JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes fueled romance rumors with cozy photos from their recent trip together.
The “Love Island UK” alum shared a carousel via Instagram on Tuesday that showed the pair snuggling up while enjoying a vacation to Mexico, where Hughes supported Siwa at her Mexico City concert.
“The previous 7 days have been the prettiest,” he captioned the post.
Siwa agreed, commenting, “& happiest:). Heart is overflowing.”
One photo showed Siwa sweetly laying her head on Hughes’ shoulder with her eyes closed in a relaxed pose.
Other pictures showed the “Celebrity Big Brother UK” co-stars hugging and smiling while laying together on a couch.
Social media users claimed the duo was confirming their relationship status with the images.
“This has to be a hard launch,” one person commented, while another wrote, “If you guys come out and say you’re still just friends after this, my heart is gonna break.”
Chris’ brother, Ben, also commented, “Nice to see a smile on your face 💙💙.”
The post came after Siwa, 22, gave Hughes, 32, a shout-out onstage during her performance of “Bette Davis Eyes,” per the Irish Sun.
On Wednesday, the reality stars were also seen looking very close on the set of “Access Daily.”
A video showed Siwa appearing to cut her interview short after her former “Dance Moms” coach Abby Lee Miller put a spotlight on her PDA with Hughes, saying she was “sitting on some hot guy’s lap.”
Despite the romance speculation, Siwa said earlier this month that she and Hughes just have a “genuine friendship.”
“What’s so special about Chris and I is that our bond is so genuine that neither of us care what people make of it,” she told Us Weekly.
“Because we know our genuine friendship and we know our bond. It’s a great little special friendship that we have. And I literally send him videos of us dancing all the time.”
Of the speculation about their relationship status, Siwa continued, “People just run with whatever they want, with whatever they want to believe.”
“We are friends and we are going to continue to be in each other’s lives,” she added.
“The world having whatever say they have isn’t going to make us never see each other. I think the world expected us to be like, ‘Ooh, rumors, we can never see each other.’ Believe it or not, it’s not what we talk about.”
The two bonded during their time on the UK-based reality show. After several flirty interactions, the “Karma” singer shocked fans when she announced she’s not a lesbian.
“I’ve always told myself I’m a lesbian, but I think you — I think being here, I’ve realized, ‘Oh no, I’m not a lesbian, I’m queer,’” she told co-star Danny Beard.
After making the declaration about her sexuality, Siwa’s ex Kath Ebbs revealed they were “dumped” by the singer.
Days later, Siwa and Chris were spotted hanging out together at a UK golf and tennis club.