JoJo Siwa claims she didn’t receive an invite to the 2022 Kids’ Choice Awards on Sunday, despite receiving a nomination for the Favorite Social Music Star category.
After receiving questions from fans about her absence from the ceremony at The Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, the 18-year-old boomerang singer claimed to her 11.5 followers that she wasn’t on the guest list.
“Many of you have asked me why I’m not at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards tonight and the answer is very simple, I wasn’t invited,” the dancer revealed in the 14-second clip. “I’m not sure why, but I just didn’t get an invite.”
Disqualified: JoJo Siwa claims she didn’t receive an invite to the 2022 Kids’ Choice Awards on Sunday, despite receiving a nomination for the Favorite Social Music Star category
In her caption, Siwa added that she “didn’t want anyone to think it was like that” it was her “choice not to go” as she would have loved to have been in attendance.
The performer’s Dancing with the Stars family, which includes Olivia Jade and Brian Austin Green, were among the first to leave messages of support in their comments section.
“Your sweet loss ❤️,” wrote the 22-year-old daughter of Lori Loughlin and fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli.
Not invited: After receiving questions from fans about her absence from the ceremony at The Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, the 18-year-old boomerang singer claimed to her 11.5 followers that she was not on the guest list
Meanwhile, Green, 48, has fired: “F**k the kids choice awards [laugh face emoji] you are too good for her.’
Jersey Shore’s Snooki said she plans to write the network a “note,” and actress Mollee Gray theorized that Siwa didn’t get an invite because she was “the color of the rainbow” and they were [Nickelodeon] only orange.’
Her legions of fans, dubbed Siwanatorz, also took to social media to express their outrage and confusion.
“Many of you have asked me why I’m not at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards tonight and the answer is very simple, I wasn’t invited,” the dancer revealed in the 14-second clip. “I’m not sure why, but I just didn’t get an invitation”
Disappointed: In her caption, Siwa added that she “didn’t want anyone to think it was like that” it was her “choice not to go” as she would have loved to have been in attendance
“The only year @itsjojowsiwa hasn’t been invited to the Kids Choice Awards is when she comes out and cuts her hair?????? Sus @Nickelodeon,” wrote one Twitter user who Siwa retweeted.
Another tweeted: “Imagine not inviting Jojo Siwa to the Kids Choice Awards despite being an icon for a generation? Smells homophobic to me, idk Nickelodeon.’
Another said they were going insane because “Snooki is threatening to write a NOTE to Nickelodeon for not inviting Jojo”.
Child star: Siwa has a long-standing relationship with Nickelodeon, having first signed a talent deal with the network in 2017; seen in 2022
In September, Siwa publicly called out Nickelodeon over the restrictions she said the company had put in place on their DREAM tour, which kicked off in January.
“I’m going on tour in January. My movie musical just released (with 6 new original songs)…Nickelodeon told me today that I’m not allowed to include any songs from the movie on my show,” JoJo tweeted.
Siwa continued, “These are MY songs, MY voice, MY writing. Does that seem fair???’
The former Dance Moms dancer then responded to her first heated tweet, writing, “There’s no reason why this music shouldn’t be included.”
Speaking up: In September, Siwa publicly called out Nickelodeon over the restrictions she said the company had put in place for their DREAM tour, which kicked off in January (pictured December 2021).
The former Dance Moms dancer then responded to her first heated tweet, writing, “There’s no reason why this music shouldn’t be included.”
She concluded, “Working for a company as a real person that’s treated only as a brand is fun until it’s not.”
Siwa’s film musical The J Team was produced by Nickelodeon and released September 3 on the Paramount+ streaming platform. In addition to starring in the film, JoJo also served as an executive producer.
In her tweets, the YouTube personality referenced the six songs she wrote and performed for the film’s soundtrack, which was released in July.
Pansexual: She came out as LGBTQ in April 2021
JoJo’s DREAM tour, also produced by Nickelodeon, first kicked off in May 2019 but its continuation has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tour is scheduled to resume in January 2022, stopping in 37 cities.
Siwa has a long-standing relationship with Nickelodeon, having first signed a talent deal with the network in 2017.
She came out as LGBTQ in April 2021.