Overview

• Nick and Joe Jonas detailed on Penn Badgley’s Podcrushed podcast how journalists pressed them about purity rings and waiting for marriage when they were early teens
• Joe Jonas said reporters threatened to brand them a “cult” if they declined to discuss their decision to abstain
• The brothers recalled invasive questions about their sex lives, Christianity and belief in God in nearly every interview
• They said the permanence of printed interviews compelled them to uphold their public statements on abstinence
• They credited Nick’s solo career with giving the band space to develop and noted that the industry has since changed its approach to interviewing teenage artists