JoJo Siwa and Dakayla Wilson Split 3 Months After Taking Relationship Public: ‘We Have Gone Our Separate Ways’ (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Jojo Siwa (left); Dakayla Wilson.Photo:Paul Archuleta/Getty; FOX via Getty

Paul Archuleta/Getty; FOX via Getty

JoJo SiwaandDakayla Wilsonhave gone their “separate ways.”

The formerDance Moms star, 21, revealed to PEOPLE at the 11th Annual American Reality Television Awards on Monday, Nov. 18 that she and theSo You Think You Can Dancealum are spending the holidays apart.

“We have gone our separate ways, but she is an amazing girl,” Siwa shared. “And I got my own fun holiday plans, and I know she’s got her family that she’s spent the holidays with.”

“I’m happy for her that she has [them],” she added.

Jojo Siwa (right) and Dakayla Wilson.Jojo Siwa/Instagram

Jojo Siwa/Instagram

“Cats outta the bag 😺,” Siwa captioned the video with Wilson tagged. The latter resposted the clip on her own page and wrote, “surprise shawtyyyyy 😽.”

After launching her relationship, she then shared a photo of her and Wilson outside holding hands, captioned, “Perfect day 🖤.” She also revealed that they had spent time together for a dance class Wilson was teaching.

Siwa and Wilson initially met while the former was a judge on the latter’s season ofSo You Think You Can Dance, on which she placed second.

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Dakayla Wilson (left) and Easton Magliarditi in ‘So You Think You Can Dance’.FOX via Getty

FOX via Getty

“Girlfriend taught a dance class so i took a weekend off of being JoJo Siwa and became her All Star Assistant,” she captioned aTikTok videoof her dancing. “❤️‍🔥 @DAKAYLA WILSON broke my body in half for this but WORTH IT.”

A month later, the “Karma” singer opened up about her decision to take her relationship public, telling PEOPLE at the time that they changed their stance on keeping their relationship private.

“Honestly I’ve been very open about not wanting to be public,” Siwa said. “And so when we kind of got together, it was just — it was literally one day where she was teaching a dance class and the girls in the class and the boys in the class were like, kind of looking at us. Then one was like, ‘Why are you here, JoJo?’ And finally I just came up to her and I was like, ‘Yeah, why am I here?’ "

JoJo Siwa at LA Pride in the Park concert held at Los Angeles State Historic Park on June 8, 2024.Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty

Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty

Siwa continued, “And I gave her [Wilson] the look like, ‘It’s okay, you can say,’ and then they were videoing that, and so we were like, ‘You know what? It’s public.’ "

It’s unclear how long the pair had been dating prior to the reveal. Siwa last dated TikTok starAvery Cyrus, but the pairbroke upin December 2022 after three months together, deciding “that we are better off as friends!”

In November 2023, Siwa told PEOPLE thatdating with her busy schedule has been trickyin the past, and that she tended to over-prioritize her relationships over other commitments.

“I’m a lover. I crave that. But it’s good, because I know when I’m in a relationship, I prioritize it, and sometimes a little too much and I cut out friends, cut out family, cut out career, and I only focus on relationships,” she said at the time. However, she added that she looked forward to finding “someone to come home to at night, and cuddle and have a peanut butter and jelly with.”

source: people.com