Overview
- A Parade video showed the 33-year-old briefly stepping outside the Jan. 11 ceremony to take a quiet break.
- After a fan on X suggested social anxiety was the reason, Jonas replied, "Yeah…it hit me like a gut punch."
- He tied the comment to his new single, Gut Punch, whose lyrics address self-criticism and vulnerability.
- Coverage noted broad support online and included explainers on social anxiety symptoms and coping strategies.
- Jonas has previously discussed therapy and the emotional toll of type 1 diabetes, and he attended with presenter Priyanka Chopra Jonas.