Candace Cameron Bure and JoJo Siwa beef explained
CANDACE Cameron Bure has been in the spotlight since the late 1980s, thanks to her role as D.J. Tanner on Full House.
Now, that actress is all grown up, causing fans to wonder why she has beef with Dance Moms alum JoJo Siwa.
What happened between JoJo Siwa and Candace Cameron Bure?
The beef between JoJo and Candance dates back to July 2022.
JoJo hopped on the latest TikTok trend at the time, which saw creators exposing their celebrity encounters.
TikTok users would show pictures of their most excellent and rudest encounters, as well as reveal who their celebrity crushes were.
showed a picture of Candace for the "rudest celebrity"; category, and viewers were shocked to see the potential feud.
JoJo then sat down with , where she elaborated on the situation a little more, explaining why she chose Candace for her rudest celebrity encounter.
"You know, I had a rough experience when I was little," she said.
"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."
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"I will say because I had a bad experience, that doesn't mean that she is an awful human," JoJo added.
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"I think it just was an inconvenient time for her, and little 11-year-old me was just so pumped up and so excited, but that doesn't mean she's the worst human ever."
Candance later apologized for "breaking" JoJo's "heart" in an .
"Honestly, I was shocked when I saw the TikTok on Sunday and had no idea where it came from," Candace began.
"So I immediately tried to reach out to [JoJo] through a mutual friend, and my publicist contacted her manager, and I DMed her because I didn't know what happened.
"...I was finally able to talk to JoJo this morning, I called her, and we had a great conversation, and she was like, 'hey how you doing?' and I said, 'well, I've been better umm, what happened?
JoJo then told Candace about their previous encounter, to which she responded, "I'm so sorry."
"We had a really great discussion," Candace added, "...all good on the JoJo front."
What did fans say about the feud?
JoJo's video has since been viewed over 22 million times.
After the real story came out, fans quickly jumped to Candace's defense.
One user commented: "Candace cameron is not rude i love her."
Another viewer wrote: "Why if you now understand why she said 'not right now' when you were 11, did you post this?"
A third added: "yall she said she was rude when Jojo was 11, at that time she didn't understand how red carpet works, she has apologized. go to Candice Instagram."
Natasha Bure, Candace's 24-year-old daughter, also stepped in on Instagram after the two seemed to have reconciled.
"Respectfully, someone saying 'no' to taking a photo with you is not a 'rough experience,'" Natasha wrote in a since-deleted story.
"This generation is so sensitive and has no backbone."
She continued to say that "there are bigger issues in this world than this" and told the Dance Moms alum to "grow up."
What did JoJo Siwa say about the Great American Family network?
After Candace apologized to JoJo, fans thought the drama would be over.
However, they were back in the headlines months after Candace made controversial comments during an interview with .
In the interview, Candance said she does not expect the Great American Family (GAF) network to have projects with same-sex couples this holiday season.
"I think that Great American Family will keep traditional marriage at the core," Candace, who serves as GAF's chief creative officer, said.
Her comments quickly sparked outrage amongst the LGBTQIA+ community, and JoJo, who came out as a member of the LGBT community in January 2021, took to Instagram to voice her opinion.
"Honestly, I can't believe after everything that went down just a few months ago, that she would not only create a movie with intention of excluding LGBTQIA+, but then also talk about it in the press," .
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"This is rude and hurtful to a whole community of people."
Several people then took to the comments section in agreeance with JoJo's statement.