JoJo Siwa reveals her ‘whole family’ tested positive for COVID-19

JoJo Siwa reveals her ‘whole family’ tested positive for ‘dreaded’ COVID-19 as she describes their symptoms: ‘We had shortness of breath’

JoJo Siwa is talking about her personal experience with COVID-19.

The 17-year-old YouTube star revealed that her whole family caught the virus this year but have all thankfully recovered.

The teen superstar told Entertainment Tonight: ‘I did end up getting it, the big, dreaded COVID-19. It got through my whole family,

Health scare: JoJo Siwa has revealed her whole family got ‘dreaded’ COVID-19 but have all since recovered

'We had headaches, we were tired, we had shortness of breath — we had all the things. All my family actually lost their taste and smell, but all have it back. But I never did.' JoJo talked about the symptoms her family suffered

‘We had headaches, we were tired, we had shortness of breath — we had all the things. All my family actually lost their taste and smell, but all have it back. But I never did.’ JoJo talked about the symptoms her family suffered

She revealed that she was the last of her family to get the highly contagious disease after her parents and brother tested positive. 

‘We had headaches, we were tired, we had shortness of breath — we had all the things. All my family actually lost their taste and smell, but all have it back. But I never did. Everyone who gets this virus, it’s gonna affect them differently. We were all, like, three days apart,’

Also in the interview, JoJo also opened up about her split from boyfriend Mark Bontempo.

The Nebraska-born dancer told ET: ‘Everything’s still OK, we’re still good. I am single as a Pringle right now. But Mark and I did break up. We were together for three months and it was great. We had fun, we drove through Taco Bell, I think, 450 times. We had some really fun nights.

'Everyone who gets this virus, it’s gonna affect them differently. We were all, like, three days apart,' JoJo explained to ET. She is pictured with dad Tom, mom Jessalyn and brother Jayden in April 2019

‘Everyone who gets this virus, it’s gonna affect them differently. We were all, like, three days apart,’ JoJo explained to ET. She is pictured with dad Tom, mom Jessalyn and brother Jayden in April 2019

'We never actually had any hard times, we never fought,' JoJo confirmed she's single after splitting from Mark Bontempo

‘We never actually had any hard times, we never fought,’ JoJo confirmed she’s single after splitting from Mark Bontempo

‘We never actually had any hard times, we never fought, we never were mad at each other. It was honestly a great time. It just, we had to work. He had to do some things in his life that I wanted to be there for him, but he had to be there 250 percent for himself. And I didn’t want to take away from him being able to be there for himself. So I was like, “Listen, we can be friends.”‘

She explained, ‘And when I ended the relationship I was like, I don’t want to just say “let’s be friends” and then let’s not. Like, let’s be friends and let’s make it normal,’

'If it comes around, great. And if it doesn't come around, also great. I have so much with what I'm doing right now that if anyone wants to join the party, I'm down!' the singer said she's having fun and busy with her career

‘If it comes around, great. And if it doesn’t come around, also great. I have so much with what I’m doing right now that if anyone wants to join the party, I’m down!’ the singer said she’s having fun and busy with her career

The singer said she’s not looking to date anyone right now because she’s so busy with her career but she isn’t totally against the idea. 

‘If it comes around, great. And if it doesn’t come around, also great. I have so much with what I’m doing right now that if anyone wants to join the party, I’m down!’

When asked what she looked for in a potential boyfriend JoJo said: ‘Nice, cares about me, and is there for me through thick and thin…What’s most important to me is just somebody who genuinely, really, truly cares about me.’