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You know with the milk, after like uh two sips, you're like starting to calm down a little bit. Right.
You know with the milk, after like uh two sips, you're like starting to calm down a little bit. Right.
I know what you're about to say.
You ready for the next one, guys? You ready to move on?
Hey, what's going on, everybody?
For First We Feast, I'm Sean Evans, and you're watching Hot Ones.
It's the show with hot questions and even hotter wings.
And today, we're joined by Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas together, the Grammy-nominated Jonas Brothers.
The new album, Happiness Begins, is set to release on June 7th, followed by a reunion tour, the band's first in nearly a decade.
Get your tickets, they're on sale now.
Guys, welcome to the show. Thank you so much.
And then here, this is our first ever trio episode.
We have a record 40 wings on the table.
Any predictions for how this will all end? A little aggressive.
is a spice called Hellfire on the table, and that makes me nervous.
We're just going to send it. So, we're starting here. We're starting here. Our classic hot sauces.
Along the way, we're going to hit The Bomb. Beyond Insanity.
That's That seems intense. We're going for a ride.
This is very good, though. I appreciate that. Thank you.
had to rate your favorite Jonas Brothers based off hot sauces, where would I fall?
Nick, you're very uh I think that's your um You're Los Calientes. You're Los Calientes. Oh. Sick.
So, I got some room to improve. Yeah. Okay.
We'll see how it goes here. Okay.
So, in addition to your many top hits and enormous-selling albums, you guys have also written and produced music for some of the biggest artists in the world.
And when we had John Mayer on the show, he talked through some of the chord progressions that drive the biggest pop songs.
And I'm curious, when you look at the Billboard charts right now, do you see any patterns, any trends in the types of songs that dominate on radio?
It's funny we remember John Mayer. Yeah.
He he did kind of copy a song of ours.
Little known fact, but you can look it up on YouTube.
So, the story is he came to us and this like Grammys years ago.
He's like, "I love your song Lovebug."
Which is a banger, by Two years Thank you.
Two years later, he released a song and the chorus is literally the same.
Um with that with the different lyrics, but it's a compliment when someone does that. Yeah.
So, you spot that pattern.
Careful around your eyes.
Yeah, I was about to say, dude. Right out the gate. Call the paramedic. Nick's done.
Um I'm going to try not to use my hands.
But as far as us feels like we kind of locked into something that it feels competitive with what's on the radio, but it's totally within our world.
My lips are already tingling. Shall we?
What's the What's the emergency protocol though? I'm looking around here.
It's like there's doctors You're trapped on the show, Nick.
You're You're hostage on Hot Ones. I don't feel safe.
And do you eat wings on like your off time or do you just eat wings?
off the clock, no no wings. No wings. No wings. Even chill on hot sauce. Interesting. This candle.
So, I know that you guys have a love for sports that goes far beyond just sitting courtside at the Staples Center.
Nick, I'm curious when you spent a week in spring training with the Dodgers back in 2010, is there a story that stands out? want him. He didn't make the team.
Um yeah, that was amazing.
So funny, not a lot of lot of people know that I did that.
He's so excited that you just asked that question. I was so excited.
I can see he just lit up. The hangover's gone. This is a crazy story.
So, we're playing the VMAs back in 2008.
There was this gag where we went to the stage kind of dropped around us and these fans all surrounded us and it's like two or three thousand fans.
We look out and there's this hand above the the crowd and it's got a bunch of World Series rings on it. And it's Joe Torre. Coach. And he goes, "Boys. Boys."
And it was like an out-of-body experience.
I mean, we grew up in New Jersey.
It's like, you know, the Yankees in their heyday, that era.
We got to know him and his family. They came to more shows.
And then one day, casually, he threw it out.
He's like, "You want to come out to spring training?
We'll get you in, you know, get you out there."
So, I I went out, and they they suited me up. I got to take BP.
I like took some you know, shags and fly balls with Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier back in that iteration.
Um last night we had a good sports story as well.
We bumped into Odell Beckham Jr.
, who we both were very upset with because he just left the Giants. Right.
So, I was like, he's like, "What's up, guys?"
And immediately I'm like, "Why?" "Why?" He's like, "What?"
I was like, "Why did you leave us? Please. Why? Why?"
But Saquon was there, too, which was nice.
So You didn't meet Saquon, though, did you? I didn't, actually.
But I He was in short shorts, right? He was in short shorts. Yeah.
And uh he Beautiful he beautiful calves. I was right behind him. Great calves.
I had a pep talk before this with my wife. It's pretty good.
She said, "Don't let me down." She loves spicy food. That's really good.
I'm just going to take a picture of just send her the so she knows what we're what we're up against. Whoa.
Tell her to come on the show while you're at it. I will. She's food.
Crush anyone that comes on here. Yeah, she's amazing. level is insane.
Well, I'll believe it when I see it, you know? Exactly.
So, when you guys are in the limelight as long as you guys have been, eventually you just have to concede that you have no control over the headlines.
And sometimes an internet rumor with no truth to it can spread like wildfire, get aggregated by 500 sites, and then be a trending topic on Twitter.
But here at Hot Ones, we're all about setting the record straight. Oh, yeah.
So, I'm going to hit you with some curious Jonas Brothers storylines and you tell me if they're fact, fiction, or if there's more to the story, okay? All right. Love it. All right.
Your team used to carry a mannequin around on tour that would dress up in clothes you're going to wear the next day, even going so far as to match the underwear to the outfit.
That sounds like a good idea.
It's not true, but I think we should probably start doing that. That's great.
Get a real visual of what it's going to be. All right.
Fact or fiction, two of you auditioned for the role of Captain America in First Avenger.
I don't think that's accurate.
if you did, but No, I would have been too young. They offered it to me.
It's just I couldn't do it at the time.
Fact or fiction, Joe Jonas needs a teleprompter to remember Jonas Brothers lyrics on stage.
Oh, there's more to that story. Yes, indeed.
I just kind of said at this point when we got the band back together, I was like, "Guys, I haven't played these songs in 6, 7 years."
And Nick loves to be like, he'll look over and be like, "Let's play this one tonight."
And you're like, I'm looking at fans' faces like, "Tell me to let you like, let's play this one tonight."
So, I'm like, "Why did I Giving me Like asking them for the lyrics and at that point I was like, I was like, "All right, screw it.
I'm just going to have these prompters on stage and be shameless about it, so."
I don't need them for every song, but 90% of the songs.
Fact or fiction, Kevin was called to testify during a 2017 FIFA bribery scandal.
Yes, that's true, actually.
But you're not allowed to say anything cuz it's actually No, it's public docket. I can't talk about it. Oh, duh.
I just don't want to talk about it because I don't I'm nervous about someone coming to my house and saying Are you allowed to say why you had to go? Yeah.
Well, because of It's because of Joe.
There's more to the story. out of the country. fault.
So, Joe was the one that was actually got subpoenaed.
Um it's because he mentioned that in a Rolling Stone note stone Sorry, that spice is starting to get in the back of my throat a little bit.
Um Rolling Stone article that we were at a Paul McCartney concert the day before our concert.
Well, the way that I guess the attorney general wanted to prove that this concert actually happened was to prove that someone was there.
And the way they could do that was by subpoenaing Joe.
Well, he was out of country. Well, I was also there. So, I have to go in. Yeah. It was nerve-wracking. I imagine. One more for you guys.
Joe Jonas was responsible for the errant Starbucks cup that snuck into Westeros in that recent episode of Game of Thrones.
That would be amazing if it was true.
I wish you would have been about that.
That would have been so incredible if you like basically [ __ ] something up in Game of Thrones. That would be amazing.
Yeah, I actually So, I asked Sophie, my lady, about that.
I was like, "So, I was like, did you guys do that on purpose?
Like, you know, you you try to do that cuz I know there was a pickup truck in last season.
I don't know if you saw that in like one of the fight scenes in the very back, there's like a white pickup truck.
Did you start doing that just to mess with the fans?"
And she was like, "No, like, they literally are like so meticulous about everything, but I kind of wish they just left it in."
I guess HBO took it out now. Oh. they would have left it.
Or should Maybe it should just be an Easter egg in every scene now.
I got to get a good bite. I like this one, too. Mhm. Me, too. Tasty. Not too spicy. Oh, it's getting there. It's creeping. Yep. It's a slow burn. Oh, man. We're four in. This is bad sign.
And that was a That was Can I have to 1 2 3 4 Damn, we're dead.
So, when you're doing any sort of creative pursuit, let alone one under the umbrella of a global powerhouse like Disney, my guess is that along the way you have to pick and choose some of your battles.
Early on, what are some of the things that you're happy you pushed back on?
I know even the Jonas Brothers name was something you had to fight for.
Yeah, the Jonas Brothers name originally was J3. We had merch mocked up.
Our first concert, we got on stage.
And we looked at each other like, "We don't want to be called J3 cuz we weren't up there doing dance moves.
And so we just got on stage and said, "Hey, we're the Jonas Brothers instead of J3."
Um I think at some point like we just couldn't help but have like 5:00 shadow.
And we're playing like 15-year-olds on we're like 19 on Disney Channel.
Oh right, on the show, right.
So like we're like shaving every hour like every hour or every other hour to be like teenagers on the show.
So that was like a little tricky, as you can tell. It's a little hard.
What do you remember about the Jonas Brothers short-lived punk rock phase? Mhm. Epic. So extreme.
We were like scene kids from Jersey at so at one point.
Like we were going to see MXPX and Slick Shoes and you know all of those bands like, you know, punching people in the face in the mosh pit kind of thing and Kevin did a backflip in a moshpit twice. Wow.
And hit the the same guy in the nuts twice. And I watched Kevin.
I'm like, he's going to get beat up.
Like now this guy has every right to fight him.
The guy who still was like, you know, in like a mosh, though, like, "It's all good." Yeah.
Kevin deserves to get his ass kicked right now. Los Calientes. Los Calientes. This is you.
Some call it the uh Nick Jonas of hot sauces. All righty. So It's very Nick.
You actually You're kind of right. It's good.
It's like I can handle it for just like a small amount of time.
All right guys, we have a recurring segment on our show called Explain That Gram where we do a deep dive on our guest's Instagram, pull interesting pictures that need more context.
And for the third time in Hot Ones history, we have an all sports theme.
So I'll show you the picture.
You guys just tell me the bigger story. Does that sound good? I love it. Sounds good.
Wow, this table's big enough I might actually not even need you anymore, Bill.
Did you just fire someone on the show? Sorry.
Do you have a lasting memory from sharing the Cowboys sideline with Buzz Aldrin?
He did not want to take this picture with us. He refused.
He had no idea I walked up and said, "Mr. Aldrin." I was like, "Dude, Mr.
Aldrin, like, such a big fan.
Do you mind if I take a picture?"
He was like, "No, no pictures."
And turned around and I was like, which was a great enough story.
And somehow I think his PR person was like, "No, you should take this picture."
But he had uh spaceships, if you can see, all over his suit. And he's a badass. All right.
Can you give me the itinerary?
What goes down when the Jonas Brothers take over the Masters?
This is a tradition, a growing tradition. I was there for 3 weeks.
We go in on either Saturday night or Sunday morning and we go for Sunday at the Masters.
And obviously this year was incredible.
Uh with Tiger coming back to win it all.
I was on 18 when it happened to him. Sick.
Just let me drop that real quick.
So you haven't heard that. Pick that up.
Um Also, Michael Phelps commented on your That's really cool. I just saw that. he say? So sick, right? That's so amazing. That's stuff.
finally, Nick, here you are taking batting practice and you really make the rounds.
I got a lot of love for a lot of teams.
Um any team that will have me come do BP, I'm a fan of. Uh Look at that stance.
You're about to hit a bomb right there. Yeah.
Albert Pujols and his wife have an amazing charity all around ending human trafficking, raising awareness for human trafficking.
So the last 2 years, actually on my birthday, I performed a show uh at Angel Stadium.
Um and it was, you know, for this cause.
And then Albert was like, "Why don't you come and hit BP?"
So Joe came out, we took BP, I got two out. But two out? But two out.
I got videos to prove it. It just says hell on it.
Oh, I got a big chunk of that. Oof. Ooh. Mhm.
That's more like I'm typically I'll stop right there. But not today. Not today. Not today, Joe. Oh, it stays in there.
So, you guys have been pretty open about the role that group therapy played in helping bring you guys back together, which is something I think a lot of brothers and sisters watching right now can relate to.
Can you talk through some of the challenges in that process?
Because the way you guys have it is not under normal circumstances.
You know, like on one hand you have this shared goal of bringing the band together.
And then on the other side of that, you have a life in the public spotlight where everybody's poking holes at the relationship all the time.
I think deciding to get back together as a band was like a lot for us because I think for the longest time we just kind of put stuff under the rug.
We said, "We're not going to talk about this anymore. Let's just move on.
Let's rebuild our relationship and our friendship."
That was like pretty tough few weeks there where we had to just open it.
But now it's Sorry, the spice is getting me.
Now it's really about like being as honest as we can with each other.
And not like we used to be sneaky with some of the decision-making and one person would go directly to maybe our management and talk to them separately than us.
And we'd be like, "No, we're a band.
We got to talk about this."
Also, family first, making sure that we're all comfortable in whatever we end up doing.
And that way we're all happy at the end of the day and we don't do this for anything other than the reason we want to. This [ __ ] is real. This [ __ ] is real. This [ __ ] is real. What the hell?
It's like very um it like it hurts.
Like I was literally looking down like down over there for like an EMT just in case.
Like ox- oxygen tank or gets underneath your tongue?
Yeah, I'm just getting in part, too. Yeah. Ah.
Uh eyes are watering like legitimately. This is a terrible idea. Serious question. Sure.
What's the process from using the restroom after this is done? I'm honestly concerned.
Red carpet treatment here at Hot Ones. We clear you. It's wait.
No, I mean like hands can we be Can't touch our faces.
So That's a good point to bring up. Thoroughly wash. Thoroughly wash.
Holy [ __ ] Before and after, yes. Oh my god. Getting real over here.
That was the smallest little bite ever. Oh, damn. Oh my god.
Okay, that's not I don't know how I feel about this now.
So from Taylor Swift walking backwards to Jaden Smith wearing an Iron Man costume, there are a lot of creative ways celebrities use to evade the paparazzi over the years.
Do you guys have a go-to tactic? What does Taylor do? Walking backwards.
She'll walk backwards so you can't get the picture.
Or you have Jaden Smith who will wear like a full Iron Man costume. Hold on.
This needs to be unpacked.
Wait, she walks backwards like out of camera. Like this? Whatever.
Like the bulbs are going and then you just move. Yep.
You just start walking backwards. It's genius. Wow, it's brilliant. Damn. Who taught her that?
There was one day it wasn't paparazzi, it was fans in Argentina had surrounded the hotel to a point that we actually couldn't get to the show. It was unsafe.
And so we did just they were expecting us to get in cars, you know, like car service, the ones that were sitting up front.
So we just walked to the back entrance of the hotel and called a couple cabs and rolled straight through in cabs cuz they were not expecting it.
Uh frightening in the moment. But hiding in sight. Hiding in plain sight.
My lips are on fire, literally.
It's impossible to answer your question.
Yesterday, getting to like the Met Hotel, like to get ready, it's like craziness. Oh, I'm sure.
And we city bike to the hotel.
And so, I just kind of like walked in and everyone expected these like big party buses or like these big SUVs.
So, we Me and Sophie just kind of strolled in.
And by the time we're like halfway in, they're like, "Oh, [ __ ] [ __ ] shit."
And then it's like, "We're done.
We're We're out of there."
So, I recommend city bikes. There you go.
Now that Yeah, I feel like very plump. Does it hurt?
No, it's just I feel like, you know, Don't worry about it.
We got We got three We have three more. Oh, man.
I think I I I touch my lips a lot. Mhm. NOPE. OH.
IT'S GOING THROUGH MY NOSE. NOPE.
SO, AS THE STORY GOES, a big part of bringing the band back together was you guys filled a bowl up with questions and then pulled them out and were all very honest with how you answered them. Go ahead.
And that's such a lovely segue to our recurring segment with groups, which is the bucket of BFF questions.
And so, here's the way it works.
You just reach into the bucket, you ask aloud, and then the other two brothers will answer. Nick with a laugh. breathe. I couldn't chew that. Oh, [ __ ] Bring it on. Your eyes are so red. Oh my god. You okay?
It's got a half-life coming, so as bad as you're feeling now it's the worst you're going to feel.
It's amazing that you're crying. You got to throw up? Mhm. KEEP IT TOGETHER, MAN.
YES, THEY GOT HANDSOME after this. We got to be better. Woo! This is so crazy.
For those of you at home watching, this is totally a authentic reaction. Oh my god.
I don't want to use You can't use your hands.
That's the worst Can't Can't do anything.
Should use gloves for this. Oh my god. It's coming down, right? It's coming down. It's got a half-life.
What the [ __ ] that means?
These What's one complaint your significant others have about me? Um intimidating. What? I like that. I like that. Um you're late. I'm late? Yeah, for most things. Yeah.
Uh Who does James Corden like the best out of all of us?
He kissed my neck a couple times yesterday. Yesterday. I kissed his ring. Yesterday?
Yeah, he presented his ring and I kissed it. Felt really strange. But oddly right? I don't know. Okay. right.
All right, you guys want to reach in for one more.
I thought you were going to say the wings and I was going to walk out. All right.
Be honest, what was your immediate reaction when you heard Jay-Z rap, "No, I'm not a Jonas brother. I'm a grown-up. No, I'm not a virgin. I use my cojones."
I thought that was awesome. Yeah.
Little did Jay-Z know I used my cojones since before that, okay? Joke's on you, Jay-Z. Fact check your stuff. Oh my god. Mhm. So good. I'm just saying no. That's fine. You're You're out. It's down to you and me. Do it. Do it. We're in this together. Oh god. There you go, baby.
I didn't even bite off the I got it in my mouth, though. Mhm. You look crazy. Yeah.
I didn't over and your eyes are bright red and you're like tearing up.
You're going to be a meme. It's awesome. Great. Another one. meme him.
So your careers have taken you around the world, but I know that New Jersey has a very special place in your guys' heart.
For the uninitiated, can you explain a Jersey-style hot dog?
Kevin, take it away cuz Kevin Kevin never got out of Jersey.
There are a bunch of places that you can go for hot dogs.
You got like Coney Island, you got Nathan's, you got that stuff, but in Jersey, you got places like Rutt's Hut that is just amazing. Some grill, some boil.
Some use the potatoes and and they have corn inside. Yeah.
I'm a huge fan of the fall, and then you go up towards like apple picking stuff like that, and they have the apple cider hot dogs.
You know, it's all in the apple cider like the the liquid, which is phenomenal.
If you haven't done it, Are you still talking about hot dogs?
You told me to take it away.
I still I'm really impressed.
You looked like you didn't know what to to say, and then you were like Then you boil the dog and you can put it in water and then you can put it in an ice. Put it in an ice.
Yes, you put it in an ice.
Who would win in a brothers' cookout?
Joe, I know that you once had dreams of going to culinary school. I did.
Um Man, why is Why are you doing that? All right. more on?
I'm drooling out my mouth.
I'm not you a [ __ ] I'm asking if you're putting more on. Can I smell it?
Go ahead, give it a smell. Are you a [ __ ] Damn.
This is the one This is yours.
Brave, psyching yourself out. It's so thick. Last Dab or Dux? Mhm. The Last Dab.
And the reason I was shaking it up, Kevin, is because it's tradition around here to put a little extra on the last wing.
You don't have to if you don't want to. Come on, give it to me. Kevin. Come on, Kevin. Kevin.
You made it this far, buddy. Do you want to see me? Come on.
I would love to see you cry. I was just crying. Here you go, Kev. Come on.
It's like the Avengers over here. Did Thor give up?
Did Captain America give up? I don't think so. Thick boy. Dab that baby.
Do people like just eat this for like their normal wings?
I think people probably throw parties, right? Yeah. They do this. They do all the time.
We get those videos all the time.
Go on YouTube, look up Hot Ones parties, whatever.
Get that tweeted at me every day.
Cuz hot sauce is one of those things you always wonder, could I handle that?
I'm like watching your shows as often as I have, I'm like I'm like, really, they're acting it up. And then I get it now. I'm sorry, Shaq. I'm sorry, Kevin Hart. Here we go. All right. Bottoms up, boys.
[ __ ] That was that hot sauce diesel cough. Holy [ __ ] Joe. Oh.
That one's like That one's just All right, guys.
Here we are at the summit of Mount Scoville.
We are at spicy wing Valhalla, a place that very few people have ever been before.
And it's such a beautiful moment.
You guys back together, about to go on tour, and we just set a Hot Ones set record by taking down 40 wings. Take that. Take that. Take that. Take that.
this very special episode the send-off it deserves with a little game.
So I'll ask you a question, and then I will count to three, and then you guys have to answer that question at the exact same time.
We'll see if the stage presence, the stage chemistry is still there, or if there's some cobwebs we have to dust off It sits in the back of your throat for a little bit. Yeah. It's in there.
What song are you most looking forward to playing at the reunion tour?
1 2 3 Burnin' Up with you.
The city you're most looking forward to playing is blank. 1 2 3 New York City.
And finally, who handled the wings the worst today between these three brothers? Kevin. 1 2 3 Kevin.
A unanimous decision, but you made it to the end of the line. was really dying on.
Look how much more I took of that than they did though. You know, not a ton.
I'm not sure I'd hold it up in a way that I'm bragging about it. But play you, Kevin. Do you, my man.
But look at But compare Kevin, What whatever.
Joe, and Nick, all the way down the spicy wing gauntlet, and now there's nothing left to do but roll out the red carpet for you guys.
This camera, this camera, or this camera, let the people know what you have going on in your life. Oh.
So I just ate some wings. We got some wings.
We have an album coming out June 7th.
After that, it's 4th of July.
My birthday's August 15th.
@JoeJonas, make sure to hit me up.
Nick's whole mouth is in his flask. Look at Look at it. Look at it.
I'm doing the Kylie uh challenge. Oh, IT'S SO GOOD. GOOD JOB, GUYS.
THEY'RE LIKE, IF THEY CLAP, THEY'LL STOP HURTING. THANK YOU, MAN.
DUDE, thank you, man, for having us on. That was so fun. That was it.
You guys have a good time?
Oh yeah, that was so fun.
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