A TEARFUL Chris Hughes has broken his silence on his close friendship with JoJo Siwa – saying she reminds him of an ex-girlfriend.
The Love Island star, 32, admitted his “love” for the US star during his exit interview tonight.
Chris, who was evicted in sixth place, told hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best that “it's a friendship that's only going to get stronger.”
AJ asked Chris what was really going on with his friendship with Dance Moms star JoJo.
She said: “Did you ever think you'd be so close with someone in the Big Brother house?”
Chris said: “I know what I'm like as a human being and I know how I bond to people.
“I want to not take life too seriously, when you take life too seriously, you get caught up in all different types of emotions.
“JoJo was a pure rock to me, she was someone I can have fun with and I had fun with her every day.
“That is to me is a beautiful friendship.”
Will remarked: “You could tell that you were happy.”
Chris continued: “She said something really sweet to me last night, ‘you're someone in my life that I didn't know I needed'.
“She reminded me a lot…,” Chris then began to tear up and admitted he was “getting emotional”.
Fighting back tears, he said: “The thing what fascinated me the most about her was not the stuff that she's done, but what she's come through and what she's gone through as a teenager.
“That's similar to what my ex girlfriend had gone through, kind of seeing how they are both similarly as people.
“She's come through a lot and she's just a pure nice person.
“The similarities are in the person they are and how nice they are, how loving they are, how caring they are.
“From a friendship point of view, of course I love her. I love my boyfriends, when I love people platonic of not I love people.”
Chris also addressed his flirty and tactile display with one another.
He explained: “We're just messing around, we're being kids.”
Co-host Will then discussed “game plan” rumours after Chris' housemates claimed he had formed a close friendship with JoJo to stay longer int he house.
Chris said: “Why would I not want to get on with people when I'm in the house?
“Everyone will naturally bond towards somebody, if I want to spend time with a person that makes me feel at home and makes me feel happy and makes me forget we're filming a TV show, then I'm going to do that, that's very normal, likewise with her.
“It was just a friendship that's only going to get stronger.”
Last night, JoJo and Chris .
The pair were filmed waking up in the middle of the night to hold hands.
The intimate moment was captured on CBB's late night stream.
It shows Chris and JoJo stretching out to hold each others hand, with the Dance Moms star gently stroking thehunk's fingers.
This isn't the first time JoJo and Chris have spotted being touchy feely with one another.
In one clip, JoJo was seen slapping Chris' bum as they shared a dance on their penultimate night in the house.
As seen during the live stream, JoJo proceeded to cheekily slap Chris' bum.
Viewers have been continuallyover Chris' seemingly “flirty” behaviour towardsJoJo, who is in a.
It comes as a source told The Sun: “have been the talking point of the series, with the ‘will-they won’t-they’ narrative.
“Even if it’s purely platonic, as they claim, fans are convinced Kath must be furious about the endless physical contact, at least.”
This latest moment followed JoJo's relationship with her non-binary partner was “on the rocks” after a less than gushing letter from home.
JoJo’s note was from her mum, Jess – from the star's other half.
Heading to the Diary Room, she ranted about the lack of affection in the letter – which was read out after the actress and singer on the show.
Fans previously spotted Chris and JoJo and giggling in bed.
An eagle-eyed viewer wrote on X: “There’s no sound on atm but I loved seeing Chris and JoJo holding hands in the bedroom and giggling.
“The friendship they’ve formed already is SO sweet tbh.”;
