Chris Hughes, 32, smirked when he was grilled about his relationship with JoJo Siwa, 22, live on This Morning.
The former Love Island star appeared on the daily ITV show on Tuesday from Towcester where he was covering Sam Thompson’s Soccer Aid challenge.
During the segment, host Ben Shephard asked Chris a cheeky question about him and JoJo.
‘Can we just say, because obviously we’re all talking about it. Congratulations on the relationship, we’re all very excited, have we decided whether it’s Hughes-wa… what’s the power couple name?’ Ben asked.
Co-host Cat eagerly added: ‘What is it going to be?’
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Chris Hughes (pictured), 32, smirked when he was grilled about his relationship with JoJo Siwa, 22, live on This Morning
The former Love Island star appeared on the daily ITV show on Tuesday from Towcester where he was covering Sam Thompson’s Soccer Aid challenge. Pictured: Hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard (left)
On Sunday, Chris sent fans into a frenzy when he shared a steam bedroom snap with JoJo on Snapchat
‘They call it Co-Jo, that’s the one they’re all going for,’ Chris replied.
The two presenters gushed that they liked the name and Chris commented it ‘rolls off the tongue’.
JoJo and Chris have sparked frenzied speculation about their relationship status over the past few weeks since they met in the Celebrity Big Brother house back in April.
Read More JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes make their romance official as she gushes about being ‘head over heels’
Their relationship has grown from platonic to romantic and the Dance Moms star confirmed that she and Chris have made their relationship official, and she’s started calling him her boyfriend in an interview with Capital Radio.
On Sunday, Chris sent fans into a frenzy when he shared a steam bedroom snap with JoJo on Snapchat.
Sharing the sweet image of himself and JoJo cuddled in bed together, he captioned the image: ‘Sleeping beauty.’
While in an interview with The Guardian, JoJo gushed about her blossoming romance with Chris, when asked whether things between them were still platonic.
She said: ‘It’s not platonic anymore, and it’s been a beautiful development, a beautiful connection, and I’m absolutely head over heels for him and he’s the same way.’
The Dance Moms star also hit back at speculation that their relationship is a ‘PR stunt,’ saying: ‘Clearly, you’ve never been around us. I won’t ever speak for him, but for me personally, the happiness in my life just radiates off of me right now.
JoJo and Chris have sparked frenzied speculation about their relationship status over the past few weeks since they met in the Celebrity Big Brother house back in April
Their relationship has grown from platonic to romantic and the Dance Moms star confirmed that she and Chris have made their relationship official, and she’s started calling him her boyfriend in an interview with Capital Radio
‘Literally yesterday, I was mᴀssaging my cheeks; I’ve never [before] been in pain from smiling so much.’
JoJo also appeared on Sunday’s edition on Sunday Brunch, and fought back tears as she emotionally shared how Chris has been embraced by her family since he first flew to the US to surprise her for her 22nd birthday last month.
She said: ‘She loves him, she does love him. My parents think the absolute world of him, and him and my Dad are like best friends, Chris was actually telling me this yesterday, they went to the spa together yesterday.
‘They’re literally best friends, Mom Siwa she absolutely adores him. I love watching her watch us, because I’ve never seen my mom so happy, and it’s… it’s… I could cry.
‘Honestly, it makes me happy to have everybody act as… it feels like we’re a family, it feels like he’s been in my family for how ever many years it feels like forever.
‘He gets along as well as I do. I think he loves me because of my parents!’