JoJo Siwa, who recently started a romance with Chris Hughes, received relentless backlash after releasing a cover of Kim Carnes' Bette Davis Eyes. The original song, sung by Kim, was released in 1981.

Kim Carnes is explaining how she really feels about JoJo Siwa's cover of her hit song, "Bette Davis Eyes" ... and only TMZ has her full statement. Kim tells TMZ ... "When I first saw my original ...