Originally appeared on E! Online
Joe Jonas is sticking with cake by the ocean.
After a TikTok video featuring the “Work It Out” singer appearing to fidget with his nose during a recent Jonas Brothers concert went viral, fans began to speculate that he may have been using cocaine on the side of the stage.
However, Jonas, 36, firmly put a stop to the rumors with an unflinching declaration about his drug use — or lack thereof — telling “Esquire” in an interview published Oct. 21, “I’ve never touched cocaine in my life.”
In addition to the firm denial, Jonas noted that taking the stimulant in front of thousands of fans during the Greetings From Your Hometown Tour wouldn’t exactly be subtle.
“If I did,” he continued, “I think I’d be a little slicker about it than doing it onstage.”
Shortly after the video in question began circulating online in September, Jonas — who shares kids Willa, 4, and Delphine, 2, with ex-wife Sophie Turner — offered a more playful take on the situation, commenting on the post, “lol you never had a booger?”
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While Jonas has steered clear of cocaine, that doesn’t mean he hasn’t experimented with other substances in the past. In December 2013, he offered a candid reflection on his early marijuana use, revealing that he was first introduced to the drug by his fellow Disney Channel alums Demi Lovato and Miley Cyrus.
“The first time I smoked weed was with Demi and Miley. I must have been 17 or 18,” he wrote in an essay published in New York magazine at the time. “They kept saying, ‘Try it! Try it!’ so I gave it a shot, and it was all right.”
Indeed, the high didn’t seem to last long for Jonas, as he added, “I don’t even smoke weed that often anymore.”
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