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Siwa added that Lovato also played her role in her girlfriend, Kylie Prew, realizing she was gay.

\"She said she went to your concerty, and it was that concert -- she would have probably had to have been 12, maybe, or 13 -- and she was there with her mom!\" Siwa said with a laugh.

Siwa came out publicly as a member of the LGBTQ community earlier this year.

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