In July 2022, pop culture enthusiasts were thrown for a loop when JoJo Siwa took to social media to reveal her surprising beef with Candace Cameron Bure. In a TikTok, the “Dance Moms” star claimed that the former “Full House” teen was the rudest celebrity she ever encountered. In response to Siwa’s statement, Bure shared a video on Instagram apologizing for their awkward run-in, which she said stemmed from her not having time to take a selfie together. “I kind of broke your 11-year-old heart. I didn’t take a picture with you. Ugh! I feel crummy, I feel –– Jojo, I’m sorry,” she said.
Siwa seemed to appreciate Bure’s apology, telling Page Six, “You know, I had a rough experience when I was little. I was 11, and I was a big, big fan, and I wanted to take a picture with her, and it wasn’t a good time for her.” She went on to add, “I will say because I had a bad experience, that doesn’t mean that she is an awful human.”
While the two quickly buried the hatchet, their feud reignited later that year after Bure made controversial comments to The Wall Street Journal about opposing the inclusion of LGBTQIA+ couples in Great American Family Network films. “Honestly, I can’t believe, after everything that went down just a few months ago, that she would not only create a movie with the intention of excluding LGBTQIA+ but then also talk about it in the press,” Siwa wrote on Instagram.
