Joe Jonas Reacts to Rumors He Used Cocaine Onstage During Show, Says He’s ‘Never Touched’ the Drug

Joe Jonas wants to set the record straight on rumors he snorted cocaine while performing at a recent concert. 

Joe, 36, addressed the speculation in an interview with Esquire published on Monday, October 20, saying, “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.”

Fan footage of Joe’s September show at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles showed the singer checking his nose in a mirror, then wiping it. As the video circulated online, observers wondered if he was using cocaine. At the time, Joe weighed in on the clip, joking, “lol you never had a booger?”

In his Esquire conversation, Joe also addressed his 2024 divorce from British actress Sophie Turner following five years of marriage. The exes share two daughters, Willa, 5, and Delphine 3, and last month, Joe flew to London to “walk them to their first days of school,” the outlet reported.

As for Joe’s current love life, his touring schedule with brothers Kevin, 37, and Nick, 33, makes dating a challenge. 

“Five shows in a row doesn’t make it easy to meet someone for coffee,” the self-described “extremely online” musician told the outlet, adding, “I guess Instagram and TikTok are apps, and I’ve met people that way.” 

When asked for his take on ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl, Joe replied, “I’ve heard some of it. I think she’s obviously the biggest artist out there, and I think it’s good. Everybody’s got an opinion about it, but from what I’ve heard, there are some catchy melodies.”

In August, Joe reunited with another famous ex — Demi Lovato — when she helped kick off the JONAS20: Greetings from Your Hometown Tour at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Joe and Lovato, 33, performed “Wouldn’t Change a Thing,” their duet from Disney Channel’s 2010 Camp Rock sequel.

The duo played onscreen love interests Mitchie and Shane in the film, also sparking a real-life romance years ago. 

“I really got to know her and got to see the ins and outs of what she was struggling with,” Joe told Vulture in 2013, referring to Lovato’s battle with substance abuse. “I felt like I needed to take care of her, but at the same time, I was living a lie because I wasn’t happy but felt like I had to stay in it for her because she needed help. I couldn’t express any of that, of course, because I had a brand to protect.”

Recently, Joe reflected on his early fame and the media attention directed toward the purity rings he and his siblings wore as a promise to save themselves for marriage. 

“Famously, we were known for, like, purity rings, which were something in the community of a church where that was, like, what everybody else our age were doing around 10, 11 years old. Like, we’re going to wait for the right person,” Joe explained on Penn Badgley’s “Podcrushed” podcast in July. 

He added, “One person on an interview — when you’re 15, 16 — would ask you about it, and you’re like, ‘I don’t want to talk about this,’ and then they’re like, ‘Well, I’m going to write that you guys are in a cult.’”