Joe and Nick Jonas Reflect on Wearing Purity Rings and Being Grilled About Their Sex Lives as Teens

“I think it’s really a good thing,” Nick said, adding, “Where it would be like so outside of the realm of possibilities or something someone would do to ask at that time a 14-year-old about their sex life.”

The brothers, who no longer wear purity rings as adults, have previously been candid about the jewelry choice. In 2016, Nick admitted he was too young to know “what he was stepping into” when he made that choice.

“I’ve got a lot of perspective and real care about sex from those days, and specifically because people were watching us, because it was such a strange thing to a lot of people to wear these purity rings, especially as young men in a pop boy band,” he said via a Reddit Ask Me Anything forum in March 2016.

“But I think when I’m looking back on it, although it was challenging to live with that, to be seen and have that attached to our name was very tough,” he continued. “I think it was a good thing. It gave me a really good perspective, to whereas now my main thing is about being OK with who I am as a man and the choices I’ve made, and I think everyone should have a good and solid conversation with either their parents or loved ones about sex and about what they want to do with their life, because it shouldn’t be taboo. It’s a big part of who we are and what makes us human, and if we can’t address these things head on, then I think that it can really be challenging.”