‘Why is JoJo Siwa doing Kiss cosplay?’ one X user joked while another mused they were experiencing ‘Miley Cyrus flashbacks.’

When JoJo Siwa showed up at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on Monday for the iHeartRadio Music Awards, she split fans’ opinions with her most racialized appearance to date.

Another X user asked: ‘Why does JoJo Siwa look like she just debuted as the latest WWE villain?’

‘Ummm.. JoJo Siwa looks a MESS,’ a third expressed.

Amidst the numerous jokes about her appearing as though she was “beginning a wrestling career,” several acknowledged that they couldn’t even identify the former child star.

The Boomerang hitmaker was wearing a costume from her upcoming music video for Karma on Friday when she accepted an award on stage at the event.

The former cast member of Dance Moms last attended the iHeartRadio Music Awards in 2018. She has been outspoken about how younger viewers may find the more mature era she is entering “disturbing.”

Siwa responded to criticism on her upcoming single by saying that she has had to deal with haters since she was a young child.

‘I think people forget that my whole life has been criticized and judged and watched. It’s not easy. It’s very tough. I’ve had a lot of people say really cruel things to me, but I have a really good bubble of people,’ she told Extra at the event.

She also told iHeart Radio that it is ‘really important’ to her ‘to make art.’

Following her appearance on the red carpet wearing a skimpy jumpsuit with mesh panels across her stomach and bat-like decorations on the arms, rhinestones, and X (formerly known as Twitter), social media users rushed to voice their dissatisfaction.

The 20-year-old dancer, who is presenting an award at the event, was made fun of for her fake hawk and spiky black mascara around her eyes in addition to being criticized for her daring costume.

The former cast member of Dance Moms, who has openly expressed her opinion that younger viewers will find a more mature era “disturbing,” most recently attended the iHeartRadio Music Awards in 2018 (see above).

‘To make crazy visuals and crazy music and somebody used the word ‘unrestrained’ to describe it and I love it,’ she explained. ‘Something that a lot of people have been saying is ‘it’s a rebrand, it’s a rebrand, it’s a rebrand. JoJo its a rebrand.’ It’s not a rebrand. Honestly, me and my team have never used the word rebrand. We’ve used the term ‘launch.’ We’ve used the term ‘new JoJo.’ But I think that’s just something that I love. This is the art. This is where we are now.’

Earlier this month, Siwa unveiled a sneak peek of her latest track, Karma, in which she describes herself as a ‘bad girl.’

‘I was a bad girl, I did some bad things/ I swear I did it off of fun and it meant nothing,’ she crooned in the first verse. ‘Another late night, another crazy mood/And I didn’t think twice what it would do to you.’

She continues to sing, saying that she was always a “wild child” and that it was just a “matter of time” until she “blew it.”

The former Nickelodeon employee, who gained popularity among young adults with songs like Boomerang, proceeded to sing her first swear word in a song.

‘Why is JoJo Siwa doing Kiss cosplay?’ one X user joked while another mused they were experiencing ‘Miley Cyrus flashbacks’

Another X user asked: ‘Why does JoJo Siwa look like she just debuted as the latest WWE villain?’

‘Ummm.. JoJo Siwa looks a MESS,’ a third expressed

‘Karma is a b**ch, I should’ve known better/ If I had a wish I would’ve never f**ked around,’ she declared in the chorus. ‘Karma is a b**ch/ And she’s with you right now.’

To many of her fans’ shock, Siwa also uploaded an up-close photo of her bottom and various racy images, including her flipping off the camera and holding another woman’s waist.

Many commenters compared her shedding her child-friendly image to Miley Cyrus, a fellow former child star, who also got rid of her squeaky clean ‘good girl’ image in an extreme way.

‘She’s basically letting y’all know she’s no longer a child and she’s not going to act like it anymore… so if you don’t want your kids (who followed her because she was a kid) to see her doing adult things this is your warning to unfollow… it’s not that hard to read and understand,’ one fan wrote.

Another reference Taylor Swift’s hit song, Look What You Made Me Do, by writing: ‘Sorry the old Jojo can’t come to the phone right now; why? Oh, bc she’s dead! So excited for this new era of Jojo!’

Among the many quips about her looking like she was ‘starting a wrestling career,’ others admitted that they were unable to even recognize the former child star

For the event, the Boomerang hitmaker was rocking a costume from her Karma music video, which comes out on Friday

In response to criticism over her upcoming single, Siwa explained that she has been dealing with haters most of her life

‘I think people forget that my whole life has been criticized and judged and watched. It’s not easy. It’s very tough. I’ve had a lot of people say really cruel things to me, but I have a really good bubble of people,’ she told Extra at the event

She also told iHeart Radio that it is ‘really important’ to her ‘to make art’

‘She’s hitting her adult era,’ a third wrote.

Amid some criticism, numerous social media users stood up for Siwa as they asked others to allow herself to ‘discover herself.’

‘Why do we gotta harsh on her so hard when she’s just like every single one of us tryna get by in life? Is it just because she’s famous?? Just leave the little lady be,’ one asked.

Another wrote: Jojo is growing up and is allowed to expand herself!!