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The Billboard video staff is reacting to Miley Cyrus’ joke about JoJo Siwa’s sexuality seemingly changing with her new relationship with her fellow Big Brother contestant, Chris Hughes and the conversation on social media that goes on regarding sexuality and celebrities especially during Pride month.

Tetris Kelly   

All right, so guys, I don’t know if you saw it. At World Pride, Miley Cyrus posted a little video in which she said, “I’m gonna go back into the closet where maybe I can find JoJo Siwa.”

Well, as we all know, JoJo Siwa is now publicly dating a man, Chris, and so people are saying like, Hey, did she go back in the closet? Was she fake gay? There’s a whole thing.

Judy Sanchez  

I’m kind of shocked that Miley would say that. 

Stefanie Tanaka   

I mean, I think people have been kind of accusing a lot of stars of doing that. They were talking about Fletcher also, like, dating a man after she said that she was a lesbian or something. 

Tetris Kelly

I mean, we all know that sexuality is on the spectrum for pretty much everybody, so you should be able to kind of do what you want to do. I don’t think it changes anything for JoJo. But what is interesting to me is that JoJo has always, in multiple interviews, multiple times, gave a lot of credit to Miley Cyrus. So what’s to be said when somebody that you look up to is commenting on your personal life? Because now JoJo is speaking out about it. 

Jerah Milligan  

Wait. So my question is, is Miley gay? 

Stefanie Tanaka  

She said she’s pansexual, which means that her sexuality is fluid. So, I mean, that’s not necessarily saying that she doesn’t, she can’t date a man, right? You know, just she said before that she doesn’t really care about, like, you know gender.

Judy Sanchez  

She’s so hung up on the label. Yeah, she herself. Well, I think Miley’s brand is so, like, free and, fluid.

Stefanie Tanaka

Well, I feel like people are more hung up on labels, like, if you say that you’re gay, they’re like, you have to be gay. Well, she’s like, I don’t know if it works that way. 

Jerah Milligan  

She can’t be bi? I guess my thing is like, look, I guess I’m confused on what’s wrong. And like, she dates women, now she’s dating a dude. She could date a woman after this dude.

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The Billboard video staff reacts to Taylor Swift buying back her masters, including our thoughts on ‘Reputation (Taylor’s Version)’ not being re-recorded, how we feel about ‘Taylor Swift (Taylor’s Version)’ coming out, what this means next for Taylor’s career and more.

Jerah Milligan 

You know, good for her. All right? She’s not giving you a remix. She’s not giving you a reboot. She’s like, it’s perfect. Enjoy it. People need to do that. Movies need to do that. TV shows need to do that. It’s perfect. Let it cook.

Tetris Kelly 

All right team, so they are all Taylor’s Versions now. Taylor Swift has bought her masters back, you know, after all, the re-records. Billboard, we’re the people that reported she spent around $360 million to get it all back. How we feeling? 

Evan Burke 

I mean, that’s pocket change for her.

Tetris Kelly   

I mean, as a billionaire, you know…

Stefanie Tanaka 

Pocket change, but I think it’s like, you know, it’s substantial, because not all artists hold their masters, and now she does, and this has been something that she’s been trying to do, and she has set out. She said, when she started her ‘Taylor’s Verison,’ this is something she set out to do, and if she had the opportunity to buy them, she would. 

Judy Sanchez 

I think it’s a total boss move, you know, and it really grabs, like, here she is taking control of her art and her music. 

Tetris Kelly 

Like a group project, though, right? 

Jerah Milligan 

Yeah, wait. So she got the ones she re-recorded, but then she got the originals.

Tetris Kelly   

Now she owns the original. 

Jerah Milligan 

So now she got two sets of the same records.

Stefanie Tanaka   

So under her new record deal with Republic, she owns her albums. So ‘Lover,’ ‘Folklore,’ ‘Evermore,’ ‘Midnights’ and ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ and all the Taylor’s Versions. She owns the rights to those, but her old, her old ones with her old label Big Machine Records, when they were bought out by UMG, she didn’t own those. So now she owns them all. She owns all the music videos, all the movies, everything she’s spent her whole life creating.

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WWE Women’s Money In the Bank and current Women’s champ, Tiffany Stratton talks about her love for Sabrina Carpenter and how she inspires her ring outfits, wanting to see Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion in the ring, what song best describes her rivalry with Nia, who from ‘Love Island’ would do best in the ring and more!

Noah Reardon: I’m Noah with Billboard, and we have Tiffany Stratton, our Women’s Champion. She is. It’s over 150 days now.

Tiffany Stratton: Yes, it’s crazy. It just flew by.

Yeah, and also Ms. Money in the Bank 2024 — how does it feel being back today?

Honestly, I feel like things should be more chaotic for me. I feel like I just got here and I’m already the champion, and I’m just sitting back and and watching these girls fight for my title. So it’s, it’s super it’s super cool to watch. And just kind of sit back and enjoy the show.

I love that. So, last night, we saw what happened — is Strapley no more? Are you gonna be able to make Rhea wear pink?

To me, Strapley is never over. She has a special place in my heart, and I’m gonna try and make Rhea Ripley wear pink. It’s gonna happen one day. I guarantee it.

I would love to hear, I know you’re a big Sabrina Carpenter fan, the new song “Manchild” just came out. Have you heard it?

I have heard it, and I love it. It’s the summer anthem.

On that note, what songs of the summer are you ramping up right now?

Obviously, “Manchild,” I feel like anything country right now. I’m really loving Megan Moroney, Morgan Wallen, obviously I’m loving all the Post Malone and the Morgan Wallen collaborations and stuff like that.

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