JoJo Siwa

JoJo Siwa has been busy this year, but the 2022 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards wasn't on her calendar. The former Nick star said she wasn't invited.

"My movie musical was just released (with 6 new original songs) … Nickelodeon told me today that I'm not allowed to perform/add any of the songs from the film into my show." Last month, "West Side Story" star Rachel Zegler made waves after she shared on social media that she wasn't invited to the Oscars, despite her film being up for seven awards, including best picture. I would have loved to be there but I wasn't invited :("

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JoJo's D.R.E.A.M. tour, which was also produced by Nickelodeon, first kicked off in May 2019 but its continuation was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Siwa's movie musical The J Team was produced by Nickelodeon and released to the Paramount+ streaming platform on September 3. 'I'm not sure why, but I just didn't get an invite' Disappointed: In her caption, Siwa added that she didn't 'want anyone to think it was' it was her 'choice not to go' as she would have loved to been in attendance 'I'm not sure why, but I just didn't get an invite.' In her caption, Siwa added that she didn't 'want anyone to think it was' it was her 'choice not to go' as she would have loved to been in attendance.

JoJo Siwa says she did not receive an invite to the 2022 Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards despite being nominated for an award.

Siwa, who did not win a Kids' Choice Award Saturday—losing to Dixie D'Amelio, last attended the annual ceremony in person in 2019. Scores of people rallied behind Siwa following her post on Saturday. "F--k the kids choice awards," actor Brian Austin Green commented. She added, "There is no reason that this music should not be included. "I'm not sure why, but I just didn't get an invite." The longtime Nickelodeon star was nominated for Favorite Social Music Star and did not attend the show. That night, Siwa took to

"My song made the cut, but not me."

For context, JoJo has worked with Nickelodeon for a number of years. On her Instagram, JoJo said, "A lot of you have been asking me why I'm not at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards tonight, and the answer is very simple — I wasn't invited." However, in September 2021, JoJo called out Nickelodeon for not letting her perform any of her original songs from her new movie musical, The J Team, on her new tour dates — despite the movie being on Paramount+, which is part of the same media company as Nickelodeon. "Working for a company as a real human being treated as only a brand is fun until it’s not," she tweeted.