“Before stepping on the dance floor, actress and YouTube personality JoJo Siwa is already making history — as the first Dancing with the Stars contestant to be matched with a same-sex partner.
“”I am so excited to be a part of ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ Season 30, and to be dancing with a girl,” Siwa said in a tweet. “I think it’s so cool.”
“Siwa’s partner will be introduced on the season premiere airing on Sept. 20.
“”I think it’s cool. I think it breaks a wall that’s never been done before,” Siwa said during this year’s Television Critics Association virtual summer press tour.
“”I think it’s really special that I get to share with the world that you can love who you love, but now you can dance with who you want to dance with,” she said.”
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