JoJo Siwa, 21, and Chris Hughes, 32, have both shared pictures together only days after the US dancer split from her partner Kath Ebbs.
Siwa and Hughes sparked wild speculation among fans during their time on ITV Celebrity Big Brother with a steady stream of intimate and flirtatious interactions.
Both reality TV stars have previously insisted they “loved” each other purely as friends.
However, 28-year-old Ebbs confirmed her split from the US star on Saturday in an emotional post on Instagram – revealing that Siwa had ended their relationship just hours after leaving the Celebrity Big Brother house.
Siwa and Hughes built a strong bond on Celebrity Big Brother
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Now, both Siwa and Hughes have broken their social media silence with posts featuring each other.
On Sunday, the 21-year-old reposted a photo on her Instagram Story featuring herself, Chris and fellow housemate Chesney Hawkes.
She captioned the image “The boyyyyssss!!” along with a heart emoji. (sic)
Hughes similarly reposted an image on Instagram, showing the TV presenter in a pub with a group of friends – including Siwa sat next to him with a hand on his shoulder.
Siwa reposted a picture of her with Hughes and Hawkes
Instagram: JoJo Siwa
Hughes reposted a picture of he and Siwa attending drinks with friends
Instagram: Chris Hughes
“Band back together,” he wrote alongside the post with a hands making a heart emoji.
The snap suggests Siwa has met some of Hughes’ friends, with no other housemates from the series visible in the photo.
Coronation Street legend Jack P Shepherd emerged as the winner of this year’s Celebrity Big Borther, with Siwa and Hughes finishing as runners-up.
After attending the after-party with her then partner, Ebbs took to social media to reveal Siwa had told them the relationship was over.
In her Instagram video, Ebbs said they had been left “hurt” and “humiliated” to be “dumped” by Siwa at the event.
“Hello, internet… I don’t even know where to begin,” Ebbs began in the clip.
Ebbs revealed she had been dumped by Siwa at the Big Brother after party
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They continued: “I’m filming this in a complete state of shock, which I know is probably distressing.
“I feel so numbed out right now and so disoriented, I feel like the only thing I can do to place this situation is address it after two weeks of sitting back and watching things unfold without being able to get any clarity from the person it involved.”
Siwa’s ex continued by saying they were “hurt by what I saw”, but they “wanted to work through it and get clarity”.
Ebbs explained: “(I was) met with being further humiliated in the fact that… the story goes right now that in the last eight hours, I flew here and I went to the live show to show up for my partner and support them in their experience and then later on address the feelings of hurt and then work through them like all relationships do.
“But before I could even get back to the hotel – it’s crazy – I went to the after party with my now ex and was dumped in the party.
“I was told that there are confused feelings there – do with that what you will – and that they realised in the house I wasn’t the person they didn’t want to spend the foreseeable (with).”
