Joe Jonas called out his fellow parents during a Jonas Brothers performance on Thursday — amid his explosive custody battle with estranged wife Sophie Turner.
The 34-year-old singer took to the stage to perform Little Bird – a song honoring the brothers’ children – at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and reflected on parenthood – a day after his ex accused him of ‘kidnapping’. their children.’
In a video obtained by People, the father of two said before the performance, “This next one is all about being a parent. To all the parents in the house…if you’re trying to have kids, good luck, I’m rooting for you.”
His message was received with cheers from the crowd.
This comes after Sophie sued her estranged husband. She filed papers in the U.S. District Court of New York requesting “the return of children to England,” her home country.
Tough time: Joe Jonas gave a shout-out to fellow parents during a Jonas Brothers performance on Thursday – amid his explosive custody battle with estranged wife Sophie Turner (pictured September 8)
Bitter divorce: The singer, 34, took to the stage to perform Little Bird – a song honoring the brothers’ children – at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and reflected on parenthood – a day after his ex accused him of ‘kidnapping’ their children; seen in September 2022
The Jonas Brothers singer accused her of “lying” in her complaint and clarified that their “children were not kidnapped” after she filed a request to have them returned to Britain.
Jonas had previously filed for divorce from the actress earlier this month.
The couple, who married in 2019, share daughters Willa, three, and DJ, one.
In documents seen by DailyMail.com, Turner claims Jonas had refused to return the children’s passports, effectively banning them from traveling to Britain.
In the filing, she says the exes met on September 17 to discuss a previously planned trip to Britain with her children on September 20, but that Jonas reportedly would not hand over the passports or take the children to Great Britain would send.
‘Based on the father’s express statements that he will not return the children to England and will not return the children’s passports to the mother, the mother submitted her application for return under the Hague Convention to the Central Authority for England and England. Wales is seeking the return of the children to England,” the filing said.
She added that the move to Britain was not unexpected as the couple were reportedly planning to spend extended periods of time there in the near future.
According to Turner, she and the children expected to join Jonas on his American tour with the Jonas Brothers, and when it concluded, the entire family planned to travel to Britain and live in a rented property near her home parents to live.
At the time: In a video obtained by People, the father of two said before the performance, “This next one is all about being a parent. To all the parents in the house…if you’re trying to have kids, good luck, I’m rooting for you.”
She claimed the move was a prelude to full-time life in Britain, and that the couple had agreed to move their children there while their eldest Willa prepared to go to school.
The family.’
They reportedly signed a contract for the property in July and planned to complete the sale in December this year.
Last year, Turner and Jonas put their Miami mansion on the market after previously purchasing it for $11 million.
They sold the property in August for a profit for $15 million, only after lowering the asking price by $2 million, suggesting they may have been trying to vacate it quickly.
In her filing, Turner also disputed Jonas’s claim in his divorce filing that their children had lived in Florida for six months, which would make it easier for a court in that state to decide custody cases.
She appears to claim that a fight on August 15 was a key event that triggered their divorce, and after that the couple had ‘with some hesitation’ agreed to let the children travel to the US to accompany their father on tour , because Jonas could have done that. took care of them during the day on the dates he was scheduled to perform.
While Jonas was on tour with his brothers, Sophie was filming the new series of Joan in Britain, which would have significantly affected her ability to care for the children during the limited time she was on set was standing.
Documents filed in US District Court in New York revealed that the 27-year-old Game Of Thrones alum is now suing her ex as she petitions ‘for the return of (their) children to England’
Unlike Jonas’ tour, which would presumably have given him some time off when he wasn’t on stage or rehearsing, Turner likely would have had little time off from work, as film and television productions require actors to often work long hours each day. tight schedules.
According to TMZ, the musician reportedly realized his marriage had ended after catching Turner on security camera “saying and/or doing something” that irritated him.
Initial reports focused on Jonas’s alleged devotion to their children after raising them alone for a brief period, but critics subsequently defended Turner, pointing out that her work required her husband to share some of the burden for a limited period of time, and that Jonas should not have been praised for fulfilling his parental obligations.