{"id":458243,"date":"2026-06-03T04:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T04:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/458243\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T04:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T04:30:11","slug":"jojo-siwa-sports-eye-patch-for-gnarly-eye-infection-in-new-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/458243\/","title":{"rendered":"JoJo Siwa sports eye patch for &#8216;gnarly&#8217; eye infection in new video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JoJo Siwa has a new accessory: an eye patch!<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cDance Moms\u201d alum posted a video on June 1 showing off the eye patch, joking, \u201cThings aren\u2019t going too well,\u201d adding, \u201cOn top of this, I also have a concussion. I\u2019m a mess.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also shared a peek at her reddened, irritated eye, as well as some progress photos of the infection.<\/p>\n<p>Siwa explained she fell off her golf cart, which is how she got the concussion. She added that the eye infection is unrelated, but it is a \u201cgnarly\u201d case.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old is supposed to be on bed\/couch rest for the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a very long week,\u201d JoJo added in the post\u2019s caption. \u201cWith rest, my concussion has been recovering well. No where near 100 percent, but on a good track. My eye however, is taking longer than expected to come around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And while she\u2019s in the care of a \u201clovely team of doctors,\u201d Siwa admitted she\u2019s also planning to do some rehearsal work for her upcoming tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s definitely a bit early to be going back into everything and I have to be very careful of not being 100 percent recovered,\u201d JoJo admitted. \u201cBut the greatest saying in Hollywood, which I\u2019m realizing to be true, the show must go on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She concluded her update with a joke, saying, \u201cIf you see me with sunglasses on, just know, I\u2019m not being a dramatic diva, just taking care of my eye giving it a bit of relief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Siwa has had a tricky health year so far. In December, she was rushed to the hospital after an ovarian cyst ruptured, but bounced back quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wearepauserewind\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wearepauserewind\/\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@WeArePauseRewind<\/a> for all your pop culture obsessions.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JoJo Siwa has a new accessory: an eye patch! The \u201cDance Moms\u201d alum posted a video on June&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[232755,31773,156,102295,232753,232754,29442,157,111,139,69,232757,232756],"class_list":["post-458243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-bed-rest","tag-concussion","tag-entertainment","tag-eye-infection","tag-eye-patch","tag-golf-cart","tag-jojo-siwa","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-ovarian-cyst","tag-tour-rehearsal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}