They had a ‘fairytale’ French wedding and were widely regarded as one of the most loved celebrity couples in the world.
But the split between Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas has already turned nasty, with ‘insider’ comments from people ‘close to the couple’ causing a huge sexism row.
Following the news of the A-list couple’s split after four years of marriage, sources close to couple said: ‘She likes to party and he likes to stay at home. They have very different lifestyles’.
Various sources who claim to have ‘direct knowledge’ of the situation have briefed US gossip sites including TMZ that Joe is watching his children Willa, three, and DJ, 14-months, full-time while on tour – while Sophie films for new series Joan in the UK.
But, as several briefings emerge in America, painting Joe as a devoted father and Sophie as a party animal, a series of columns defending the actress and questioning why Joe is being praised for looking after his own children have appeared.
Livid critics of Joe say he shouldn’t be praised for parenting his own children.
Writing for Vogue, Raven Smith said: ‘Team Jonas is throwing a careless-mother narrative at proceedings and seeing if it sticks, sowing seeds of his wife being a less-than-gold-star parent. Nobody is saying out loud she’s subpar; it’s just heavily, heavily insinuated that her liking to go out clashes with his homebody status. It’s very read between the lines, please, she is not mothering at an acceptable standard.’
‘The misogyny here is so ridiculously stark. All these motherly expectations serve only to keep women repressed,’.
Meanwhile, Rebecca Reid of the i, said that Sophie is being slammed as ‘society doesn’t like it when women – especially mums have fun’.
‘When we have babies we’re supposed to have our ambition, sexuality, and desire to dance while listening to Flo Rida incinerated along with our placenta.
So you can see how it would make sense for the PR team handling this divorce to get around a table and settle on “goes out too much, doesn’t spend enough time with her family” as the perfect way to vilify Turner’,
Reid’s sentiment was echoed by dozens of columnists, including Cassandra Green at Marie Claire, who lamented: ‘women are allowed to party, cry, work and also be great mums’.
‘There’s absolutely nothing wrong with a mum that likes to socialize. Enjoying time around other people, or being an extrovert, is not a crime,’ she wrote.
‘Conflating Joe’s custody of the children with the suggestion that Turner is a “party girl” seems a little pointed.
‘Get married and have children young? You’re throwing your life away. Let your partner take care of the children? You’re not a dedicated mother. Like to party? God forbid, that’s not the mark of a ‘good woman’. Talk openly about your mental health? Well, you are crazy. Get divorced? You made it happen.
Joe Jonas filed for divorce from Sophie Turner after four years of marriage on September 5, 2023.
The ‘unhappy’ singer, 34, reportedly tried to ‘salvage’ his marriage to the Game of Thrones star, 27, before he filed for divorce as a ‘last resort’ as per Page Six.
Turner’s ‘partying’ seemingly caused a rift between the pair, as Joe is more of a homebody and ‘likes to stay at home.’
There have been a number of signs pointing to trouble in paradise, including Sophie admitting she was homesick for the U.K. as well as the couple recently selling their Miami mansion.
The pair were married in two ceremonies in 2019, and share two children together: three-year-old daughter Willa and a one-year-old daughter, whose name they have not revealed, but who was listed as D.J. in the divorce filing.
