Throughout an look on the Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth podcast, the 22-year-old Dance Mothers alum mirrored on her candy new romance, and recalled the second she realized her emotions for Hughes went from platonic to romantic.

“It is a stupendous journey,” Siwa mentioned. “… I do not know the way the universe aligned for Chris to return in my life.” She mentioned “serendipity” is her and the Love Island alum’s “favourite phrase.”

“In the event you learn the definition of it, it is primarily discovering love if you’re least in search of it,” she shared.

Siwa and Hughes, 32, first sparked romance hypothesis throughout their stint on Superstar Massive Brother UK, through which they fashioned an in depth relationship, and had many moments that viewers interpreted as flirty.

The singer recalled her first impression of Hughes.

“The very first thing that I took in about him was he was a great hugger,” she mentioned. “I preferred his hug that felt like a pleasant embrace, and he smelled good. I used to be like, ‘Okay cool.”

Siwa — who was in a relationship with Kath Ebbs on the time — mentioned neither she nor Hughes have been anticipating to fall for

“We simply sort of bonded straight away. And it began very a lot in order pals,” she recalled. “I wasn’t seeking to fall for him. He wasn’t seeking to fall for me. We simply have been having a lot enjoyable collectively. We have been having fun collectively. Every time one among us was down. It was the opposite one among us that helped.”

“We had extra enjoyable than I’ve ever had in my life, I had in that home,” she added.

Siwa mentioned that when Superstar Massive Brother ended, she got here to the belief that she was “not pleased.” The “Karma” singer — who broke up together with her ex-partner Ebbs on the afterparty — mentioned she finally confronted her romantic emotions for Hughes.

“I knew all these realizations [about] my life … issues that I wasn’t pleased, and issues that I used to be being OK with that I ought to by no means have been OK with,” she mentioned.

“I am not pleased, and so I have to deal with issues. And I did in a short time as soon as I bought out of the home,” she continued. “After which over a bit of little bit of time, I spotted that I began to really feel one thing for Christopher that I by no means meant to, however I could not not really feel.”

“I’m a really, very fortunate lady,” Siwa shared, “as a result of he was feeling the identical factor.”

The Nickelodeon alum circled again to the phrase “serendipity,” recalling how she and Hughes first found the phrase whereas watching the UK model of Who Desires to Be a Millionaire? collectively.

“The reply to the successful query was ‘serendipity,’” she mentioned. “And any individual replied and mentioned, ‘Have you learnt what serendipity is? It is actually you and JoJo.’ And we Googled it and each of us freaked out as a result of we have been like, that is loopy that that was the million-dollar query reply. And that’s precisely what we have actually struggled to clarify.”

Siwa’s look on the podcast comes just some days after she confirmed her relationship with Hughes was not “platonic.”

In an interview with The Guardian, she revealed the place she stands with Hughes after he posted a selfie of the pair wanting very cozy in mattress collectively.

“It is not platonic any extra, and it has been a stupendous improvement, a stupendous connection, and I am completely head over heels for him and he is the identical approach,” Siwa revealed to the publication, referring to their first joint interview, on This Morning, the place they labelled their relationship as a “platonic soulmate” connection.

The reporter for The Guardian famous how pleased Siwa was whereas talking about Hughes earlier than noting that there are critics suggesting the brand new relationship with Hughes is a “PR stunt.”

“Clearly, you have by no means been round us. I will not ever converse for him, however for me personally, the happiness in my life simply radiates off of me proper now. Actually yesterday, I used to be massaging my cheeks; I’ve by no means [before] been in ache from smiling a lot,” she shared.

Siwa does not have to talk for Hughes, as he has additionally revealed the place their relationship stands in his personal approach, by sharing a selfie — presumably bare — of the duo in mattress collectively. 

“Individuals can see our chemistry, and so they bought to see it develop,” Siwa famous elsewhere within the interview earlier than admitting that she understands why the general public is “curious” about them.

Following CBB UK, the pair fueled rumors after Siwa broke up together with her companion, Kath Ebbs, on the wrap occasion, with many speculating that Siwa’s relationship with Hughes might have been the rationale behind the cut up.

Siwa — who recognized as a lesbian previous to the present, however got here out as queer throughout filming — has continued to close down claims her cut up from Ebbs was due her friendship with Hughes.