As particulars about his divorce from Sophie Turner proceed to emerge, new claims about Joe Jonas’ nude photograph requests are additionally coming to the floor.
In response to Nickelodeon alum Alexa Nikolas, the Jonas Brothers singer as soon as requested her for nude pictures the place they have been each youngsters. The previous Zoey 101 actress took to X (previously Twitter) on September 8, 2023, to share the allegation amid ongoing experiences about Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner’s divorce, seemingly shading the frontman for requesting the express pictures regardless of carrying a purity ring on the time.
“I met Joe Jonas after we have been teenagers and let’s simply say he’s the man who wore a purity ring however requested for nudes💀,” Nikolas, now 31, claimed. Joe famously wore a purity ring alongside along with his brothers Nick and Kevin Jonas for years earlier than publicly ditching it in 2013 on the age of 24.
Nikolas and the Jonas Brothers’ star have a three-year age hole. Whereas the singer’s request occurred once they have been each teenagers, it’s not clear what precisely the timeline appeared like—however there could have been some predatory conduct happening on the time. Nikolas was 12 years outdated when the primary season of Zoey 101 premiered and 16 years outdated when the present led to 2008, whereas Joe was already 19 when the primary Camp Rock film premiered on Disney Channel that very same 12 months.
This isn’t the primary time that somebody within the limelight has hinted at Joe’s sexual historical past whereas carrying a purity ring as a teen. Through the “Jonas Brothers Household Roast” in 2021, Sophie Turner joked that he “wasn’t simply sticking his fingers in some dumb metallic rings.”
“He was sticking his fingers in co-stars, actresses, and even a supermodel or two,” the “Do It Like That” singer’s soon-to-be ex-wife stated on the time, noting that “the rings weren’t a good suggestion.”
Throughout a 2013 interview with New York Journal, Joe additionally admitted that he misplaced his virginity on the age of 20—about 4 years earlier than he and his brothers determined to cease carrying their purity rings in public.
“We determined to take the rings off a number of years in the past,” he advised the publication on the time. “I misplaced my virginity once I was 20. I did different stuff earlier than then, however I used to be sexually lively at 20. I’m glad I waited for the proper individual since you look again and also you go, ‘That woman was bats–t loopy. I’m glad I didn’t go there.’”
Rumors about Joe’s previous proceed to swirl on social media following the singer’s resolution to divorce Sophie Turner. The Jonas Brothers star and the Sport of Thrones actress first began relationship in 2016 and tied the knot three years later. Their first little one, daughter Willa, was born in 2020 and their second, one other daughter, in 2022. Joe filed the divorce paperwork on September 5, over Labor Day Weekend in 2023, and requested joint custody of the couple’s two kids.
In Joe and Sophie’s divorce paperwork, obtained by Individuals, the couple claimed that “the wedding between the events is irretrievably damaged.” In response to sources who spoke to Individuals on the time, the break up was not a “shock” to those that knew the couple.
“They weren’t separated however they’ve been dwelling separate lives for months,” one supply stated. “So far as custody goes, this actually all simply occurred, so that they’re figuring it out in real-time. They did have a prenup. As a household, they have been based mostly in Florida. The children have been with him the previous couple of months, touring with him with household whereas he’s been on tour. Sophie’s been working within the UK.”
Sophie and Joe later shared a joint assertion to Instagram confirming the information of their break up, writing, “After 4 fantastic years of marriage now we have mutually determined to amicably finish our marriage. There are a lot of speculative narratives as to why however, actually it is a united resolution and we sincerely hope that everybody can respect our needs for privateness for us and our kids.”