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Why Actress JoJo Gibbs Had to Come Out Twice to Her Mother
March 3, 2020
JoJo Gibbs always knew she wanted to be in front of the camera. Gibbs started with stand-up comedy, which would help her through the first time she came out to her mother. "I honestly couldn't bring myself to straight up say, ‘I think I'm X, Y or Z.’ I was like, ‘I don't think that I connect with men the way I think I should. And she was just like, ‘What?’” Gibbs laughed, as she spoke with InsideEdition.com. The new star of BET’s “Twenties” also revealed how she hustled her way onto Lena Waithe’s radar. InsideEdition.com’s Stephanie Officer explains.