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Hannah Montana snub for 'True Confessions' star JoJo
By April MacIntyre Aug 7, 2008, 16:46 GMT
08/03/2008 - JoJo - 2008 Teen Choice Awards - Arrivals - Gibson Amphitheater - Universal City, CA, USA © Albert L. Ortega / PR Photos
Joanna "JoJo" Levesque turned down Miley Cyrus' star-making role of Hannah Montana.
R&B and pop singer Joanna “JoJo” Levesque told “Extra” that she refused the part.
“Yeah, they [Disney] offered me the role…[But] it’s not really what I see for myself,” JoJo admitted. “No regrets. No regrets at all.”
In 2004, JoJo rose to fame with her platinum-certified self-titled album and has starred in several television and big screen projects.
She currently stars in Lifetime’s "True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet" in which she plays a hard partying “It” girl who’s overdose ends up on “Extra!”
But how does the 17-year-old avoid the temptations of Hollywood herself?
She explained, “I still live in New England. I’m an east coast girl till I die and I still live with my mom.”
For more with JoJo, tune in to “Extra” tonight!
Tune in to Lifetime’s True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet on August 9th.
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