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The Jonas Brothers divorce news we don't want to believe.

Another celeb relationship has fallen victim to whatever the heck is in the Hollywood water this year, and CAN IT PLEASE STOP?

Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner are divorcing after four years of marriage.

TODAY.com has confirmed the news after obtaining a petition for dissolution of marriage filed by Jonas on September 5 in Miami, Florida. 

The petition reportedly states that "the marriage between the parties is irretrievably broken".

It also says their two children have been residing with Jonas in Miami and other places while he is on tour with his brothers, but that "it is in the best interests of the minor children that the parties have shared parental responsibility".

In the last week fans had wondered if something was wrong after noticing that Joe had begun performing without his wedding ring during the Jonas Brothers' tour, aptly titled The Tour.

It seemed strange as he *always* wore it, but because Sophie had just been supporting him at the band's big opening night show at Yankee Stadium on August 12, fans also wondered if he'd just forgotten it.

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But speculation escalated in early September when one of Sophie's friends posted a photo to Instagram where she was very clearly also not wearing her ring. This, coupled with the fact that Joe's brother Nick had taken over basically all the crowd interaction at Jonas Brothers shows — which is unusual, as they usually split it 50/50 — and people were CONCERNED.

On September 3, TMZ broke the news that they were 'headed for divorce', which was followed by a source telling People Joe had retained a divorce lawyer.

They also recently sold their property in Miami under asking price.

Sophie and Joe first connected via DMs in 2016.

"We had a lot of mutual friends, and they'd been trying to introduce us for a long time," Turner explained in a 2019 cover interview for Harper's Bazaar UK"We were following each other on Instagram and he direct-messaged me one fine day, out of the blue."

They were engaged in 2017 and married first in a surprise Vegas ceremony after the Billboard Music Awards, followed by a more lavish ceremony in the French countryside.

They welcomed their first daughter Willa in 2020, and a second, whose name has not been revealed, last year.

In 2019, Sophie, who had played Sansa Stark on the biggest TV show in the world, Game of Thrones, for eight years, told The Times about a split they had earlier in their relationship.

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"Having your adolescence being displayed in public, that's something I really wish hadn't happened. Being in the age of social media when that's happening, I think I would be a much saner person if I hadn't been documented from 13, your most awkward, uncomfortable, unsure-of-yourself years."

She said when they met she was going through "this phase of being very mentally unwell", and he gave her a type of ultimatum.

She said he told her: "'I can't be with you until you love yourself, I can't see you love me more than you love yourself.' That was something, him doing that, I think he kind of saved my life, in a way."

She also told The Times that they once broke up 'for a day' before their Vegas wedding.

"It was the worst day of our lives. For a second we both had cold feet, then 24 hours later we were both, like, 'Never mind,'" she said.

That same year, the Jonas Brothers released a song called 'Hesitate', which Nick described as 'Joe's love letter to Sophie', which is lyrically about helping a lover through their burdens.

"I will take your pain and put it on my heart, I won't hesitate, just tell me where to start," Joe sings in the chorus.

Most recently, the Jonas Brothers official account posted a photo of the brothers, where Joe is very much doing a 'look at my hand!' pose, with his ring present.

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Joe also returned to the stage on September 3 in Austin, Texas where he was also seen wearing his wedding band.

The actions did little to quell speculation and it seems like now, they've given up trying.

Unfortunately, or fortunately, both are currently busy with work.

Sophie has been filming a project in her native UK for the past few months, while Joe has a pretty relentless tour schedule through till mid-December.

This article was originally published on August 4 and has been updated with new information.

Feature image: Getty.

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