Nick Jonas Gets Honest in Reddit AMA

Why DID the Jo-Bros take off their purity rings?

In a Recent Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) Nick Jonas opened up to fans and answered every question they threw at him very honestly.

From exes, to filming the music video for Close, and those highly criticized purity rings we got to know the youngest Jonas Brother a lot better.

When asked about his upcoming album, “Last Year Was Complicated” he opened up about how last year was actually complicated after he ended things with his girlfriend of two years, former Miss USA, Olivia Culpo. Saying, “no matter who you are or what you go through in your life, we all deal with the same human issues. I started writing the record and then had a breakup that became kind of the main thing that the songwriting was about.” Jonas went on to say that a song on the upcoming album, “Champagne Problems” is about sharing a bottle of champagne with [his] now ex as [they] were breaking up; to kind of close that chapter.

Of course, the top question on everyone’s mind was about the purity rings. WakaFlakkaSeagulls cut right to the chase and asked:

Was the whole purity ring thing a part of your marketing to families and young kids. Or were you seriously about abstaining from gettin’ down and it was just publicized to give you guys a cleaner image?

Did you just bail on it once a bunch fine women started throwing themselves at you? Or you still trying to be pure and whatnot?

I’m just trying to understand because you should be able pull like Leo no problem.

Nick’s response was perfect, so here it is for you, in full:

I’d like to start by saying this: I came from an incredibly religious home, growing up my dad was a pastor, and much like The First Family or people in front of the public eye, we were highly scrutinized as a family within the church and looked at as, well I guess you would call an example of what that family image should be. So long before our career started in music, that was what we were dealing with.

There was a person in the church who at one point demanded that all the kids in the youth group put these purity rings on and make this commitment, so without a full understanding of what we were stepping into, we all made this commitment.

But as you do, you grow up, you live life, you gain some world perspective and you develop your own views and opinions as it relates to faith, as it relates to sex, and everything that falls under the bounds of what your parents teach you and what comes from religion and you get to make your own choices.

So I started making my own choices, fell in love with somebody, made the choice to have sex with them, and from that point on it was about me being a man and being okay with my choices. And then it related to my art and people’s view of me and the public eye.

I think it’s always about being comfortable and confident in who you are. I’ve got a lot of perspective and real care about sex from those days and specifically because people were watching us, because it was such a strange thing to a lot of people to wear these purity rings especially as young men in a pop boy band. But I think when I’m looking back on it, although it was challenging to live with that, to be seen and have that attached to our name was very tough. I think it was a good thing. It gave me a really good perspective to where as now my main thing is about being okay with who I am as a man and the choices I’ve made, and I think everyone should have a good and solid conversation with either their parents or loved ones about sex and about what they want to do with their life, because it shouldn’t be taboo. It’s a big part of who we are and what makes us human, and if we can’t address these things head on, then I think that it can really be challenging.

Well said Nick, well said!