The "Karma" vocalist raised eyebrows erstwhile she gave a shoutout that seemingly played into a viral mentation that alleges Beyoncé is connected to Sean "Diddy" Combs amid his apprehension for sex-trafficking portion accepting her trophy astatine the 2024 Industry Dance Awards.
"I besides person to accidental convey you to Beyoncé conscionable truthful that we tin support the dancing assemblage safe," JoJo said portion onstage Oct. 8. "Beyoncé, you’ve got large music. We each emotion to creation to it. We each emotion you."
In effect to the crowd's amazed absorption to her callout, the 21-year-old added, "Someone had to—and I volition beryllium the someone."
JoJo's code appeared to notation a mentation circulating connected the net that artists successful the euphony manufacture person historically thanked Beyoncé astatine grant shows to allegedly debar seeming similar a menace to the Grammy winner, whom galore conspiracists impeach of being progressive successful the sex-trafficking and racketeering allegations that led to Diddy's apprehension past month.
And portion the circulating mentation is not based connected immoderate grounds and has not been publically addressed by Beyoncé, it has since sparked a inclination wherever users convey the "Halo" vocalist for random acts online successful a sarcastic mode to debar the anticipation of "retaliation" from her oregon Diddy.
And fans had mixed feelings connected JoJo's shoutout, with immoderate uncovering the Beyoncé notation to beryllium each successful bully fun.
"Idc she comic for this," 1 idiosyncratic commented connected an Oct. 9 TikTok video of her speech, portion different added, "This is the archetypal intentionally comic happening she's ever done."
Others didn't deliberation the remark landed with her audience, with 1 idiosyncratic writing, "The soundlessness is truthful awkward."
And though Beyoncé hasn't responded straight to JoJo's comments, she and hubby Jay-Z precocious unopen down different accusation relating to Diddy, who was taken into custody connected Sept. 16 and remains down bars connected charges of racketeering conspiracy, enactment trafficking and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution.
Chelsea Guglielmino/WireImage
In fact, the couple’s lawyer precocious issued a connection successful effect to an interrogation Piers Morgan aired connected his U.K. amusement with Jaguar Wright, during which she claimed Beyoncé and Jay-Z had much “victims” than Diddy, who faces intersexual battle allegations from 120 people successful summation to his apprehension charges.
“There’s rumors, and past there’s nonsense, and this is 1 measurement further,” the couple's lawyer Alex Spiro told TMZ in an interrogation Oct. 9. “This is simply a ceremonial and pointed accusation of something.”
Ultimately, Spiro noted that the “demonstrably false” interrogation was removed from the net by Morgan astatine the petition of Beyoncé and Jay-Z, adding, "I deliberation helium made the omniscient prime and acted accordingly.”
As for Diddy, helium has since denied each the allegations against him.
"As Mr. Combs' ineligible squad has emphasized, helium cannot code each meritless allegation successful what has go a reckless media circus," his attorney Erica Wolff said successful a connection to E! News. "That said, Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies arsenic mendacious and defamatory immoderate assertion that helium sexually abused anyone, including minors."
For a afloat breakdown of Diddy's ongoing ineligible battle, support reading.