One thing that we love is when we are reminded that celebrities are just people like us. They meet each other, the hang out, they have a good time – their job doesn’t define them.
And yes, they have insecurities too.
We’ve loved Jojo for a long time. She’s an amazing singer and hey, her songs are perfection. The singer is releasing a book about her life, Over the Influence: A Memoir. It is hitting bookstores on September 17. This means that she’s doing press and we love a good press tour.
The singer was speaking with People and in an excerpt opened up about a Galentines Day where Selena Gomez took her along to a party at Taylor Swift’s house.
“Sel came to a few of my studio sessions, and I swung by hers to hang out or write together. It was honestly a breath of fresh air to be around someone who had started in this industry at such a young age, just like me, and was still so down to earth and open,” JoJo stated.
Writing about the party in the book, Jojo said, ““For Galentine’s Day, Selena invited me to Taylor Swift’s house so we could all celebrate. Taylor had this arts and crafts section set up where we took pictures of ourselves and slapped them on this cute questionnaire where we described our best qualities (and our worst ones), the things we were looking for in a guy, and the reasons why we were currently single. I snuck outside to the In-N-Out truck on her lawn to grab a burger, fries and Diet Coke, but also went out there to text the guy I’d been obsessing over at the time. This whole ‘girl’s night’ scenario at Taylor’s, reclaiming the saddest day of the year for single folks was the best possible distraction from the complete unavailability of this f—boy.”
“I genuinely enjoyed these girls, and although two of them were among the most famous women in the world, we had the shared experience of starting out very young, and I was happy to be let into the fold, part of a group. We stayed up late, wore sweats and no makeup, laughed until we cried, and ate copious amounts of french fries. It was awesome.”
Sounds like an amazing party to us. We love that they have each other and also – can we talk about how great the arts and crafts section sounds?
But there was more that happened at the party. Jojo and Taylor had a little talk and of course, Taylor was completely supportive of Jojo.
Advice, Support & Insecurities
Jojo wrote, “Taylor was so sweet and complimentary, and she seemed excited that Selena had brought me along with her. She mentioned deepcut songs of mine she loved and kept saying how f—ed up the lawsuit was, the fact that I couldn’t put out music. I don’t remember if she already knew what was going on from social media or if I’d told her about the situation, but she was — in no uncertain terms — letting me know she was on my side and believed in me.”
There is nothing better than female friendships and the support that they give each other. Female friendships are complicated and a lot of work, but the support that is given is something that is invaluable.
Jojo also added, “I appreciated Taylor’s kind words, but I thought I could see in the eyes of everyone else at the party that they felt bad for me. Maybe they thought I was never going to get out of this limbo. Or that it was too late for me even if I did. Maybe they could tell I didn’t have the money or the parents who could help dig me out of any holes I might find myself in. Maybe they saw the imposter in my eyes. Then again, perhaps that was all my own projection.”
Whatever it was, we wish Jojo nothing but the best and can not wait to pick up her book this week. For now, we’re off to listen to her music, because hey, we know goodness when we hear it.
