Joe Jonas once claimed he would not have sex before marriage – but had a major regret after agreeing to wear a purity ring.
He and two of his other brothers, Nick and Kevin, all agreed to “wait for the right person” and made an oath to remain celibate until that time came.
In 2019, the star – who recently filed for divorce from his Game of Thrones star wife Sophie Turner – revealed to James Corden on Carpool Karaoke: “Purity rings were to wait for the right person, when the time was right. And here’s the catch.
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“When you’re like 12 and you do that, because we grew up in a church and our dad was a pastor, so it kind of just came natural for everyone we grew up with to go through this, and get one, and say, ‘I’m gonna wait for the right person.'”
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He added: “Some people would say, ‘I’m gonna wait until marriage.’
“When you’re about 15, 16, and start dating, and you go, ‘Wait a minute. What did I say I was gonna do?’”
Despite agreeing not to discuss the matter publicly, it took one journalist accusing him of being in a “cult” to change his mind.
He said: “Of course, you have three young boys wearing rings on their fingers, and everyone is like, ‘Are they married already?’
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“We were in an interview one day, and the guy asked about them and we said we didn’t wanna talk about them, and he said, ‘Well, I’m just gonna say you’re in a cult’.”
The rings soon became “annoying” and the trio decided to ditch them, with Joe explaining: “Look, this is not who we are… this is annoying, people are making fun of it anyway, we can make fun of it ourselves.”
Now Joe has filed divorce papers at the Miami Dade County Court, explaining his marriage is “irretrievably broken”.
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They have reportedly agreed to “shared parental responsibility” of their kids, with a prenup already in place.
A joint statement from Joe and Sophie read: “Statement from the two of us: After four wonderful years of marriage we have mutually decided to amicably end our marriage.
“There are many speculative narratives as to why but, truly this is a united decision and we sincerely hope that everyone can respect our wishes for privacy for us and our children.”
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