‘The Final Straw’: What Led to Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner’s Divorce
On September 18, exes Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas were spotted getting lunch together with their two young daughters at Momofuku Noodle Bar Uptown in NYC. According to reports, despite Jonas having filed for divorce on September 5, the former couple seemed amicable enough as they sat alongside their kids in a booth at the casual Midtown restaurant. The united front didn’t last long. Just two days later, Turner, 27, sued Jonas, 34, claiming their children were being wrongfully detained in the U.S. despite her wishes to take Willa, 3, and their 14-month-old (referred to by her initials, D.J., in court papers) to her native England. In response, a rep for Jonas released a statement to Us saying that Turner had filed in court “only to move the divorce proceedings to the UK and to remove the children from the U.S. permanently.” On September 25, a judge ordered Turner and Jonas to keep the kids in New York, but sources tell Us there may be no end in sight to the ongoing drama between the singer and the Game of Thrones actress. “Nobody thought things would get this nasty between Joe and Sophie,” one source tells Us of the couple, who were married for four years. “Friends are hopeful they can be mature for the sake of the kids, but neither one is going to acquiesce to the other. This could go on for a very long time.” The battle over where to live is a big one. In her September 20 filing, Turner says she and Jonas had decided in late 2022 that they would make the UK their permanent home and had found a house to buy in Oxford. A second source says Jonas had agreed to relocate across the pond because “he wanted to make Sophie happy, and he supported her because that is where she wanted to live.” Now that they’ve split, the source says Jonas “is hoping they can come to an amicable agreement,” noting that Turner is “dead-set on moving to the UK full-time.” Adds a third source: “They’re both laying down these aggressive legal markers, but eventually a compromise will have to be made.” By most accounts, things between the pair began to go downhill about a year ago. The first source says Turner wasn’t thrilled about Jonas’ decision to go on tour with his brothers Nick and Kevin. “Sophie didn’t want to always be ‘the Jonas brother’s wife,’” says the source. “She didn’t want to go on tour and do everything together. It’s not her personality, and she wanted to keep their family separate from all the Jonas Brothers hoopla.” Related: Breaking Down Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner’s Divorce, …
