Miley Cyrus’ comment came in like a wrecking ball.
The former Disney Channel star was slammed after joking about JoJo Siwa coming “back out” of the closet amid her romance with Chris Hughes.
The “Hannah Montana” alum, 32, made the controversial quip in a Dreamland Pride Festival video Sunday.
“Enjoy coming out of the closet if this Pride is the time for you,” the actress said over the weekend, telling attendees to “have an amazing Pride.”
The Grammy winner concluded, “Alright, I’m going back to get some more pretzels and find JoJo Siwa and bring her back out.”
Social media users took to X to remind Cyrus that “hello, bisexuality is a thing.”
One wrote, “I adore Miley but this isn’t OK. JoJo never went back into the closet, SHE’S STILL QUEER!! Again JoJo being with Chris doesn’t erase or change her attraction to women.”
Others, however, defended the “Flowers” singer and insisted she was “just joking.”
Reps for Cyrus and Siwa have yet to respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
Siwa, notably, came out in 2021.
“I still don’t know what I am. It’s like, I want to figure it out,” she clarified to People at the time. “I always just say gay because it just kind of covers it or queer because I think the keyword is cool.
“Technically I would say that I am pansexual because that’s how I have always been my whole life is just, like, my human is my human,” Siwa, 22, continued.
The “Dance Moms” alum has since dated Kylie Prew, Katie Mills, Avery Cyrus, Dakayla Wilson and Kath Ebbs.
Siwa was in a relationship with Ebbs when she joined Season 24 of “Celebrity Big Brother UK” — where she met Hughes.
The pair continued to make headlines for their PDA moments, with Siwa giving an update on her sexuality during a confessional.
“I think being here, I’ve realized, ‘Oh no, I’m not a lesbian, I’m queer,” she said. “I think that’s really cool. I’m switching letters!”
Shortly after finishing the show — and ending things with Ebbs at the wrap party — Siwa confirmed her relationship with Hughes, 32, is not a “platonic” one.
She gushed, “I’m absolutely head over heels for him and he’s the same way.”
As for Miley, the “Last Song” star has been publicly out as pansexual since 2016.
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