JoJo shares how she learned to love her curves and cellulite after her label told her she was too fa

by Emily Baines

''Singer JoJo has had a shaky relationship with the industry that made her famous. In 2014, following a year-long battle with record company Blackground Records, JoJo was finally freed from her contract and allowed to sign with Atlantic. She recently opened up about her experiences growing up in the public eye for Motto, and what she has to say about self-doubt and body positivity breaks our hearts.

JoJo begins her essay quite powerfully:

“I will never have a thigh gap. Nobody has ever worried the wind might ‘wooooosh’ a little bit too hard and knock me down. At 25, I’m a brick house adorned with battle scars and cellulite, curves and confidence. Some days I have abs, sometimes mehhh… I don’t know where they go. And you know what? It’s all good...”