Aug 27 2021 02:20 PMLOS ANGELES — YouTuber JoJo Siwa will join U.S. television's "Dancing With the Stars" next month as part of the first same-sex couple on the show, producers said on Thursday.Siwa, 18, who earlier this year said she was pansexual, will be paired with a female professional dancer when the show launches its 30th season in September.It will be the first time the U.S.
version of the dance show features people of the same sex dancing together and follows the first celebrity same-sex couple on the British version, "Strictly Come Dancing," in 2020.“I think it’s cool.
I think it breaks a wall that’s never been done before,” Siwa told television reporters after the announcement.“I think it’s really special that I get to share with.