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  • I met my ex in college. After a few months together, he ghosted me.
  • I couldn't get over him — and eventually, years later, we started dating again.
  • I found out he lied to me about cheating so I'd break up with him. It was what I needed to move on.

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Who is Avery Cyrus? 5 facts about the TikTok star who JoJo Siwa said used her for 'views and for clout'

  • TikToker Avery Cyrus and JoJo Siwa just broke up after months of dating.
  • Cyrus is a TikTok star with over eight million followers and almost 300 million likes.
  • She's also popular on YouTube and Instagram, and makes content in various genres.

The popular influencer JoJo Siwa and her now ex-girlfriend, Avery Cyrus, recently announced that they had broken up after three months of dating. The two first said they were dating back in September.

Siwa appeared to announce the breakup in the video — a montage of their time on a seven-day Royal Carribean cruise —  when she said, "This is my 'I'm sorry for breaking up with you' present'" to Cyrus in what appeared to be an arcade, in one of the clips. Cyrus confirmed the breakup in a comment on the video, which was posted Saturday.

@averycyrus Best trip EVER thanks to @Royal Caribbean 💞💞#royalpartner #comeseek #wonderoftheseas ♬ FEEL THE GROOVE - Queens Road, Fabian Graetz

"We decided that we are better off as friends!" Cyrus wrote in response to a comment asking why they decided to separate. "We are both so young and still just trying to figure our stuff out!"

But days later, Siwa appeared to speak out negatively about the relationship. She said in a video posted to her mother's Instagram on Monday that she had been used "for views and for clout."  

"For views and for clout, and I got tricked into being told that I was loved, and I got f---ing played!"

Siwa also posted a TikTok on Tuesday that appeared to be about her ex, suggesting Cyrus told one of Siwa's best friends that she was excited to date her because it would grow her career.

Meanwhile, Cyrus told People that she thought the relationship ended on "great terms" and was "still very hurt" that JoJo ended it with her. She said she was "saddened and confused by the situation."

Although many people know Siwa through her television appearances and viral internet fame, Cyrus is also a massively popular influencer, with over eight million followers and almost 300 million likes on TikTok. Here are five fast facts about her.

For a long time, my ex-boyfriend from college, Shawn, was "the one that got away" for me. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get over him.

Then we got back together.

When I met Shawn, I was in my early 20s. He was handsome and had an infectious sense of humor. An hour into our first conversation, I felt like we'd known each other forever.

What started as an easy friendship quickly turned into much more. Over the next few months we stayed up all night talking on the phone, listening to records, and fooling around in bed.

A few years earlier, I'd experienced a sexual assault that often left me feeling disconnected from my body and desires. With Shawn I felt safe and understood, like I could be truly vulnerable with him.

One day, he ghosted. We'd known each other for only a few months, but I was gutted when he disappeared.

Years later we reconnected and got together again

In the years that followed, I struggled to fully move on, comparing everyone I met to Shawn. I held on to the memory of him, in part because of what he represented: my carefree college days when I was happier and wasn't shackled with the responsibilities of adulthood.