JoJo Siwa (left) and Candace Cameron Bure.Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty; Paul Archuleta/Getty
TheSo You Think You Can Dancejudge, 19,voiced her disappointmenton social media one day afterThe Wall Street Journalpublished an interview in which Cameron Bure, 46, said she intends to “keep traditional marriage at the core” of her partnership with the Great American Family channel.
Siwa — who has identified asqueersince January 2021 and had ahigh-profile back-and-forthwith Cameron Bure over the summer — wrote on Instagram: “Honestly, I can’t believe after everything that went down just a few months ago, that she would not only create a movie with intention of excluding LGBTQIA+, but then also talk about it in the press. This is rude and hurtful to a whole community of people.”
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Cameron Bure did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
JoJo Siwa and Candace Cameron Bure.Frazer Harrison/Getty; Todd Owyoung/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
The clip went viral, prompting both women to share their perspectives on an incident in which Siwa claimed Cameron Bure refused to pose for a photo at theFuller Housepremiere, when Siwa was just 11 years old. After several public exchanges, Siwa and Candace Bure appeared to have made peace — though that wasn’t beforeSiwa’s mother stepped in to defend her daughter.
Jessalyn Siwa posted an old clip of her recounting the story on herSuccess with Jesspodcast. “At the end of the day this story, it’s not about a simple photo it’s about how you treat people,” she wrote, in part. “Real, genuine kindness always goes a long way. It’s super easy to quote a Bible verse when everyone is looking at you but morals are what you have when no one is looking.”
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For his part, Abbott toldWSJ: “It’s certainly the year 2022, so we’re aware of the trends. There’s no whiteboard that says, ‘Yes, this’ or ‘No, we’ll never go here.'”
source: people.com
