Pop icon Elton John welcomed JoJo Siwa into the LGBTQ+ community at the second annual Can’t Cancel Pride virtual benefit.
Towards the end of the show, the Rocketman singer praised the 18-year-old for her coming out earlier this year.
“Jojo, I want to congratulate you for sharing yourself with the world by coming out this year. I’m overjoyed that you’ve joined our beautiful community,” he said.
“At 17, you’re able to do something that took people of my generation decades to do. Not only are you living your truth, you’re a shining example to young people the world over and their families that love is love.”
Pink, JoJo Siwa, Kylie Minogue, Leslie Odom Jr. and more musicians helped kick off Pride Month by performing for the “Can’t Cancel Pride” relief benefit special on Friday (June 4).
Pink, JoJo Siwa, Kylie Minogue & More Perform for ‘Can’t Cancel Pride’: Watch Billboard 6 hrs ago Sharareh Drury
P!nk, JoJo Siwa, Kylie Minogue, Leslie Odom Jr. and more musicians helped kick off Pride Month by performing for the “Can’t Cancel Pride” relief benefit special on Friday (June 4).
The hour-long stream was hosted by iHeartMedia on-air personality Elvis Duran and singer-songwriter Bebe Rexha, and featured a variety of talent to break down what PRIDE means to them, letter by letter: Power and Purpose, Respect and Relationships, Individuality and Intersectionality, Dance and Defy and Equality and Everybody.
Dolly Parton started the event with a short welcome followed by Troye Sivan kicking things off with a performance of “You” along with Regard and Tate McRae.