Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner announced their engagement in 2017 - instantly shattering
the hearts of Camp Rock shippers everywhere, while simultaneously shocking the world.
While we are happy they found true love together, here's why their marriage has been strange
from the start.
Fast track to the altar
According to People Magazine, Jonas and Turner were first linked after a Halloween party
in 2016, where the singer showed up dressed as a dalmatian, while Turner rocked some bunny
ears.
Less than a week later, they were spotted looking very comfortable at an MTV event in
the Netherlands.
"So where you from?
Sweet, yeah, I love the UK"
An insider told the publication,
"They were kissing.
[Sophie] was all smiley and [Joe] looked really sweet."
Their appearance at the shindig came less than a year before their engagement.
Of course, they may have been low-key dating before they were seen together publicly, but
still, that's not a long get-to-know-you period before their lifelong commitment.
Age gap
Jonas was 28-years-old when he popped the question to a 21-year-old Turner.
But while it might seem like a rather large age gap, some think it isn't a big deal, including
an insider who told Us Weekly,
"They are madly in love.
She's young but mature and comes from a small English town, so it's not that out of the
ordinary and age doesn't create an issue."
Jonas has previously dated women a few years younger than him, such as supermodel Gigi
Hadid, and even slightly older women; like his ex, Taylor Swift, who is four months his
senior.
Regardless, he has chosen to settle down with his much-younger bride.
Despite how uncomfortable their age gap may make some people feel, it's no biggie for
these lovebirds.
She didn't want to date a celeb
Turner previously admitted to OK!
Australia in 2016 that she's quote, "never dated anyone […] who's in the industry."
In addition to being more focused on her acting career than her love life at the time, she
said,
"I think that's quite a conscious decision because the lifestyles wouldn't work."
She admitted that on-set romances might be thrilling, but then once that time together
is over, the logistics of the relationship become much more difficult.
She continued,
"Suddenly one of you is shooting in Australia and the other one is shooting in Spain, and
you never know when you're going to see each other again, but at least you both understand
it."
"I can't believe you're going out with Joe.
I can't believe it.
Well I'm not saying anything"
After she and Jonas got together, Turner admitted to Marie Claire U.K. in 2017,
"You do feel like you're living in a fishbowl.
It's frustrating [that] it's the most mundane things that make the news how boring!"
And yet, the pair made it to marriage, regardless of the stressors of a long distance relationship
and the media scrutiny of a Hollywood romance.
In it for the money
A source told Page Six that part of the reason Jonas was so smitten with Turner when they
first started dating boiled down to finances.
Apparently, Jonas was pumped that Turner quote "had her own money."
The insider claimed,
"He loves her because she won't let him pay for her all the time, which is so rare in
girls he meets.
She insists on paying her own way for flights when he asks her to come see him and offers
to pay."
Another source concurred, telling Us Weekly:
"Joe likes that Sophie is super independent.
She will buy him drinks.
He totally digs it!"
A woman who's not opposed to footing the bill is totally cool by us, and it looks like this
dynamic seems to work for these two.
A quickie wedding
After their surprise engagement, Jonas told the Evening Standard that he and Turner were
in no rush to get married.
"You know we're taking our sweet sweet time.
We're just like enjoying the engagement and we're both obviously very busy right now"
But that all changed on May 1, 2019.
They got their marriage license in Las Vegas, before hitting up the Billboard Music Awards
that night, according to TMZ.
And after attending the awards ceremony, they trotted off to Sin City's infamous Little
White Wedding Chapel, where these two clearly said "I do" to Las Vegas cliches.
Yes, an Elvis Presley impersonator was the officiant, which leaves us all shook up and
speechless, but there's more.
Was Jonas perhaps trying a little too hard to have a wedding that was in stark contrast
to his brother, Nick, and bride Priyanka Chopra's glam, multi-wedding extravaganza?
"It was so fun.
And it's so Jophie.
I call them Jophie.
Like trust them to do that."
With Nick and Kevin Jonas Jr. as his groomsmen, other reported celebrity guests included country
singers Dan + Shay, Diplo, and Khalid, according to TMZ.
They booked the entire chapel from 8 p.m. until 12 a.m. for extra privacy, and instead
of a wedding gown, Turner wore a quote "white blouse and slacks."
They exchanged ring pops instead of wedding bands.
The Presley impersonator sang "Viva Las Vegas" after they exchanged I do's, and they snapped
some shots in front of the chapel as per tradition.
The newlyweds then took the party back to their hotel, where they quote, "jumped in
the jacuzzi wearing their wedding duds."
Maybe Sansa Stark's awful weddings have scarred Sophie Turner for life?
Who knows?
And who cares?
According to People magazine, the couple even snuck in a second wedding in France, in June
2019.
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