Kit Roberts
Nick Jonas has responded to the online rumors that his brother was filmed taking cocaine during a concert.
Nick appeared on the Zach Sang Show podcast, where the topic of conversation eventually turned to viral videos of a concert featuring the Jonas Brothers.
Video of the show has been viewed some 11 million times on TikTok, and in one part Joe Jonas can be seen touching his nose and wiping it with a towel, before he appeared to look in a mirror and join his brothers onstage.
It happened at a California concert of the band's JONAS20: Greetings from Your Hometown Tour, and while some made the claim about drugs, others said it looked like he was just blowing his nose.
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Since the clip went viral ,Joe has denied claims that he took cocaine, telling Esquire in an interview on Monday: “I’ve never touched cocaine in my life, but if I did, I think I’d be a little slicker about it than doing it onstage.”
Now, Nick Jonas has also weighed in on the incident, repeating his brother's denial that he took any illicit drugs.
Asked by the hosts of the Zach Sang Show if he had seen the viral clip that sparked the rumors, Nick responded: "I did see that."
Nick reiterated the denial of any drugs, saying: "Yeah, people are funny, they have imagination."
He added: "Imagine how f***ing wild that would be if he was doing that."
Nick went on to talk about that the impression of musicians as living lives fuelled by drugs and partying, in line with the old adage of 'sex and drugs and rock and roll', which, let's face it, has very much been a thing for decades.
But Nick went on to say that this doesn't really apply anymore, at least not in their case.
He said: "I think that, you know, people think that's what rock stars do, we don't do that. That's not a thing that happens, especially not onstage."
While hard drugs are very much off the table, Nick did share a different vice or indulgence that he enjoys on special occasions, though not so much since becoming a dad.
"I love a cigar from time to time," he revealed. "I've stopped having as many because I don't want to smell like a cigar around my kid all the time, that's not really the best move."
Despite cutting back, he explained that it's still very much something he can enjoy when he has a reason to celebrate, adding: "A great cigar after like a thing that you're celebrating with friends is such a nice thing."