dancer now turned influencer with very questionable "mature" content. All of these girls are grooming victims :/
@@Vi_Vi_1well that's how it is in life 💁 You try as hard as you can, but it's never enough. And everyone is replaceable. It's sad they had to learn this in such a young age, but they would learn this anyway
@@erviatangerine5108 I mean, yeah, but you can learn these lessons in non-traumatic ways. It's not about the lesson alone, it's about HOW you learn it. I'm not saying these kids won't grow up to know these facts, I'm saying I wish the adults around them cared enough to teach this stuff in ways that don't destroy young psyches. You can see the difference between adults who had stable and safe environments to explore these concepts vs those who were hit hard with harsh realities and traumatized by how they learned. Methods matter
Jojo siwa obviously has some issues.. What do you expect when you were pr trained since you were born.. (When she was 2 she was in competitions).. She needs some guidance from someone with good intentions.
The fact that her mom was scared Jojo would take all the money and run away just proves to me that Jojo is nothing but a cash cow for her. She doesn't see Jojo as her daughter, but a product she profits of. She's more scared to lose the product. She's disgusting.
TBH I prefer your take on Jojo to pretty much any one else and that includes Swoop. Just because some one doesn't realize they're being or have been abused doesn't mean they haven't experienced abuse it just means they don't understand it yet. I really hope for Jojo's sake but also for everyone's sake TBH that she can heal and realize what has been stolen from her
Tbh Swoop has done some great journalistic work in the past but she also has some pretty questionable takes. I respect her hard work but she doesn’t always take in the full picture when presenting her strong opinions about things
It’s weird to see how she went from a super polished PR machine child to a borderline “how do you do, fellow hoo-man?” level of social awkwardness as an adult. Definitely seems stunted.
Also, as a teacher, I can attest that children love dancing. It's wrong to take something they love to do for fun and capitalize on it before they can realize the implications of becoming a performing artist. It turns their hobby into something hateful.
I appreciate the amount of compassion you are showing Jojo as a person. -Halfway watching this. Every sentence that you use is so careful to not blame her cause yes she was a CHILD.
I have a kid who, as a lover of rainbows and unicorns and pink and sparkles, has wound up getting a lot of Jojo stuff (though any I bought came off the clearance rack at Walmart). And the more I hear about Jojo, the sadder I am for her, because she didn't have a childhood. I can side-eye who she still talks to all day, but I can look at her stuff and go "... I see why." And, it's forever solidified my decision to keep my kid off social media until she's old enough to start understanding it.
Whats sad is Jojo Siwa probably doesn’t know who she is Her whole life has just been under the impression of what ppl tell her or what she thinks is going to garner attention
Honestly at her age it still normal not to fully know who you are, that's not the sad part to me. What's sad is how she probably won't know who she is for a very long time, far longer than most - if she ever figures it out at all.
@@sourgreendolly7685that part, I’m more so saying her vital stages of having some agency to figure herself out, while now into her 21’s she’s trying to do it in such a crash course way. And her mom ugh one of the worst
This. I so badly want her to be able to figure out who she is, I thought we were getting some glimpses of that the last couple years but now, currently I am concerned.
Her mom groomed her identity for her, hijacked her childhood and development, and did it in a way where JoJo is blindly loyal to her mom. Jojo is the only one who made a sacrifice. Her mother was and still is the one benefiting. Super sad and tragic, if I'm being honest.
her name is ellianna wamsley, if you're interested. she's unfortunately gone down the exploited (sexualized) tween/teen influencer route in a way that could be comparable to dannielle cohn. add to that an extremely unstable home life (her mother and brother have shown very concerning behaviour) and you have another extremely sad story to come out of dance moms. she's an extremely talented kid too and was on broadway before dance moms and the whole mess that her career is now and from a lot of clips i've seen, she's an extremely smart girl. for example, i watched a few clips ofher on dance moms and i didn't expect to see such a well spoken 8 year old. she was using "sanctimonious" correctly in a casual conversation. she could have had such a bright future (and i hope she still does, she's young and can still turn everything around), but she's being exploited online and being used to pander to creeps. it's heartbreaking.
Tbh it doesn’t seem like she is doing okay mentally. She’s so affected by online comments that she feels the need to stand up on stage and publicly discuss/roast random commenters who have left her rude comments. She and/or her marketing team don’t seem to have thought through this “edgy provocative” rebrand. On the one hand she’s bragging and gloating about how she’s “purposely” trying to provoke a reaction out of people by being deliberately obnoxious/cringey, and on the other hand she’s so upset by strangers online voicing their (admittedly rude) opinions that she is pausing her live shows to go on unhinged rants about individual commenters who have annoyed her online.
34:19 as a former child dancer from age 4-18, this is exactly why my mom never let me join the (competitive) dance troupe at my dance studio. Between the “dance mom’s” (which are a stereotype for a reason - IRL, they are JUST LIKE ON THE SHOW) and the attitudes of the kids in dance troupe, my mom decided just regular dance lessons and a recital at the end of the year were plenty for me. 😅
Yeah, that's the normal thing everyone else does 🥴 Kids should get to have interests and not be pressured to do more with them than they feel like. They're exploring. I did football (aka soccer) for like a year when I was 8 or so, and I quit because I didn't find it fun. I also did basketball, riding, song & dance, theatre... then I got into drawing, then video editing for a while too. Imagine if I had been pressured into sticking with the football? Or any of the other things. Crazy. Kids should be allowed to just try things.
The fact that most of the comments consists of convincing the creator to let their child grow to be a pirate....is humorous....get that little girl an eyepatch and a parrot so she can just go all in!
And it’s sad because her mom did not put her daughter first. Making your 2 year old compete in dance, making her a “human brand” and then spending majority of Jojo’s $… so sad.
It's not a sacrifice if you're the only one benefiting from it. I have always felt bad juju from her mom since the first time she appeared and til this day. Absolutely disgusting.
31:03 quick note!! there’s the joffery ballet that has the joffery academy which is very prestigious. then there’s the joffery ballet school which is completely different and has less of an intense focus on ballet/a higher acceptance rate. dance moms was associated with the latter, but it’s convenient for them because the two schools can easily be conflated for obvious reasons.
@@cruelworldhappymind I’ve never been a dancer; my oldest trained at a ballet academy but she quit when she was 10… *even I* knew about the affiliation between the words “Joffrey” and “Ballet.” Dance Moms would become a guilty pleasure along with Abby’s spin-offs (I honestly thought the show made her look worse than she was… *IF ONLY* that were true!!!) This “academy” vs “school” distinction was new information for me too…. If that’s true it is REALLY deceptive to put “Joffrey” in their name! Like “what did Legal suggest when this decision was made,” level deceptive. In my humble and uneducated opinion.
The way she talks about Coogan accounts is really irritating. She's flat out wrong about how iron clad they are. Terrible parents very much still find the loopholes and steal the money. It's _supposed_ to prevent exploitation and theft, but there's not strict oversight, and it still happens. Same with how conservatorships work. Well intentioned, but when these things aren't policed and overseen, they're empty promises.
She was told that and believed it and it is sad because i think she doesnt understand that her family took 85%, even if they were paying many people outside of her family that 85% is still a lot but she gave them money out of her part so she doesnt know.
Yep, Honey BooBoo is currently in this mess. Found out her mom took pretty much all of it and now she can't pay for nursing school after spending her whole life on TV for her mom
@@user-um8zt2ke8oAlana's story just gets sadder and sadder with time. June caused so much suffering to her children and exploited them publicly at the same time.
Love how you included your family in this. Protecting our loved ones privacy while still highlighting them and their importance to you can be tricky. It was cute to hear your little pirate come in, take a small interest and then move on.
Not JoJo saying that her parents didn't give her access to her Coogan account because she would grab it and run... My abusive mother did the same thing with me but with driving. She refused to let me learn how to drive and have a car because she was scared that I would run away from her. It just shows how wrong Jessalyn knew she was.
The Joffrey Ballett (located in Chicago) and the Joffrey Ballet School (located in New York) are two completely different organizations. The Joffrey Ballet is a prestigious organization, their school is called the Joffrey Academy of Dance. The Joffrey Ballet School is a knock-off that is not affiliated with the Joffrey Ballet at all.
As someone with a speech impediment who does actually sounds like that as an adult you should really choose your words more carefully in your comment. I understand that you mean to say “wait until your child can make their own decisions before dying their hair” but the way you phased your statement is both rude and offensive.
For the recalled makeup was likely a talc power product, and asbestos can found in talc mining. They didn’t put asbestos in the products, the talc they used was likely contaminated with the asbestos and they didn’t test for it before the products were sold. Asbestos contaminated talc is pretty common, and why a lot of companies no longer use talc.
I really wish Jojo would just stop working and do some soul searching before deciding what she genuinely wants, but to do that, she needs to get away from her mom first, because I have no doubts that her mom is still very much in control of her life and career.
On the plus side JoJo has asked her parents to move out (she bought them a new house to move to). Currently Jess and JoJo are still business partners so not sure how she will separate from her.
Her mum is definitely a master manipulator. She plays JoJo like a piano to get her to do and give what she wants. She’s never been a mother in the true sense of the word. She’s a business partner that birthed her product.
@@auberginebear Not that I disagree, problem is that for JoJo all of this is her normal and if people say to her that the way that she has grown up isn't normal she is just no kidding, not realising that people are talking about the way that her parents treat her, not her being famous. I don't think that she does much introspection. If her mum not talking to her for 2 weeks because she signed up to Special Forces doesn't twig for her that it isn't a good relationship I don't know what it will take. She has said that she has never been to therapy and doesn't want to because she heard of one person who had their therapist leak their private information. This is also a person who said that they never took a voice lesson because she was worried that she would be told that she couldn't sing.
@@amandamandamands I get all that, but I also think she’s going to come to her own breaking point just like other former child stars in similar positions, like Jennette McCurdy for example. And when she does, I only hope the best for her.
I've never seen an episode of Dance Moms, but that footage of JoJo happily showing that green dance shirt with "Everyone's replaceable" on that back? My GOD is that heartbreaking. All of those poor kids.
i was a figure skater growing up and the amount of hairspray and bobbi pins that went into the hair was a mess and i have thick hair. still feel the headaches like 6 years after i quit. Prob why jojo cut her hair and such and stopped wearing that damned side pony. i feel bad for jojo because this was probably never what she wanted to do but now that she’s done it so long there is no escape and it’s all she knows. If she wasn’t forced to dance by her mom i wonder how different her life would be.
The fact that she just accepts that 85% of her money isn't there is pretty mind blowing... That would be, like Honey BooBoo, my first and greatest concern upon learning that only the bare minimum of 15% was put away and IDK where that 85% went otherwise. I mean, I also would not have a problem sharing the wealth around, but I would want to know that at least 50% of my earnings from ages 9-18 were put away for ME and I still feel like that's pretty low a % to reserve solely for the person who worked for it (the kid, in this case its JoJo) when the parents apparently had decent jobs or income of their own to put money away and stuff. Personally I feel like, after the costs associated with the job the kid is doing are taken care of, all but maybe 15% should be put away for the kid in the cooger account for their future to choose what to do with after 18 and that last 15% could then go to the parents/guardians to help them care for the kid. That said, I know it depends on what the kid is making and what the family has and if the kid is the one supporting the family (which sadly does of course happen), but 15% is CRIMINALLY low when the kid is the one doing the actual job in the first place. I mean, at least 25% is closer to reasonable, but only 15%??? Blegh. Just feels scummy to me honestly.
“Would Jojo do this to her kids?” Technically she’s already put this on kids. They weren’t ’her kids’ but they were kids who she was partially responsible for as they were on her TV show. (Yeah her mum ran the show but it was her face and name on it). She thinks it’s normal & probs won’t change in her opinions unless she gets actual dramatic help. I think she needs to step back out of the public eye and work out her own trauma and also the trauma she’s now put on other kids. She’s a victim, no doubt, but she’s also perpetuating the cycle of abuse. As a queer woman, I thought it was cool that she was able to come out and as someone who has a lot of trauma I hope she’s able to get the help she needs and becomes an actual person, not a living product
Very comprehensive video! Jojo Swia's mother needs a deep dive for sure. She was dyeing Jojo's hair blonde at 2 years old as well I think? Its really sad when you think about it because she is another child star that was exploited by adults (i.e. her mother, Abbey Lee) and was allowed to form inappropriate 'friendships" with adults (Colleen Ballinger, Shane Dawson, James Charles). And the brainwashing worked because she defends them still and has her own allegations of cruelty towards young girls. I can't remember but she was on a podcast and said something along the lines of being scared of therapy and as outsider looking in, she certainly could benefit from therapy to unpack the bullying & her chaotic childhood.
To be fair we don't know that they have spent it all, they haven't worked for years so whatever money of hers they have put aside they need to be able to make last for the rest of their lives. They are both still young enough to work, will that happen though is unlikely seeing as Jess having the job of owning/managing XOMG Pop isn't working out so great. I don't know how being a chiropractor works in America to know how easy it would be for Tom to start working again.
@@amandamandamands whatever excuse you try to make it's still fucked up. This people were not working, living on what their kids did (with terrible amount of her work). For years they have 85% to do whatever they wanted with it. It's so fucked up that now they want more. And the fact that they were scared that she won't give her 15%. Money that by definition are only for her Jojo said herself that this 15% is HUGE amount of money
@@olakeska7908 Wow I counteract that we don't know that the money has been spent and you just go at me that I am making excuses for them. Jess obviously did a number on JoJo for JoJo to feel it was reasonable to hand money over when she was 18 though not sure how much difference it makes because when JoJo was about 19 she said that she had a joint account with Jess because business went through it so they had access to her money still anyway and JoJo didn't have an issue with.
@@olakeska7908 Loving for you that anyone who isn't saying exactly what you are saying is for them and you have decided that I am excusing the behaviour instead of that I am giving context as to what happened. Sorry that I can do that regardless of what my feeling on the situation are. You know that is how you actually learn and understand why someone did something instead of just going it is wrong it shouldn't have happened.
This is such a compassionate and empathetic critique of Jojo Siwa and her brand. I respect this so much---SO much more than all the other Jojo Siwa deep dives I've seen out there. The way you weave the point that she basically has had no autonomy throughout the whole video is so well done; this is thesis-level stuff. Great job.
The "No other Star of my Generation Had Made this dramatic a Switch" will never Not make me bay with laughter Ah yes, Rainbow Sparkles to black Sparkles. Very dramatic. Can never Beat Lil Nas ex going from Cowboy or giving the devil a lap dance 😂
I remember when JoJo bows were huge. The younger children in my family were obsessed. For many of them it was the first time they experienced peer pressure and classism. Kids were being judged for not having the bows. Parents were making their own only for their kid to still be mocked because the other kids knew the releases so well.
I'm a 41 yr old death metal vocalist and I throughly enjoy this channel, when I'm not slamming and thrashing, I watch your videos to relax, it's definitely your voice. It's so nice and soothing.
Oh! I know this is off topic for your comment but I'm a writer and I'm curious what do singers like you do to keep yourself from running your voice horse or blowing a voice box, genuine quest.
Hearing Jojo talking about “making art” when she is just a face for a brand is insulting for me and all artists. The fact that the industry she is in made her believe that being an artist is having a PR strategy and paying people to bring it to life is beyond me.
“hurt people hurt people” It’s the cycle of abuse, a demented cycle, she has to be the one to stop the cycle but i see that she hasn’t. I’m hoping one day she realises she was hurt and stops before she hurts more. sad
A RUclipsr by the name of Pretty Pastle Please recently passed away. She was the victim of bullying from her former friend group after her husband divorced her and members of a website called Guru Gossip. I haven't seen any indepth introspective video on the damage that those types of sites have on the mental health of creators or her particular situation.
@@alexmcknight1808 Oh no. :( I keep watching her 'I found metal in my Jaclyn Hill lipsticks' and 'my bird picks my makeup' She was always so funny and sweet and patient with her birds T.T
@@kenyaillianart4346 this happened in the last week or 2 unfortunately. It was the end of June. So this is recent recent, I’m honestly really hurt over it. Watched her for years, was thinking about her and went to check her socials to see she had passed. She was dealing with a lot , I won’t speculate on how because that’s not respectful. However I just hope she’s at peace and free from the turmoil she was feeling.
I think people forget that it seems she never got to go through “fazes” if that makes sense. I am the same age as her and was able to be cringe and discover myself as a teen. She can legally consume alcohol. She is not a child so if she wants to make cringy music and wear black sparkles, I think she should without being completely bashed. Now I’m not excusing controversy or anything bad that she has done she definitely needs some accountability. What I’m trying to say is that she isn’t immortal, shes not going to be a child forever, so people need to stop with the whole, “Bring back the bows!” or “Bring back boomerang.” My goodness this poor “girl” (mental age) needs to grow and discover herself she’s not 12 anymore, leave that part of her alone.
Yeah it's really sad that she's been a product and a public persona her whole life--no freedom to explore, everything has to be marketable and publicly shared. It doesn't excuse hurtful behavior, but the idea of living constantly in the spotlight is a nightmare
I agree! I'm 24, a bit older than JoJo but I see her. She did not get to live a normal childhood nor a normal adolescence and people wonder why she's so cringe when a lot of child stars go through this, actually! She's finding herself and it's taking her a bit longer than it would the average person
Of course. I don't think anyone's really saying she shouldn't explore herself, I just think people are kinda going "Hey, JoJo, please take a break from fame altogether because that's when you'll really find who you are." I know that may never happen just yet because JoJo has to do that for herself first. I know it usually takes child stars like herself a very, very long time to break away from the spotlight and take time to themselves. But, I think that's what most of us wish.
My daughter had JoJo bows. And you asking the question where all the JoJo bows are, that got me thinking. I haven’t seen my own daughter’s JoJo bows in years. She just graduated high school and I haven’t seen those bows in her room since like 2019. Weird.
I cant help but feel very sorry for her. Being home schooled, so idolated from her peers - no wonder she thinks putting on some dark make up & taking off her bow is a unique rebellion. She has such a closed off life - i wonder if she has real friends or even the capacity to make them. Who knows if she even ever wanted to dance. To be a "hunan brand" isnt something Id want for my kids, no matter how much money or fame came from it. I hope one day she gets to find out what she wants to do & be.
Oh my god that clip of her at 9yo sobbing bc of the pressure she feels was tragic. My son is 10 and imagining him like that just breaks me. She really did deserve better.
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She seems to be responsive to sponsors that we as her audience do not like, and seems to have changed some of them. I assume if you bring it up on said community post or contact her another way she would get rid of the sponsor. I am giving benefit of the doubt though.
"she didn't like it when people tried to touch her and I said they just want to hug you" that is so foul. SOOOOOO many parents of industry children turn a blind eye to predators in the industry if it'll mean they can finally have their big break and I would not doubt at all if some hollyweird preds got their grubby, vile hands on JoJo. It's truly sad that these "parents" are pretty much pimping their children out of hollyweird.
Everyone is so predatory! The exploitation is sickening! Also when you talked about the glass in the dance shoe and how maybe this is an accurate portrayal and shining a light on the dance industry is CHILLING
She speaks better than most in my opinion. A normal pace and clear articulation. I’m subscribing for that alone. At last a normal person that doesn’t have to yell and can hold attention just speaking. No background music or sound effects. I’m In heaven.
How is this a normal pace? 😭 I unsubscribed because she's so extremely slow and I know she does that on purpose to make her videos longer just to profit more
@@iva6583 you unsubscribed but yet you’re still here complaining. Speed the video up or don’t watch. There are RUclipsrs I just can’t watch as they speak so fast their words are garbled and unintelligible. I just don’t hear what you do but perhaps our neurological types are different. Thankfully there’s something for everyone and this just isn’t for you and that’s perfectly acceptable.
@@anniex370 I don’t have that but there has to be something. Definitely a processing issue. My husband has ADHD and he speeds things up. 😂 Sometimes he makes video recommendations but tells me I may need to slow the audio down as he knows it will irritate me… bless him.
I bet her mom was the one making that design. She has no taste of her own from being controlled all her life, it wouldn't surprise me that she just accepted it ad they slapped that crap on her.
No wonder Jo Jo didn't treat her dancers right, that's how she was treated. No wonder she acts the way she does, I can't hate a person in her position for being socially clueless in certain ways. I really hope Jo Jo takes some time off to learn howto be alone and find out more about who she really is and what she really wants in life. I'm not ready to judge a person who is so young and been told what do do all their life. I can understand why people make fun of her but not the meanness. I mean good lord, she just started making her own mistakes. She needs to learn that the only thing in life that really matters is how we treat each other. I wonder if she knows who Peaches is, I'd love to see Jo Jo's reaction to her music.
I don’t think jojo should be around kids. The adults she surrounds herself with included. Bc I don’t think she sees a child as a child. She so very clearly has been brainwashed with these out of touch, really disturbing beliefs ab children. And, like with xo mg pop thing. It shows that she only sees children as something to profit off from. To treat as a worker. Willing to abuse, as an employee. Idk. Like. Her mom is the cause of all of this, but jojo is the one with some kind of influence, with people, probably still w children (her rebrand is still childish imo). So I really don’t think she should be around children with the way she thinks they’re meant to function.
I got the impression that creating XOMG Pop was to take over from JoJo when she aged out so that she could then take the time to figure out what she wanted to do. Unfortunately they didn't take off the way that they were hoping/expecting so JoJo has needed to stay involved. Also shows how little Jess actually had to do with JoJo being successful cause otherwise she would have been able to replicate it (also would have been easier if JoJo hadn't blown up her relationship with Nick)
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dont get me wrong-like always ur video is enjoyable and well researched- but personally- im 36 and I feel insane to judge very young ppl acting like...very young ppl. to judge their behavior in the same way like media as a system but to their individual way they were abused and abuse others now obviously-if its just the way they received love by everyone around them -if they are coping, or just really didnt have time to go to therapy yet to get what is wrong about it...or maybe they still do not grew the strength to understand it..... thats why promoting Hollywood and all this shud be seen for adults as what it is -entertainment on the back of young ppl. what u also mentioned btw -with the millions of dollars someone makes its not excusing an abusive past- by the ppl that shud have protected this past in another but monetary way.
@martaiswatchingyoutube5063 did you even watch the video...
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the parallel between jennette mccurdy and jojo is so sad... when i read jennette's book, i thought about jojo and realized she just doesn't understand how toxic is her mother and adults around her. it took jennette a lot of time to understand it in therapy and healing. i wonder if jojo will ever can do the same
I think it's more of a different sides of a coin rather than a parallel. McCurdy realized from a pretty young age that what her mother was putting her through was foul, but Jojo sees it as the best thing that ever happened to her.
also, Jojo overall said her experience on Dance Moms was good and still talks to Abby.
I really hope Jojo one day acknowledges the exploitation that happened to her… or else it seems she will continue to inflict it onto more young people as well as her belief will be that “nothing is wrong with it” 😢
Took me 36 years to realize how toxic my mom is.
Miley, Jennette AND Alyson (Stoner) need to come together and develop a underground guidance corps solely for young actors!
Stop exploitation and conditioning of children in adult-centric industries!
Hearing her say “giving up childhood so worth it” breaks my heart. Childhood is so precious and such a part of the human experience
Forced to become an adult. As Swoop says it IS a form of abuse.
Easy for the predatory mother to say that, it's not HER childhood, it's her child's, she's already had her own childhood, she's only giving up her EXPERIENCE of her child's childhood without thinking of what it's costing the child herself. Selfish beyond measure, wild to hear a parent talk like that.
This Kind of thinking can only appears in a high capitalism society we live in.
Especially because, after she said it…it seemed like she mentally went somewhere else. Like she didn’t even believe it
I know this is an old comment but JoJo is just the first. She is the first of the generation of RUclips child stars. I think the ace family kids and a bunch of other kids that are super popular on RUclips and that have been pushed and treated like a product their whole lives are going to be growing up and being the same way as Jojo. I wonder if they are Inauthentic or if it comes off that way because they truly have no idea how to be anything other than a product
You can tell she’s been PR trained probably since birth it’s kinda sad.
Agreed!!
yeah she wasn't given any options and ppl need to be a little bit more compassionate w her i think (not with her defending colleen and continuing the cycle with the girl group thing, but like the way people mock her decisions with her own career etc can be sort of vile i think)
it’s so extremely sad. i always felt really bad for the children when i watched dance moms, and hearing that evil woman say she was going to train this bubbly, resilient, ambitious queer young girl to be a “human brand” is so painful. it makes me feel like she’s really gonna be stuck in this horrible cycle of perpetuating this onto other kids forever. that brainwashing is going to be so hard to deconstruct. i hope she can just find a normal wife to dance with one day :(
It's kind of creepy how well spoken she is being so young. It makes me think all she was talking to was adults back then.
That's what I'm saying....she was raised & groomed to entertain, preform, always in public eye. That's all she knows!! 🙃🥺 she doesn't have many true friends, everyone has an agenda. She probs doesn't have normal interactions in public, being so recognizable..
The saddest thing is that for every Jojo, there are dozens of "failed" Jojos who underwent the same torment for little to no fame. We'll never hear their stories
yeah you will they're loud annoying fake tryhards. with 3 sexual orientations, 7 diagnoses and zero life experience or anything at all to say...
It’s so sad, but so true. May all those people get the freedom they deserve.
More like tens of thousands.
I agree this is sooo sad I'm happy that she seems happy but I highly doubt it's actually how she feels and everyone deserves a good childhood no child could ever do anything to deserve what this little girl has gone through at the hands of her OWN MOTHER the one person in the world that's supposed to pertect her from things like this😓
For some of them it's a blessing.
They abandoned Chasing Fame, and probably found a *typical/average* life that's not agony. ("Normal" is overrated)
It broke my heart when that girl cried "why are you doing this to me?" - yes, why? Where is CPS? Why are there not stricter child labour laws in place in the US?
There are exceptions for a lot of child labor laws for performers or agricultural work, thanks to lobbyists.
That was Elliana Walmsey who was on dance moms, was once friends with Piper Rochelle and is also a teen influencer. She even did a duet with JoJo Siwa too.
@@moonwalkerangel7008 okay...this tells me the girls name. But how does it relate to the actual content of my comment?
@@ginkgokraut you are 100% right! And if these people are so willing to act like this and treat children like this publicly what the '+@& are they doing behind closed doors?!! How much worse is it?
Am I the only who noticed when her mom said that Jojo didn’t like to be touched and she told her to just let it? This is horrible, it makes so much sense how she grew up to be friends with creeps…
She said she taught her to say "back off jack"
@@megumholtz8132 yeah but the “it’s just a hug” did feel super dismissive. I doubt her mom taught her proper boundaries anyway based off of… literally every other part of Jojo’s life
Yeah... I hope Jojo has learned how to establish boundaries @@thetruebadevil
I caught that. I made me shiver.
@@SpecialInterestShowFrom what we see so far, she hasn’t. It’s going to take years of therapy to untangle and unlearn all of the shit her mom has put her through. She will hopefully have an awakening about how much her mother stole from her - and im not talking money. I hope she gets into therapy before her fame completely crashes down. I really want the best for her. It’s possible to learn boundaries, communication, authenticity, and self-compassion, but becomes more difficult as time goes on and she stays in that place.
(Coming from a 33-yo recovering codependent, recently estranged from my own mom after some painful realizations)
You should absolutely encourage your child to be a pirate; we need more rapscallions and salty sea dogs, navigating their mighty galleons across the open seas
MIT has a piracy certification program if you do sailing, archery, fencing, and pistol shooting for your PE courses so your child DEFINITELY can become a pirate
@@the.lizardking Wait, so you're telling me that one of the world's most prestigious universities basically has a Pirate Engineer certificate? That is RIDICULOUSLY cool
@@scottbuck1572 YUP. it's phenomenal. Matt Damon actually got the certificate when he was at MIT
@@the.lizardking I now have the goal to become a Pirate Engineer while getting my master's. Some way, somehow, I will become a certified swashbuckler
@@the.lizardkingokay. Training will start tomorrow.
CWHM: “… Jesselyn would often wake up her 2-year-old daughter to dance…”
Everyone who has ever had to put a toddler to bed: This is an insane person
no literally ! this alone, I don't know how she speaks of this like its cute but its actually on eon the earliest signs that she's indeed unwell
LOL. My immediate thought! 😂
Oh 💯!!!
Waking up a toddler on purpose during a PARTY is beyond comprehension.
I don't have kids, but I'm one of those parent older brothers (absent dad, deadbeat single mom) and I used to LIVE for the times my brothers would sleep so I could have some rest myself.
I actually know the answer to the "How does asbestos wind up in children's products?" question! The makeup was probably made with Talc (like talcum powder) which is a naturally occurring mineral that is mined. The issue is that where Talc forms, asbestos also usually forms. So if you're mining Talc you're also mining asbestos and there's a whole process that has to happen to clean the asbestos out of the Talc. Wherever the manufacturer was sourcing the Talc for the makeup failed to properly separate the Talc and asbestos, so all the makeup made with that batch of talc was contaminated.
I always love to learn random ass facts like this in the RUclips comment section.
At this point, they are the same thing
The talc/asbestos connection has been known for decades, which makes it so unforgivable that products are still being made with it. Johnson & Johnson has faced so many lawsuits for keeping talc in their baby powder formulation for years despite knowing that asbestos occurs in talc. They (and other manufacturers of talc based products) did the math and saw it would be more profitable to sell a dangerous but cheaply made product en masse and settle any medical/death lawsuits than to completely reformulate the product.
not completely relevant but as long as we're sharing trivia- lots of children's stuff (clothes and various textiles, but also toys) used to be made with asbestos pre~1960's because it's fireproof!
Glass in baby food.
I feel like dance competitions for 2 year olds shouldn’t exist. Your toddler doesn’t have full object permanence yet, how can they choose to compete?
Object permanence develops at 6 months- 1 year old. But 2 year olds shouldn’t be competing in dance competitions for a lot of other reasons
Yeah, I don't think toddlers should be taught to compete against each other or "perfect" something. It has to be bad for brain development.
Hearing her talk about all the horrible things she's been through and describing it like it's the best thing that's ever happened to her is really REALLY sad.
Agreed. 😕
Yeah, the cope is very strong with her, but she's so brainwashed by her mom that she doesn't even realize it's cope
I feel so bad for her. On the day she does realize the truth. She's going to be absolutely crushed. I hope she realizes it one day, but I also hope she's at least got a good support network, and hopefully has enough financial independence to afford lots of therapy
Super common for gay people to reframe negative situations for survival too. She has trauma on trauma.
It sounds like shes echoing what her mom probably told her over & over whenever she would complain😬
The straight up horror in her parents worrying that she'd keep even 15% of her money for herself, after years of then parents greedily using the other 85% without any oversight.
That part made me so angry. The while purpose of that money is that it's for HER. What did they do with the test of that money that they had access to all these years? And guilting her into feeling like she'd be some monster for taking her own money? Evil. Them fearing she'd bolt is clearly then recognizing their abuse and being afraid she'll recognize it, too.
I feel like, while she probably does love her work, there's an element of compulsion and trains behind all that work. As a kid, I tried to always be working (homework, chores, a job, whatever, anything productive) to avoid getting in trouble or triggering abuse. I wonder if she has any similar trauma. The pressure of her childhood can very naturally manifest as being a workaholic.
You'd think that if it is as much money as she aludes to they would put 15% in the Coogan account, maybe spend 15% for her comfort and invest and save the rest. One thing Abby Lee was right about was, she should've been able to have a privileged childhood based off of her chiropractor father's and dance studio owner turned momager's income. The excuse "he's paying a mortgage" is ridiculous.
@@Vi_Vi_1I'm sorry for what you had to go through I'm hoping life is kinder to you now. And I do believe you have a solid theory. Sad thing is this will be a lifetime type of thing. She will never escape because she has no idea that she is trapped
@@kristinridenhour101 that's always the biggest problem, you can only start to heal once you've admitted you were hurt in the first place, and I'm not sure how long it will take for her to see it, or if she ever will. This is all she knows so I can understand why she can't easily recognize it, but I hope she eventually does and can begin healing
@@Vi_Vi_1 I grew up in what I guess the USA considers a small town had a mom dad and older brother. My parents were incredible and even after more than a decade I have to fight back tears because they died too young and even now at 47 I still miss and need them. We were a tight unit best of friends with a healthy respect for their authority. We both played sports and my parents were beyond supportive. we both joined the military when we each hit 17 and they hid their tears and heartache in order to allow us to feel loved and supported while we fulfilled what we both felt was a calling. I say all that just to say I can not nor will I ever relate to or understand the level of mind fuckery JoJo has lived with. I will always believe she stopped maturing around age 9ish. I can say with full confidence that my 11 year old daughter (who used to be a JoJo fan) is more mature, understands what growing up means and so far has thoroughly enjoyed the whole 12 months of each age she has lived. We talk about anything and everything she knows and is comfortable with the fact that she can speak to me or her dad frankly even with rough subjects and she will never and I mean ever be made to feel ashamed or attacked she knows that when the time comes (please not for a long time) I will take her to the gyn hold her hand and request birth control. Jojo believes she is in a loving family that is so worried she will spend ANY of HER money because they already blew through the other 85% of the money so now they need the last 15% and to push her to clown level antics to make them money. A perpetual nine year old drunk on strings that they pull and control. And they don't care about her as a human or a daughter/sister etc. they see money signs dressed in terrible body paint, ugly costumes,bad acting, stealing other people's art, lyrics, music, and voices that's believes that sex/alcohol/swearing at her audience equals adult. Those parents should be investigated for gross negligence, mental, emotional, and I have a feeling physical abuse. She is an actual menace because she doesn't understand the world and how it works. Things could become dangerous she thinks she is a huge popular star on top of all and untouchable also infallible. If you ever see an interview with her watch how she never really answers specific questions. She just ignores and says whatever her mother (who is always lurking within arms reach to keep jojo in line in character and promoting at every second. They couldn't care less about her giving thoughtful intelligent on topic answers. She is a very very very mentally and emotionally ill/challenged/purposely stunted. I bet she will end up in a conservatorship any time now. Sad....imagine being a prisoner and not realizing that the ones you love and you thought loved you were the prison wardens/officers/keepers
I would rather be poor. Freedom and real love are priceless
Then your child will never become an elite pirate. Maybe a decent pillager, an ok highjacker, a lover of rum. But if you don’t commit to piracy early, you’ll never get to Jack Sparrow level.
Idk maybe they can become a massive movie Ripper and uploader on the Pirate Bay.
Aye aye!! 🐙🦑🦀🦞⚔️
I too am a pirate in the sense that Netflix no longer holds Sherlock
I forgot most high level pirates began at the age of two
@@cruelworldhappymind… months old! 🏴☠️🏴☠️
The sad part is she idolizes this "bangers era" breaking point of Miley Cyrus, without ever understanding what made it reach people like it did. I am only a couple years older then Jojo, I remember that time vividly, it was SHOCKING, because that was the point, to be a complete shock and rebellion against everything she had been previously, not because Miley necessarily needed the money, but because she so desperately wanted to be seen as she was. Jojo isn't doing that. Jojo is not shocking us with something new and authentic, shes just trying to be shocking to be shocking. Her brand has always already been loud and shocking, so it's just getting weirder.
What would have been a shocking flip for Jojo would be to come out with some soft ballads and her new style be ethereal and romantic. We would take her seriously because WOAH- Jojo Siwa singing softly about an unrequited love? That feels as impossible as Disney's good girl country-pop singer Miley Cyrus swinging in on a wrecking ball completely naked.
You see what I mean?
It's a minor point but it's just something to show Jojo has never had the chance to be authentic, to self reflect and understand what it is that really matters when someone breaks out of a mould.
Yes JoJo is a big Miley fan and this is what Miley did to show that she was now an adult. JoJo has taken that and gone OK next stage of my career this is what I need to do. It is totally a business decision, not something that she authentically felt like she needed to do.
See, this is my point too. JoJo is just shocking and pissing people off to do it. She just likes it because it makes her laugh and makes her feel good about herself. Essentially, she's just a public Internet troll that everyone gets to mock. The reason it worked for Miley, yes even though at the time people hated her too, was because she was going against everything she stood for before. And yes while JoJo is going against her child image by being sexual and adult, that's not shocking anymore. That's kinda expected now. Like you said, what's shocking for a rebrand depends on the individual doing the rebrand, not what's expected by society.
I agree 100%. She would have done so much better if she toned everything down, really focused on her music and dance routines. She could still do pop without being completely off the wall and people would have respected her a lot more. Whatever management that suggested she go this direction really dropped the ball. I feel sorry for her because so much of this is very cringe and embarrassing.
Exactly, Miley rebelled because her Disney contract forbid her from being herself, she had to be Hannah Montana instead. And rightfully so, she had enough. This JoJo rebrand is absolutely not the same thing.
That's what I thought too, when JoJo started talking about her "transition". For me , the polar opposite would be Adele, or Lana del Rey
the image of her mother proudly sitting and being interviewed while wearing a gucci cardigan that was earned by ruining ANY chance of her daughter having a healthy childhood (and adulthood so far it looks like) invokes a disgust in me that is hard to find words for.
Welcome to capitalism
This video features some faces and videos of former child stars. As always, please be respectful in the comments! I know that the beginning of this video represents JoJo’s story a little bit differently than some of the other videos that have been out there. After looking into the history and background of Jojo, I could not move forward with a video just showcasing the commonplace narrative of Jojo and her many current controversies without first discussing the glaring and blatant childhood exploitation that took place and likely had distorted her thinking. I hope that I was able to properly showcase this, and that you’re able to see that aspect through this video. With peace and love :)
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@@teoman200 What.
I'm very glad that you took different approach. From her very birth she was set to be a star by her mother. It's sad to see that. She can't be herself and that's heartbreaking.
I actually feel sorry for her.
I feel like she has no idea who she is or ever got the chance to explore anything she wanted to do. That is the saddest part. And now that she is still a very young adult, she is basically becoming a joke on the internet. She has been told she can do no wrong and she says some of the most ridiculous things.
i appreciate your consistently balanced approach that is both empathetic and critical, seeking accountability without wanting to hurting anyone. it’s why you’re my favourite commentary channel.
What else is really disturbing about the money is how Jojo thought the 15% was such a massive amount, but somehow never felt like they had a lot of money in the years prior while spending the 85%???? Again, where did the money go?
And that her parents were WORRIED she would keep the left over 15% for herself!!
EXACTLY, where tf did all that money go!?
That’s crazy 😥
Her parents probably paid all the bills and supported their luxurious lifestyle solely by the money they made off her.
Jojo ranting that she was used for views when her *mother* is recording the clip to post to social media is absolutely fkn wild
She’s soooo close. Once that frontal lobe finishes I’m sure she’ll realize it.
So crazy how she's blind to it. She was raised to be exploited by her mom.
Dang if only she knew that she was right but towards the wrong people 🧍♀️
She’s sooo close to a breakthrough. I’m rooting for her realization of her reality.
@@KB-tf8vpShe lost her entire childhood, it's bound to come undone sooner or later. She will have my support also, as none of this was her choice!! It's allll her mothers doing 🫤
the difference between Olivia and Jojo is that Olivia was treated as a person, whereas Jojo has always just been treated as a brand
hearing jojo's little voice saying "i Have to dye my hair to look like a natural blonde" is actually so depressing. she had no childhood, was constantly told what to do and who to be by her own mother from the day she was born. its no wonder she acts the way she does now :[
imagine Jojo referencing McCurdy and it still not clinking that her parents took advantage of her and made her a prop.
I mean, considering how many YEARS it took for McCurdy herself to realize she was an abuse victim, it's unsurprising unfortunately. Much easier to make judgements on other people in general than to introspect your own situation, especially because Jojo clearly loves her parents and may never catch on to their manipulation tactics because of those rose tinted glasses.
She hasn’t gotten to the point where she can look back and go wait this isn’t right.
Jojo is one of the most inauthentic celebrities of all time, and that's really saying something, considering how pretty much all celebrities are fake to some extent.
I agree that I think at the core that is the issue with her and many of her attempts online. There is no authenticity, but I also think she doesn’t know how to be authentic because she was never taught how to be and is just continuing with that behavior
@@cruelworldhappymindexactly, she has no idea who she is, cause she was raised as a marketing campaign
Inauthentic really hits the nail on the head 😳
@@birdhearttdid you know she's actually a brunette? Her mom started dying her hair as a toddler. She has always been a product
I didn't know Jojo Siwa is as controversial as the Kardashians since arcofspira and others don't like Siwa.
I don't remember who said it but there was a quote that was like child stars, when not fostered properly, stop growing mentally around the age they got their fame and jojo feels like the result of that. A lot of her behavior feels abrasive, unhibited and maybe a bit manic? Like she's still keeping the energy and liveliness of her youth, whether she realizes it or not, as she gets older, but it just comes off disconcerting and juvenile.
It's all her mother and "the business's" fault basically making her a full time brand so she doesn't know how to turn it off. It's really scary
For real. Jojo siwa doesn't have an off switch. I think she's constantly "on" cause she always had to be sadly
She does come off as manic tbh, it must be exhausting to be her.
So well said. Almost as if she was trained to act a certain way, so it’s all she knows. As she has said in interviews, “this is all I know”
Yes!! @@cruelworldhappymind I remember Jojo saying that she was basically involuntarily prolonging that shiny, glittery Jojo with her child focused audience until she released her version of Karma.
She was literally forced to act this inhibited and childish years into young adulthood, which is really scary, because like you already said, she doesn't seem to have an own identity, which is why she is forcing this "baddie image" onto her career and failing miserably, because yes, it's still beyond childish, also creepy and just cringy.
I just hope her wealth will be used to invest in proper therapy to work on finding her true self.
Anyways, @cruelworldhappymind, thank you so much for your hard work and dedication, 4!!!!hours of content, QUALITY content - I'm blown away!
Sending love and big hugs. I appreciate you so much!
Much love from a Croatian viewer in Germany 🤗
Thank you, I couldn't put that feeling into words but you did it so well.
Jojo being bamboozled into giving her parents money from her Coogan account is genuinely sad.. her parents already got 85%
Jojos speech impediment says a lot. Her mom clearly neglected speech therapy and possibly even liked the impediment because she thought it was cute or made Jojo seem younger. I had a similar speech impediment as a child and needed speech therapy. It was a source of bullying as a kid.
She must have worked on it, as she obviously doesn’t have the speech impediment anymore.
Instead of "Jojo, Have you learned nothing!?" we should be saying "Jojo, are you okay!?". Honestly how can she learn if she thinks everything bad was a positive thing for her and she was literally raised to be some sort of brand? I can't imagine what her reflection on these things will be like when she is 40.
Yeah, it never sat right with me when people are like "she's an adult now, she can make better choices and should know better" and it's like... normalcy is a language she literally does not understand. You can't just expect her to be able to see with clarity all of that which those around her that she was raised up to trust the most have done their best to obscure and reframe as positive.
Like yeah ..she may never heal. She may never "do better" but even so I will always find sympathy and empathy for the little girl who was never allowed to just be and was told all of those horribly exploitative things that happened to her were actually totally worth it, for the best, and necessary to get her where she is now....and isnt she so much happier now because she (her mom) has all this money and influence?
And she may _legally_ be considered an adult but let's be real, only one year removed from being a literal teenager doesn't just magically make someone mature. Especially someone who is going to be emotionally stunted by being forced to ignore/bypass so many developmental stages in their life
@@DarlingMissDarling I can preach on that. I was locked in my bedroom from ages 8 to 11 and only allowed out for school and use the bathroom. I wasn't allowed friends and when I could leave my bedroom I wasn't allowed outside or go to friends houses and such. I also wasn't allowed online until I was 17 years old. I'm 23 now and my mental maturity is so stunted because of it. I feel like a teenager in an adult body and I still make teenage choices even though I'm not. However I now recognize it and am getting help for it. Lord knows my siblings didn't and I feel like I'm watching a train wreck.
People need to raise and take care of children. I don't understand parents like Jojo's or like mine. Why have a fucking kid when you can't care for them???
Sorry for the rant but this has just been squirming around my head for a long time. Especially with the Gypsy rose stuff coming out. Its like my trauma is wanting me to scream out to the world lol. So I'll just do it in this comment where barely anyone will see it lol
@@squagz5830I see your comment, and I'm absolutely here for you, sending you the biggest hug I can! My god, your parents are monsters! I'm so glad you were able to escape them and now are healing from all of that trauma. If you need anything, trust me, we're all here for you love. ❤️❤️❤️
I am the exact same age as Jojo, and had a similar start. From before I could even walk, my mother decided i would be a rodeo star, like she didn't get to be because of an injury. And when Dance Moms came on, we started watching. I attached to JoJo, and to music, and I started to love singing and dance. But I wasn't allowed to go to dance class - instead it was riding practice and learning to rope and herding cattle. And as I grew older i began to make that my identity, always being shown off by my mother, always the trophy child, even when i started to resent it. When i didn't want to work, my mom would ask me what JoJo would do, tell me that JoJo's mom made her go to practice even when JoJo didnt want to. It started to make me resentful of JoJo herself. But i wanted my mom to be proud of me, so when my entire arm started to just go numb, I kept the injury quiet, because that was my riding arm. When it finally got so bad I had to go to the hospital they found that I now have a nerve injury that can't be fixed. And then I got older, came out as queer (not long before JoJo did, actually) and was disowned. I am doing physical therapy for my arm and shoulder, and it's getting better, and psychological therapy to help heal my mind. I'm doing better. I'm not ever going to be a singer - my experience growing afraid of being watched has given me horrible stage fright, to the point that i get sick at the thought of it. But I've discovered I love writing, and I'm going to school for that and healing, slowly. I feel bad for JoJo. That she never got the chance to find her own niche - and maybe it would have been dance! But who knows.
I am so, so sorry you went through all that. I hope your arm is doing better and that you’re able to find some more joys in life that are just for you.
@tungstensmum1491 I am. Slowly. There's good days and bad. But there's always tomorrow, and there's always hope :)
You sound like a wonderful person and I'm so glad you found yourself. I wish you all the best in life ❤
I wish you all the best. ❤
My heart hurts for you going through that. Sounds like you're on the long road to wholeness. ❤❤❤
Her mom really is a horrible person. You should never benefit financially from your child in the first place. When she says she sacrificed everything for Jojo and should have some of her money after she turns 18, it is disgusting. She didn't sacrifice for her child she forced her child in the life she wish she had. You should sacrifice for your child, and they dont owe you anything after they turn 18 for that.
100%
I absolutely see through that woman. She’s a terrible terrible person and so is the father supporting all this.
yeah she so use her own kid
@DianaOsazenaye And with no shame or even try to hide the fact that she is completely using her child. The interviews with her all show that she only cares about herself.
I almost skipped this video, because I thought, What's left to say about JoJo Siwa? I'm so glad I watched. This is far and away the most thorough and thoughtful take on the situation I've seen, and it left me with new understanding and compassion. Thank you for your excellent reporting! (And your team, too!) Brava!
same!!!
I remember Jo jo saying that she was more nervous to tell her mom that she didn’t want to wear bows anymore over her telling her mom that she was gay. Then Jo jo was paying all the bills for the whole family and she had no idea for the longest time. So now she’s expected to pay for her whole families expenses for the rest of her life, even when she has her own family, that’s nuts. Also thank you for working so hard on this which we can see through not only the length of video, but also multiple outfit changes lol
Yes it would be interesting to know what conversations were had for Tom and Jayden to move out to LA when they did. Jess said that she didn't want the family to be apart anymore and so made Jayden move and do senior year home schooled. JoJo must have been making enough to support the family by then because that is when Tom stopped working and Jess had already sold/closed her dance studio by then.
Sounds like her folks found a loophole. Theres a law that prevents children celebrities from getting their money taken by the parents after what happened to the actor who played uncle fester.
pretty obvious the mom wanted to be famous but had no talent herself so she raised a stand in instead pretty normal case for famous kids.
all these child star stories always sounds like a black mirror episode.
one of the more insane things parents like this do is brag about their abuse like its funny to others is pretty damn insane.
Agreed!!
@@RocketboyXhow so?
@@Dave102693possibly because they are already protected from the jump by their parents influence and reputation. But that just how i interpreted his comment. I have no idea what he exactly mean.
The fact a parent getting 85% of the kids earnings being a better solution than previous is so disgusting. The fact JoJo's parents were just profiting from her all those years and then also want some of her 15% is disturbing. She has so much to unpack, one day we will be getting a Jojo tells all.
Welcome to the whole concept of capitalism.
@@introusas ok?
Sad is that before the Coogan Act it was rare for a child star to still have any money when they aged out of their career. Jackie Coogan who the Act's named for had earned serious money from his silent era acting days only for his parents to have spent it all by the time he was 18. He took them to court over it only to end up losing for the I think reason was 'your parents raised you, made sure you were fed and clothed'. It took lobbying from him and other former child stars who were in the same situation to even get the piddly 15% set aside.
@@MSinistrari I know :/ it's a tragic story. It is just unbelievable to me that 15% is the "better" outcome in this situation. Future generations are going to look back on this practice and shake their heads.
@@hannahrodwell6387 Not sure why you responded so rudely.
I really think Jojo and Jenette Mcurdy are two opposite ways that people react with essentially the same upbringing the biggest difference is Jenette realized it was abusive and Jojo hasnt
The thing that I fear is that Jojo could turn from being an abuse victim to being an abuser herself. This sort of thing has happened before as shown by Onision's wife Kai becoming an abuser herself.
@AnimeArchaeologist I completely agree, and I think that honestly, we're already seeing it with the XOMGPOP situation. Because even if Jojo didn't do any of it (which, from what I remember, they said she did) she was still a bystander, allowing it to happen. Idk I think it's hard not to become the abuser when you think the abuse you endured was ok or even the good and right thing.
Her mom has made so much money off this girl… she’s the true villain in this story.
24:03 "The moment im most proud of my daughter for is when i had her and the nurse said she was beautiful". Fucking UNHINGED. As in the time youre most proud of YOUR DAUGHTER was when YOU BIRTHED HER and she was complimented on being a beautiful baby from YOUR GENES. Literally the only time Jojo didnt even superficially participate, like, even less than as a toddler. That says SO MUCH. Even Jojo couldnt handle that one.
Especially considering we all know that nurse has said the same thing at every single other birth she’s attended… because of course she did 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Her mom is a narcissist for sure
I hate seeing children being exploited. i really wish youtube didn't allow kids to be exploited as they are on this platform.
Agree. RUclips polices everyday language to a laughable degree, but they don’t bat an eye at channels that make money by exploiting young children until there’s a general outcry.
I agree. 8 passengers are a perfect example of what can go wrong. It's heartbreaking.
it happen too much
I mean, it's a systemic problem at this point. Most people see kids as property or things that don't know anything.
And no matter what people might say, no, you don't just become a kind and caring mother or whatever just by giving birth. Motherhood isn't fulfilling for everyone.
None of these companies, networks and platforms care even the slightest. There is 0 integrity or ethics. They only care about money
I worked at Claire's during the entire JoJo era. Parents went mad over them. They would get into fights with us and other customers for the "rare" bows. Kids collected those bows like stuffed animals, came in dressed like her, and wanted everything Jojo. It was a TIME.
Stressful work place environment. 😞
That is so wild. It’s hard to imagine bc like CWHM said, I never saw a single bow being worn in the wild. They must’ve been more of a collectible than an accessory.
@@kayla5978 They were definitely collectibles. Collectibles make the most money. It encourages ppl to overconsume. Just like artists now releasing multiple versions of an album with no differences other than the cover. Ppl naturally become greedy and want it all.
@@Lee-qf9dz Exactly. It was never about WEARING the bows, but HAVING a collection and being able to show it off.
Like Beanie Babies were collected instead of played with during the craze.
My mom tells me that when I was a baby she tried auditioning me for a commercial but I hated it so much she took me home and never brought me back.
I’ve never been more grateful for her after watching this
im a bisexual cis woman and when JOJO said, "navigating lesbian relationships is more difficult" it definitely made me raise an eyebrow. its a wild thing to say out loud, but like.... shes not wrong lol. im in a LTR with a man now, but every time I was single and interested in another woman, its like do i want to be with her or do i just want to be her? JOJO copying her exes & their different styles is unfortunately super relatable.... but relatable in a way like i would never ever admit out loud, let alone express outwardly. it shows me just how emotionally & socially stunted she is.
Wait, she's socially stunted for saying something sincere?
She lacks self awareness is op's point
Oh I’m ready for this one. I’ve seen so many people discussing her recently that I’ve just heard random information from all places. I honestly feel like she was used as a pawn for familial income, but doesn’t justify her behavior later on. Society really made Jojo Siwa
SO WELL SAID. pretty much what I wished to articulate in this 4 hour video haha- you don’t even need to watch it! (Just kidding, please watch it I worked so hard on ittttt)
@@cruelworldhappymind these are some of my favorite videos to watch. I wouldn’t miss it for the world 🫡
Just seeing those small clips of those little girls crying on Dance Moms breaks my heart. The girl that is just repeating "why are you doing this to me" just made me break into tears.
That's the part that really got to me. This whole video is filled with nightmares but that part just made me so sad. These poor kids are trying so hard to do as they're told and make the adults around them happy, and instead they get shamed and screamed at. And they can't even quit! Poor babies :(
That girl is Elliana Walmsley, an extremely gifted dancer now turned influencer with very questionable "mature" content. All of these girls are grooming victims :/
@@Vi_Vi_1well that's how it is in life 💁 You try as hard as you can, but it's never enough. And everyone is replaceable. It's sad they had to learn this in such a young age, but they would learn this anyway
@@erviatangerine5108 I mean, yeah, but you can learn these lessons in non-traumatic ways. It's not about the lesson alone, it's about HOW you learn it. I'm not saying these kids won't grow up to know these facts, I'm saying I wish the adults around them cared enough to teach this stuff in ways that don't destroy young psyches. You can see the difference between adults who had stable and safe environments to explore these concepts vs those who were hit hard with harsh realities and traumatized by how they learned. Methods matter
@erviatangerine5108 i feel sorry for you to dismiss what these children went through so easily. I hope that compassion comes to you easily some day.
Jojo siwa obviously has some issues.. What do you expect when you were pr trained since you were born.. (When she was 2 she was in competitions).. She needs some guidance from someone with good intentions.
AGREED!!
true
Bleaching your baby’s hair is actually INSANE
The fact that her mom was scared Jojo would take all the money and run away just proves to me that Jojo is nothing but a cash cow for her. She doesn't see Jojo as her daughter, but a product she profits of. She's more scared to lose the product. She's disgusting.
Instead of reconstructing Milie Cyrus' transition, JoJo should have deconstructed her Jojo with BowBow using bows instead of teddybears.
That could have been cool!
TBH I prefer your take on Jojo to pretty much any one else and that includes Swoop. Just because some one doesn't realize they're being or have been abused doesn't mean they haven't experienced abuse it just means they don't understand it yet. I really hope for Jojo's sake but also for everyone's sake TBH that she can heal and realize what has been stolen from her
Tbh Swoop has done some great journalistic work in the past but she also has some pretty questionable takes. I respect her hard work but she doesn’t always take in the full picture when presenting her strong opinions about things
@@liesbeneathoureyes yea I agree.
It’s weird to see how she went from a super polished PR machine child to a borderline “how do you do, fellow hoo-man?” level of social awkwardness as an adult. Definitely seems stunted.
Not so weird, we see it time and time again. Deeply sad and disturbing that there aren't more laws to protect children from this
Jess: Jojo loved dancing since being a baby.
Also Jess 10 sec later: Jojo didnt really like dancing. I made her dance.
Also, as a teacher, I can attest that children love dancing. It's wrong to take something they love to do for fun and capitalize on it before they can realize the implications of becoming a performing artist. It turns their hobby into something hateful.
I appreciate the amount of compassion you are showing Jojo as a person. -Halfway watching this. Every sentence that you use is so careful to not blame her cause yes she was a CHILD.
I have a kid who, as a lover of rainbows and unicorns and pink and sparkles, has wound up getting a lot of Jojo stuff (though any I bought came off the clearance rack at Walmart). And the more I hear about Jojo, the sadder I am for her, because she didn't have a childhood. I can side-eye who she still talks to all day, but I can look at her stuff and go "... I see why."
And, it's forever solidified my decision to keep my kid off social media until she's old enough to start understanding it.
Real. It doesn't excuse her behavior...but it does give a LOT of context when you see how she grew up.
Whats sad is Jojo Siwa probably doesn’t know who she is
Her whole life has just been under the impression of what ppl tell her or what she thinks is going to garner attention
Honestly at her age it still normal not to fully know who you are, that's not the sad part to me. What's sad is how she probably won't know who she is for a very long time, far longer than most - if she ever figures it out at all.
@@sourgreendolly7685that part, I’m more so saying her vital stages of having some agency to figure herself out, while now into her 21’s she’s trying to do it in such a crash course way. And her mom ugh one of the worst
Reminds me of Mr. Beast. He said no one should want job like his because he has no real identity. It's all about content.
This. I so badly want her to be able to figure out who she is, I thought we were getting some glimpses of that the last couple years but now, currently I am concerned.
Her mom groomed her identity for her, hijacked her childhood and development, and did it in a way where JoJo is blindly loyal to her mom. Jojo is the only one who made a sacrifice. Her mother was and still is the one benefiting. Super sad and tragic, if I'm being honest.
Returning to this video in 20 years to see if Madison’s child ends up pursuing their pirate passion
That child sobbing and asking ‘why are you doing this to me?’ Just broke my heart oh my god
her name is ellianna wamsley, if you're interested. she's unfortunately gone down the exploited (sexualized) tween/teen influencer route in a way that could be comparable to dannielle cohn. add to that an extremely unstable home life (her mother and brother have shown very concerning behaviour) and you have another extremely sad story to come out of dance moms. she's an extremely talented kid too and was on broadway before dance moms and the whole mess that her career is now and from a lot of clips i've seen, she's an extremely smart girl. for example, i watched a few clips ofher on dance moms and i didn't expect to see such a well spoken 8 year old. she was using "sanctimonious" correctly in a casual conversation. she could have had such a bright future (and i hope she still does, she's young and can still turn everything around), but she's being exploited online and being used to pander to creeps. it's heartbreaking.
I hope she is doing okay mentally. I can’t imagine this level of public humiliation and scrutiny can be good for anyone
Tbh it doesn’t seem like she is doing okay mentally. She’s so affected by online comments that she feels the need to stand up on stage and publicly discuss/roast random commenters who have left her rude comments. She and/or her marketing team don’t seem to have thought through this “edgy provocative” rebrand. On the one hand she’s bragging and gloating about how she’s “purposely” trying to provoke a reaction out of people by being deliberately obnoxious/cringey, and on the other hand she’s so upset by strangers online voicing their (admittedly rude) opinions that she is pausing her live shows to go on unhinged rants about individual commenters who have annoyed her online.
@@liesbeneathoureyes that’s how I feel too. It seems like she is deeply affected.
34:19 as a former child dancer from age 4-18, this is exactly why my mom never let me join the (competitive) dance troupe at my dance studio. Between the “dance mom’s” (which are a stereotype for a reason - IRL, they are JUST LIKE ON THE SHOW) and the attitudes of the kids in dance troupe, my mom decided just regular dance lessons and a recital at the end of the year were plenty for me. 😅
Yeah, that's the normal thing everyone else does 🥴 Kids should get to have interests and not be pressured to do more with them than they feel like. They're exploring. I did football (aka soccer) for like a year when I was 8 or so, and I quit because I didn't find it fun. I also did basketball, riding, song & dance, theatre... then I got into drawing, then video editing for a while too. Imagine if I had been pressured into sticking with the football? Or any of the other things. Crazy. Kids should be allowed to just try things.
"I don't think my 2 year old is destined to become a pirate" 🏴☠ lol
In this world of monopolies and constant price lobbying, Id wager the generations to come are kinda destined to become highly efficient at pirating 😄
@@EinFelsbrocken lol right? at the rate the capitalist dystopia is progressing pirates seem like a pretty common profession in the near futire
@@EinFelsbrocken😂😂
The fact that most of the comments consists of convincing the creator to let their child grow to be a pirate....is humorous....get that little girl an eyepatch and a parrot so she can just go all in!
Her: I dont think my 2 year old is destined to become a pirate
Me: Not with that attitude
Out of all the year I heard of or seen Jojo siwa, this is my first time hearing about a brother. Literally thought she was an only child.
"She sacrificed so much for me. She put me before her." So, like any normal mom?
And it’s sad because her mom did not put her daughter first. Making your 2 year old compete in dance, making her a “human brand” and then spending majority of Jojo’s $… so sad.
It's not a sacrifice if you're the only one benefiting from it. I have always felt bad juju from her mom since the first time she appeared and til this day. Absolutely disgusting.
31:03 quick note!! there’s the joffery ballet that has the joffery academy which is very prestigious. then there’s the joffery ballet school which is completely different and has less of an intense focus on ballet/a higher acceptance rate. dance moms was associated with the latter, but it’s convenient for them because the two schools can easily be conflated for obvious reasons.
That sounds like something the Academy can and should sue over if they aren't affiliated
Apologies! As a former ballet dancer I was only familiar with the NY school, I had no idea the other one existed!!
How confusing! But this makes a lot of sense now
@@cruelworldhappymind I’ve never been a dancer; my oldest trained at a ballet academy but she quit when she was 10… *even I* knew about the affiliation between the words “Joffrey” and “Ballet.”
Dance Moms would become a guilty pleasure along with Abby’s spin-offs (I honestly thought the show made her look worse than she was… *IF ONLY* that were true!!!)
This “academy” vs “school” distinction was new information for me too…. If that’s true it is REALLY deceptive to put “Joffrey” in their name! Like “what did Legal suggest when this decision was made,” level deceptive.
In my humble and uneducated opinion.
"If she's a brat and her mom's a freak, I'll be back for breakfast." LMFAO?? What a thing to say
wow
Fr that lady seems unhinged
Idk, seems normal to me. It was a business trip, not a family reunion
@@stepans2167i have too much autism to even understand what they mean.
The way she talks about Coogan accounts is really irritating. She's flat out wrong about how iron clad they are. Terrible parents very much still find the loopholes and steal the money. It's _supposed_ to prevent exploitation and theft, but there's not strict oversight, and it still happens. Same with how conservatorships work. Well intentioned, but when these things aren't policed and overseen, they're empty promises.
She was told that and believed it and it is sad because i think she doesnt understand that her family took 85%, even if they were paying many people outside of her family that 85% is still a lot but she gave them money out of her part so she doesnt know.
@@kikilo9647 So true. You gotta give her parents the credit they deserve for being master manipulators 🙄
Yeah hunny boo boo went through this recently cause her mom stole money from her Coogan Account.
Yep, Honey BooBoo is currently in this mess. Found out her mom took pretty much all of it and now she can't pay for nursing school after spending her whole life on TV for her mom
@@user-um8zt2ke8oAlana's story just gets sadder and sadder with time.
June caused so much suffering to her children and exploited them publicly at the same time.
Love how you included your family in this. Protecting our loved ones privacy while still highlighting them and their importance to you can be tricky. It was cute to hear your little pirate come in, take a small interest and then move on.
Not JoJo saying that her parents didn't give her access to her Coogan account because she would grab it and run... My abusive mother did the same thing with me but with driving. She refused to let me learn how to drive and have a car because she was scared that I would run away from her. It just shows how wrong Jessalyn knew she was.
The Joffrey Ballett (located in Chicago) and the Joffrey Ballet School (located in New York) are two completely different organizations.
The Joffrey Ballet is a prestigious organization, their school is called the Joffrey Academy of Dance.
The Joffrey Ballet School is a knock-off that is not affiliated with the Joffrey Ballet at all.
Good to know! Apologies I was only familiar with the NY school
lol I only knew about the NY one too and was so shocked when you said they were involved with a show like dance moms
Our hero returns! Thanks for letting me know about Girl defined, as well. That helped me discover fundie Fridays
Love Fundie Fridays!! (As well as Rachel Oates) And of course so happy you enjoyed the video!
I love loving on Fundie Fridays❤ Jen & James are the GOAT
@@cruelworldhappymind Shout out to Rachel Oates and Fundie Fridays
@@cruelworldhappymind Fundie Fridays and Rachel Oates are GOATed
If your child pronounces it bwown woots, maybe wait several years before bleaching her fing hair
To be fair, speech impediments are not a sign of immaturity, just like acne and asthma. Anyone of any age can have it.
@@aduckofsomesort they probably just mean that Jojo was still learning jow to speak and was too young for chemical bleaching
As someone with a speech impediment who does actually sounds like that as an adult you should really choose your words more carefully in your comment. I understand that you mean to say “wait until your child can make their own decisions before dying their hair” but the way you phased your statement is both rude and offensive.
For the recalled makeup was likely a talc power product, and asbestos can found in talc mining. They didn’t put asbestos in the products, the talc they used was likely contaminated with the asbestos and they didn’t test for it before the products were sold. Asbestos contaminated talc is pretty common, and why a lot of companies no longer use talc.
I really wish Jojo would just stop working and do some soul searching before deciding what she genuinely wants, but to do that, she needs to get away from her mom first, because I have no doubts that her mom is still very much in control of her life and career.
On the plus side JoJo has asked her parents to move out (she bought them a new house to move to). Currently Jess and JoJo are still business partners so not sure how she will separate from her.
@@amandamandamands my point is she needs to step away from the industry and her mom, so that would be how.
Her mum is definitely a master manipulator. She plays JoJo like a piano to get her to do and give what she wants. She’s never been a mother in the true sense of the word. She’s a business partner that birthed her product.
@@auberginebear Not that I disagree, problem is that for JoJo all of this is her normal and if people say to her that the way that she has grown up isn't normal she is just no kidding, not realising that people are talking about the way that her parents treat her, not her being famous. I don't think that she does much introspection. If her mum not talking to her for 2 weeks because she signed up to Special Forces doesn't twig for her that it isn't a good relationship I don't know what it will take.
She has said that she has never been to therapy and doesn't want to because she heard of one person who had their therapist leak their private information.
This is also a person who said that they never took a voice lesson because she was worried that she would be told that she couldn't sing.
@@amandamandamands I get all that, but I also think she’s going to come to her own breaking point just like other former child stars in similar positions, like Jennette McCurdy for example. And when she does, I only hope the best for her.
I've never seen an episode of Dance Moms, but that footage of JoJo happily showing that green dance shirt with "Everyone's replaceable" on that back? My GOD is that heartbreaking. All of those poor kids.
i was a figure skater growing up and the amount of hairspray and bobbi pins that went into the hair was a mess and i have thick hair. still feel the headaches like 6 years after i quit. Prob why jojo cut her hair and such and stopped wearing that damned side pony.
i feel bad for jojo because this was probably never what she wanted to do but now that she’s done it so long there is no escape and it’s all she knows. If she wasn’t forced to dance by her mom i wonder how different her life would be.
Doesn't know KISS but copying their aesthetic almost exactly lmao...Also I just realized you are wearing a giant bow! haha
Haha😂
Proves there is a team making decisions for her.
You can tell Miley Cyrus “can’t be tamed” was the inspiration. Trying not to copy that she ended up copying kiss 😂 no originality
Also Alice Cooper, GWAR, and every black and death metal band from Scandinavia
The fact that she just accepts that 85% of her money isn't there is pretty mind blowing... That would be, like Honey BooBoo, my first and greatest concern upon learning that only the bare minimum of 15% was put away and IDK where that 85% went otherwise. I mean, I also would not have a problem sharing the wealth around, but I would want to know that at least 50% of my earnings from ages 9-18 were put away for ME and I still feel like that's pretty low a % to reserve solely for the person who worked for it (the kid, in this case its JoJo) when the parents apparently had decent jobs or income of their own to put money away and stuff. Personally I feel like, after the costs associated with the job the kid is doing are taken care of, all but maybe 15% should be put away for the kid in the cooger account for their future to choose what to do with after 18 and that last 15% could then go to the parents/guardians to help them care for the kid.
That said, I know it depends on what the kid is making and what the family has and if the kid is the one supporting the family (which sadly does of course happen), but 15% is CRIMINALLY low when the kid is the one doing the actual job in the first place. I mean, at least 25% is closer to reasonable, but only 15%??? Blegh. Just feels scummy to me honestly.
“Would Jojo do this to her kids?”
Technically she’s already put this on kids. They weren’t ’her kids’ but they were kids who she was partially responsible for as they were on her TV show. (Yeah her mum ran the show but it was her face and name on it). She thinks it’s normal & probs won’t change in her opinions unless she gets actual dramatic help. I think she needs to step back out of the public eye and work out her own trauma and also the trauma she’s now put on other kids. She’s a victim, no doubt, but she’s also perpetuating the cycle of abuse. As a queer woman, I thought it was cool that she was able to come out and as someone who has a lot of trauma I hope she’s able to get the help she needs and becomes an actual person, not a living product
Very comprehensive video! Jojo Swia's mother needs a deep dive for sure. She was dyeing Jojo's hair blonde at 2 years old as well I think? Its really sad when you think about it because she is another child star that was exploited by adults (i.e. her mother, Abbey Lee) and was allowed to form inappropriate 'friendships" with adults (Colleen Ballinger, Shane Dawson, James Charles). And the brainwashing worked because she defends them still and has her own allegations of cruelty towards young girls. I can't remember but she was on a podcast and said something along the lines of being scared of therapy and as outsider looking in, she certainly could benefit from therapy to unpack the bullying & her chaotic childhood.
Wait, what?? Her parents spent 85% of her money and then wanted more?!
To be fair we don't know that they have spent it all, they haven't worked for years so whatever money of hers they have put aside they need to be able to make last for the rest of their lives. They are both still young enough to work, will that happen though is unlikely seeing as Jess having the job of owning/managing XOMG Pop isn't working out so great. I don't know how being a chiropractor works in America to know how easy it would be for Tom to start working again.
@@amandamandamands whatever excuse you try to make it's still fucked up. This people were not working, living on what their kids did (with terrible amount of her work). For years they have 85% to do whatever they wanted with it. It's so fucked up that now they want more. And the fact that they were scared that she won't give her 15%. Money that by definition are only for her
Jojo said herself that this 15% is HUGE amount of money
@@olakeska7908 Wow I counteract that we don't know that the money has been spent and you just go at me that I am making excuses for them.
Jess obviously did a number on JoJo for JoJo to feel it was reasonable to hand money over when she was 18 though not sure how much difference it makes because when JoJo was about 19 she said that she had a joint account with Jess because business went through it so they had access to her money still anyway and JoJo didn't have an issue with.
@@olakeska7908 Loving for you that anyone who isn't saying exactly what you are saying is for them and you have decided that I am excusing the behaviour instead of that I am giving context as to what happened. Sorry that I can do that regardless of what my feeling on the situation are. You know that is how you actually learn and understand why someone did something instead of just going it is wrong it shouldn't have happened.
"... or in your mother's photo album" - A line that hits so hard it deserves a trigger warning, lol.
LMAO 😂😂
Dad checking in, the line checks out. 😂
The "innocent child star to badgirl" trope has literally been around before she was even born.
This is such a compassionate and empathetic critique of Jojo Siwa and her brand. I respect this so much---SO much more than all the other Jojo Siwa deep dives I've seen out there. The way you weave the point that she basically has had no autonomy throughout the whole video is so well done; this is thesis-level stuff. Great job.
The "No other Star of my Generation Had Made this dramatic a Switch" will never Not make me bay with laughter
Ah yes, Rainbow Sparkles to black Sparkles. Very dramatic. Can never Beat Lil Nas ex going from Cowboy or giving the devil a lap dance 😂
Even better is that all the pride performances she is doing she still has the rainbow sparkles happening.
I remember when JoJo bows were huge. The younger children in my family were obsessed. For many of them it was the first time they experienced peer pressure and classism. Kids were being judged for not having the bows. Parents were making their own only for their kid to still be mocked because the other kids knew the releases so well.
I'm a 41 yr old death metal vocalist and I throughly enjoy this channel, when I'm not slamming and thrashing, I watch your videos to relax, it's definitely your voice. It's so nice and soothing.
Oh! I know this is off topic for your comment but I'm a writer and I'm curious what do singers like you do to keep yourself from running your voice horse or blowing a voice box, genuine quest.
Honest question what do your job, age and all these details about yourself have to do with anything about this video or channel?
Hearing Jojo talking about “making art” when she is just a face for a brand is insulting for me and all artists. The fact that the industry she is in made her believe that being an artist is having a PR strategy and paying people to bring it to life is beyond me.
Jojo is literally the living persona of "the abused growing up to be an abuser" quote.
“hurt people hurt people”
It’s the cycle of abuse, a demented cycle, she has to be the one to stop the cycle but i see that she hasn’t. I’m hoping one day she realises she was hurt and stops before she hurts more. sad
A RUclipsr by the name of Pretty Pastle Please recently passed away. She was the victim of bullying from her former friend group after her husband divorced her and members of a website called Guru Gossip. I haven't seen any indepth introspective video on the damage that those types of sites have on the mental health of creators or her particular situation.
wait WHAT? The cute ginger who kept showing her green parrot Archie????
@@IllyDragonflyyes, sadly she’s passed away.
@@alexmcknight1808 Oh no. :( I keep watching her 'I found metal in my Jaclyn Hill lipsticks' and 'my bird picks my makeup' She was always so funny and sweet and patient with her birds T.T
WHAT! I stopped watching her videos after a while. I had no idea she passed.
@@kenyaillianart4346 this happened in the last week or 2 unfortunately. It was the end of June.
So this is recent recent, I’m honestly really hurt over it. Watched her for years, was thinking about her and went to check her socials to see she had passed.
She was dealing with a lot , I won’t speculate on how because that’s not respectful. However I just hope she’s at peace and free from the turmoil she was feeling.
I think people forget that it seems she never got to go through “fazes” if that makes sense. I am the same age as her and was able to be cringe and discover myself as a teen. She can legally consume alcohol. She is not a child so if she wants to make cringy music and wear black sparkles, I think she should without being completely bashed. Now I’m not excusing controversy or anything bad that she has done she definitely needs some accountability. What I’m trying to say is that she isn’t immortal, shes not going to be a child forever, so people need to stop with the whole, “Bring back the bows!” or “Bring back boomerang.” My goodness this poor “girl” (mental age) needs to grow and discover herself she’s not 12 anymore, leave that part of her alone.
Yeah it's really sad that she's been a product and a public persona her whole life--no freedom to explore, everything has to be marketable and publicly shared. It doesn't excuse hurtful behavior, but the idea of living constantly in the spotlight is a nightmare
I agree! I'm 24, a bit older than JoJo but I see her. She did not get to live a normal childhood nor a normal adolescence and people wonder why she's so cringe when a lot of child stars go through this, actually! She's finding herself and it's taking her a bit longer than it would the average person
Of course. I don't think anyone's really saying she shouldn't explore herself, I just think people are kinda going "Hey, JoJo, please take a break from fame altogether because that's when you'll really find who you are." I know that may never happen just yet because JoJo has to do that for herself first. I know it usually takes child stars like herself a very, very long time to break away from the spotlight and take time to themselves. But, I think that's what most of us wish.
My daughter had JoJo bows. And you asking the question where all the JoJo bows are, that got me thinking. I haven’t seen my own daughter’s JoJo bows in years. She just graduated high school and I haven’t seen those bows in her room since like 2019. Weird.
I cant help but feel very sorry for her. Being home schooled, so idolated from her peers - no wonder she thinks putting on some dark make up & taking off her bow is a unique rebellion. She has such a closed off life - i wonder if she has real friends or even the capacity to make them. Who knows if she even ever wanted to dance. To be a "hunan brand" isnt something Id want for my kids, no matter how much money or fame came from it. I hope one day she gets to find out what she wants to do & be.
"She gave up everything for me, and I essentially Gave up my life"
Dude what ):
That's awful.
Oh my god that clip of her at 9yo sobbing bc of the pressure she feels was tragic. My son is 10 and imagining him like that just breaks me. She really did deserve better.
Reminder to viewers that Factor is an unethical company and creators do this to support themselves but please don’t actually believe what is being said, it’s a script. Do your research, plenty of videos here on how awful Factor is.
Creators should not sell unethical companies to there subscribers. Talking about unethical behaviour.
Yeah all those meal kit companies are bs
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why
She seems to be responsive to sponsors that we as her audience do not like, and seems to have changed some of them. I assume if you bring it up on said community post or contact her another way she would get rid of the sponsor. I am giving benefit of the doubt though.
So parents can know what the kids can do for the rest of their life but when it comes to a kid knowing who they are, nope
Exactly.
"she didn't like it when people tried to touch her and I said they just want to hug you" that is so foul. SOOOOOO many parents of industry children turn a blind eye to predators in the industry if it'll mean they can finally have their big break and I would not doubt at all if some hollyweird preds got their grubby, vile hands on JoJo. It's truly sad that these "parents" are pretty much pimping their children out of hollyweird.
“Gave homage to the band Kiss” is misleading… she claimed she never heard of them when people asked her at first
Everyone is so predatory! The exploitation is sickening!
Also when you talked about the glass in the dance shoe and how maybe this is an accurate portrayal and shining a light on the dance industry is CHILLING
"Apparently I talk differently than other youtubers? I didn't know that, maybe it's bc I'm medicated " 😂😂😂
She speaks better than most in my opinion. A normal pace and clear articulation. I’m subscribing for that alone. At last a normal person that doesn’t have to yell and can hold attention just speaking. No background music or sound effects. I’m In heaven.
How is this a normal pace? 😭 I unsubscribed because she's so extremely slow and I know she does that on purpose to make her videos longer just to profit more
@@iva6583 you unsubscribed but yet you’re still here complaining. Speed the video up or don’t watch. There are RUclipsrs I just can’t watch as they speak so fast their words are garbled and unintelligible. I just don’t hear what you do but perhaps our neurological types are different. Thankfully there’s something for everyone and this just isn’t for you and that’s perfectly acceptable.
@@smidgelette agreed, i have adhd and her pace is great bc she doesn't speak like the usual over the top youtuber
@@anniex370 I don’t have that but there has to be something. Definitely a processing issue. My husband has ADHD and he speeds things up. 😂
Sometimes he makes video recommendations but tells me I may need to slow the audio down as he knows it will irritate me… bless him.
The Disney version of bad girl is More of a bad girl.
😅😂
I bet her mom was the one making that design. She has no taste of her own from being controlled all her life, it wouldn't surprise me that she just accepted it ad they slapped that crap on her.
No wonder Jo Jo didn't treat her dancers right, that's how she was treated. No wonder she acts the way she does, I can't hate a person in her position for being socially clueless in certain ways.
I really hope Jo Jo takes some time off to learn howto be alone and find out more about who she really is and what she really wants in life. I'm not ready to judge a person who is so young and been told what do do all their life. I can understand why people make fun of her but not the meanness. I mean good lord, she just started making her own mistakes. She needs to learn that the only thing in life that really matters is how we treat each other.
I wonder if she knows who Peaches is, I'd love to see Jo Jo's reaction to her music.
I don’t think jojo should be around kids. The adults she surrounds herself with included. Bc I don’t think she sees a child as a child. She so very clearly has been brainwashed with these out of touch, really disturbing beliefs ab children. And, like with xo mg pop thing. It shows that she only sees children as something to profit off from. To treat as a worker. Willing to abuse, as an employee. Idk. Like. Her mom is the cause of all of this, but jojo is the one with some kind of influence, with people, probably still w children (her rebrand is still childish imo).
So I really don’t think she should be around children with the way she thinks they’re meant to function.
She may need to take a break from entertainment.
Agreed!! I wonder if she ever wanted to do it in the first place
I got the impression that creating XOMG Pop was to take over from JoJo when she aged out so that she could then take the time to figure out what she wanted to do. Unfortunately they didn't take off the way that they were hoping/expecting so JoJo has needed to stay involved. Also shows how little Jess actually had to do with JoJo being successful cause otherwise she would have been able to replicate it (also would have been easier if JoJo hadn't blown up her relationship with Nick)