Nick Jonas says he enjoyed recent
appearances at several gay clubs in New York to promote his new
single Jealous.
In an interview with Michigan gay
weekly PrideSource,
Jonas, 22, was asked: “When you show up at a gay club like the ones
in New York, do guys hit on you?”
“Yeah, it's interesting,” Jonas
answered. “Whether it comes from people who are aware of me and my
personal life, or the person who was on the microphone saying it,
there's a general awareness that I am straight but totally embracing
of the gay community. I love my gay fans, so it was just a lot of
love, and there wasn't a whole lot of hitting on me and flirting. A
little bit, which was actually kind of fun. [Laughs] It was a pretty
new environment for me, so I was just trying to take it all in and
have a good time.”
Jonas also dismissed criticism that he
was using his body to reach gay fans.
“Everyone's entitled to their own
opinion. I think it's unfortunate that some people have to find a
negative in every situation. Clearly my heart is in the right place,
and more than anything, if they just looked at my life and my gay
friends and the authentic nature of where my heart is, they'd just
see that they're kind of ignorant.”
“The nature of where we are today is,
we're in a time where we need to make strides and step forward as a
society and embrace all people from all different walks of life.
When you're trying to make a bold statement like that, some people
aren't gonna fall in line with that. And that's OK. You gotta stay
on your own path,” he added.
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Jonas Kingdom
character might be gay.)