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JoJo Siwa got a little scare while sitting courtside at a recent Los Angeles Lakers game.
Sporting a Lakers jersey with matching purple and yellow socks, the 18-year-old pop singer and dancer was nearly trampled by Phoenix Suns player Jae Crowder during the NBA game at L.A.’s Crypto.com Arena, formerly the Staples Center, on Tuesday (Dec. 21).
In a video clip of the jarring moment, Siwa, who was seated next to her rumored girlfriend Katie Mills, is seen shielding her face and ducking as the 6-foot-6 Suns forward dives near her chair as he attempts to save the ball from going out of bounds.
“How’s it going down there, @itsjojosiwa?” the Suns captioned the video on its official Twitter account. Ever the good sport, Siwa replied, “Quite well.”
The singer and dancer also took to her Instagram Story after the game to share her excited reaction. “I just got trampled by a player,” Siwa said, according to People. “It was really cool. Also, I just saw my life flash before my eyes.”
She added, “If I wouldn’t have ducked, I would’ve been out, down for the count. I think I would’ve got a broken neck… It’s honestly really entertaining. It really spiced up the day.”
Watch Siwa’s close call at the Lakers-Suns game below.
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Alanis Morissette, Alessia Cara and Michael Bublé were among the Canadian artists to kick off the 2026 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony in Toronto.
The first game of the tournament to be held in Canada took place last night (June 12) in Toronto Stadium, with Canada – who are co-hosting alongside the USA and Mexico – taking on Bosnia and Herzegovina in the country’s opening match.
Later, singer Nora Fatehi, DJ Sanjoy, and rapper Vegedream took the stage to perform ‘Siir’, which appears on the official FIFA World Cup 2026 album. It was followed by Elyanna and Jessie Reyez performing another single from the album, ‘Illuminate’.
Afterwards, Morissette appeared to sing the Canadian national anthem, ‘O Canada’, followed by Yugoslavia’s Aleksandar Gajić, who played the Bosnian and Herzegovinan national anthem on violin.
Finally, Bublé closed out the show with the Sole Power Choir to perform his rendition of Sam Cooke’s ‘Bring It On Home to Me’ – check it out below.
Meanwhile, on Thursday (June 11), Shakira, Burna Boy and J Balvin lit up the opening ceremony in Mexico, while the US opening ceremony saw performances by Katy Perry, Future, Anitta, Lisa, Rema, and Tyla.
Noel Gallagher is one who will not be watching the Halftime Show, claiming that he will be “doing the half-time raffle for a leg of lamb” instead.
In other music-related World Cup news, Baddiel, Skinner & Lightning Seeds have announced a 30th anniversary re-release of ‘Three Lions’, as England head into another World Cup this summer, and John Barnes has revealed the audio clips from 1990, showing Paul ‘Gazza’ Gascoigne and Peter Beardsley attempting his iconic rap for ‘World in Motion’.
Belle & Sebastian have also shared a buoyant 2026 Scotland World Cup anthem ‘It Only Takes One Lion’, and frontman Stuart Murdoch told NME about his hopes for the team.
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