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Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas divorce narrative

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accountpasswordaboutyou · 06/09/2023 08:30

Just watching this unfold over the last few days starting with they were filing for divorce which happens to a lot of people, but noticed the narrative is moving towards how Joe has been looking after their children all summer, he tried to save the marriage and it's down to her partying and painting things quite negatively for Sophie Turner.

Obviously I have no idea what's going on with either side but does look like she's being portrayed as the villain here and him the good guy , I know this is probably a lot to do press spin on things. She's been working away in UK and it would be quite normal for him to 'parent' their children while she's away ( (and hardly qualifies for father of the year, just their father.)

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pickledandpuzzled · 06/09/2023 13:28

Married at 23 and 30 is a big gap, especially for her to be pregnant quickly.

Would he also be more experienced in the celebrity lifestyle than her?

I won't be following any links, I hope she has good people and good advice.

MimiSunshine · 06/09/2023 13:49

Ohnanawhatsyourname · 06/09/2023 12:52

OKAY hold on… I don’t give a single care about the Jonas boys or whatever they’re called, they seem fine. But I cannot STAND messy and PR-driven divorces. So let me
state my case!!

His PR says she’s a party girl Eff right off. She is working in the UK (working!!). Have you seen any articles about her falling out of taxis in Soho (as she has a right to!)? No!! She has constantly talked being a homebody and very introverted and shy. In lockdown she said she liked it because she loves staying home and was actually able to see her husband. He on the other hand DJs and is fairly regularly papped on nights out and they’ve both talked before about him being this big social butterfly. Since they married she has had a few smaller jobs whereas he has been touring multiple times and is now. So who was with the kids all your marriage Joe? She was pregnant, post-partum or in lockdown for over half of that marriage - see below for timings

He makes out he is doing most of the parenting now. Now!! Ok let’s look at timeframes… married in 2019. She gives birth in 2020 in lockdown. Within a year she’s pregnant again and gives birth in the summer of 2022. And she was not with the kids when in this tight timeframe? Also his PR lot are SO gross and say he might push for more than 50% custody…. boy you can’t even handle childcare of your own kids now without releasing public statements about it. Calm the eff down and take a seat.

Think he’s sprung this divorce on her totally by surprise I do remember her saying she wishes she could raise their kids in the UK and how much she misses her friends and family. I remember thinking that’s sad and why don’t they move over - his brother and SIL lived in London for a while even, I remember her SIL being on the One Show talking about how much they loved it. His PR is emphasising that the kids are US based and that he has “an ironclad pre-nup”. Gross… so you’re lining up to screw her over in the divorce and keep the kids in the US and filed for divorce while she’s in the UK. FYI her last photo on IG (in the last month) is of them going to see Taylor Swift concert, he has today deleted all photos of her. He says they've been separated for months…. Really? So then you separated just after she gave birth and yet still go out publicly holding hands etc… uh huh 🤔

Kids as publicity Maybe he doesn’t want the kids in the papers, but he is a Jonas where the family pushed kids in the entertainment world. Sophie has talked repeatedly about never wanting them public. I wonder if she’s driven that approach. If we suddenly see the kids’ faces unblurred in pap pics then we’ll know if they have differing values on that.

anyway I didn’t know much about him but now I think he’s gross and so dishonourable. He comes across as scum.

DO NOT COME FOR GOOD WOMEN!!!! Ugh makes my blood boil, he’s such an idiot.

(yes I like gossip)

All of this.

it seems so calculated to make him seem like a hero. Filing while she’s working abroad seems so gross and unnecessary.

ive been reading it in the papers and really hoping people see through the PR spin and positioning so I’m glad to read this thread.

somewhat immature, i know. But 100% #TeamTurner in this

accountpasswordaboutyou · 06/09/2023 13:58

They’ve both released an identical statement on Instagram.

Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas divorce narrative
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KenAdams · 06/09/2023 15:57

It seems as though he's trying to get ahead of a story.

PuckyMup · 06/09/2023 21:08

Keep an eye on her bestie Maisie Williams. Suspect if sh1t needs to be said, she will - she has always had Sophie’s back

Agree something has happened and Joe is trying to get ahead of it but failing miserably. This is the wrong year (post barbie) to push that narrative.

Gahhhhereheisagain · 06/09/2023 21:15

Imagine being 27, rich and stunningly beautiful and being told that you 'go out too much'

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accountpasswordaboutyou · 06/09/2023 21:19

Love this ❤️

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Oblomov23 · 06/09/2023 21:28

Giving up on a marriage after only 4 years, unless there is a severe/abuse issue, seems very flighty.

ShawleyNot · 06/09/2023 21:29

You are 1000% right OP. Jeez. Why is a man spending time with his children a thing to report on?! It's twisted.

Guavafish1 · 06/09/2023 21:32

He seems so self obsessed. He PR tesm have gone into over drive and bad mouthing the mother of his 2 children.

They should never have married...they did that strange elopement in Vegas before there big planned wedding...

She better off with out him and his strange ways.

PrincessOfTigger · 06/09/2023 21:40

There’s now a story he has sh## on her after spying on her on a Ring door cam… I think he’s blackmailing her into silence while he spews his narrative out

ChurroChuryummy · 06/09/2023 23:38

What possible reason could there be for releasing a story like that apart from trying to make her look as bad as possible. It's not working on me, I see it as incredibly manipulative and he's probably trying to set himself up to get custody in the US, avoid paying her maintenance and put the boot in as a parting shot.

TomatoSandwiches · 06/09/2023 23:44

Most of the Jonas brothers are sus, I wouldn't trust one as far as they could throw me.

ThnksfrthMmrs · 07/09/2023 00:45

He first met her when she was 13, not that 7 years is a lot but I can't imagine me being 20, meeting someone at 13 and then years later wanting to get with them. Also see his past with Gigi Hadid so said he asked her out when she was 13 and he was 19 at the time.

Anyway, my take is this: she's played mum and dedicated herself to her husband and children for years but while he's had a return to his music, she's craved a return to acting and taken a role despite his views against it, especially because she's abroad. She's dared to live a life for a woman of her age, have nights out where she's wanted to. I doubt Joe has sat in his room and not gone anywhere at all after shows so why the double standard? Even if she did have a few messy nights, it's ok to party as a parent as long as it's not every week.

His team seems to be tearing her down. First the playing games with his ring off and on, then the divorce statement, now saying there's ring camera footage of her saying or doing something (well which is it, other than to get tongues wagging?!) and right now he's been posted on TMZ, he's taken the kids out and playing Disney Dad. I also think if she does not want them in the media, it's a big finger up to her to take them out and allow himself and kids to be papped.

She's away from her kids and it seems like she might have been a blindsided (mainly because he apparently went to 2 divorce lawyers in LA messing around and somehow it was leaked to the media but filed in Florida and that seems like he was using the media to threaten her).

This whole slander campaign seems very one sided and I can't help but think about how his mum was with the first daughter in law.

I really hope she gets the best out of this divorce for her, and a bloody good lawyer. Also that she can surround herself with people who are supportive. It seems clear that this is a hate campaign against her and she's dealt with it with grace so far. No matter what she may or may not have done, she's getting dragged through the mud and this stuff deserves privacy because someone who cared about their children and being amicable does not do what this slander campaign does.

Gowlett · 07/09/2023 00:52

I was just thinking the same, reading it.
His “people” are working overtime on this!

Hawkins0009 · 07/09/2023 01:01

Could it be a drive to run up publicity for the both of them, the whole getting a divorce, then they suddenly try to rekindle etc these days with celebrities you can never truly be sure what the motivation is

Gowlett · 07/09/2023 01:15

Him looking after the kids, as well… Boo hoo!

Reminds me of when of when Orlando Bloom said he wasn’t getting enough sex, not long after Katy Perry had their baby.

VintageBlossomHill · 07/09/2023 01:26

Rolypops · 06/09/2023 13:18

Yes re clicking on links, I'll try to do better there too! I think just this story in particular has gotten under my skin. There have been stories about what a scumbag Joe Jonas is for years and I too just hope she has a solid family unit around her.

I know absolutely nothing about Joe Jonas but photos of him give me the creeps. Very weird eyes. Looks like a pompous little man.

JobMatch3000 · 07/09/2023 01:58

How did they arrange their "iron clad pre-nup" if they had a spontaneous wedding in Vegas?

FromEden · 07/09/2023 02:51

I think they had an actual wedding planned but then eloped to Vegas a few weeks before instead

AvacadoFieldsForever · 07/09/2023 04:51

I was thinking this was flighty - but it’s probably to do with the pre-nup. There might be different financial penalties after 5 years, 10 years etc. He’s got his eyes on his money over anything else.

RedToothBrush · 07/09/2023 05:11

What got me about the story is how the Dad is complaining that he has to look after the kids whilst he's on tour.

As if there's no childcare involved here too.

Guy is on stage in evening - he won't be doing bedtime routine. Someone else is doing that. Of course that never gets mentioned in these stories.

In between doing interviews (where someone else will be doing the childcare) during the day he'll be on a tour bus for a significant amount of the day. There's a lot of sitting around not doing very much during tours despite the promotion schedule.

What it sounds like to me is he's pissed off that he has to go back to the kids after performing and can't party himself. And he's pissed off that he's got to look after the kids on the tour bus etc.

It strikes me, she was doing all the parenting. Got pissed off, got a job and said right your turn whilst I try and rebuild my career. I note he wanted another kid as he's such a family man but she refused. And he's thrown a massive hissy fit at the prospect of having to actually parent. Strikes me that he saw her as his baby making machine and she was supposed to be the 'present' parent cos his career was the important one. So now is trying to play the woe is me card over it all and her saying 'actually I want to work too'.

Family men don't winge at having to take their kids on tour.

I have nfi who either of them are. I just saw the story about man getting pissy about having to parent his own kids and thought how pathetic it is, especially since there will be an army of nannies looking after the kids whilst he's performing.

So what, mum isn't there for some reason. Reasons for this may or may not be fair. It's the pissed off at parenting bit that gets me though - it's gross to make that public in that way, when doing a normal everyday thing, when he's super rich and got oodles of support. He's not a hard done by single parent who has been abandoned by any stretch of the imagination.

He wants to be a family man without having to do the family bit. And that is the take home for me.

accountpasswordaboutyou · 07/09/2023 07:37

I think her silence is golden here. He’s coming across really badly with all the leaks coming across in what seems to clearly be a smear campaign her.

I’ve seen photos on Twitter of him out with his kids today after years of them never being photographed. He’s really pushing this good dad / terrible mum narrative and using their children as collateral.

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Rounee · 07/09/2023 09:46

He's completely fake.

Hope Sophie has her friends and family around her, because this divorce is getting nasty.