Demi Lovato Reveals How Joe Asked Her to Perform With the Jonas Brothers

Demi Lovato wouldn’t change a thing about how her epic reunion with the Jonas Brothers came to be.

Two days after Lovato, 32, surprised fans by performing with the band on the opening night of their JONAS20: Greetings From Your Hometown Tour at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the Disney Channel alum opened up about the experience on the “Chicks in the Office” podcast on Tuesday, August 12. Lovato told hosts Maria Ciuffo and Francesca Mariano how Joe Jonas, her ex-boyfriend, asked her to appear at the show.

“Honestly, Joe just asked me last week, [he] was like, ‘Hey, what are you doing next weekend? Or on the 10th, we would love to have you come and perform ‘This Is Me’ and ‘Wouldn’t Change a Thing.’ You’ve been a huge part of our journey and vice versa,’” she explained.

Lovato continued, “So he was like, ‘This show is really important to us, and we would love to have you there.’ And it was so nice. And like I said, it was so healing for me too. We’ve been through so much together, all of us, the Jonas Brothers and I. And it was really, really great to like, spend time with them. It was really cool.”

Lovato joined Joe and brothers Nick Jonas and Kevin Jonas on stage at MetLife to sing “Gotta Find You,” “This Is Me” and “Wouldn’t Change a Thing” — three songs from their hit 2008 Disney Channel Original Movie, Camp Rock, and its 2010 sequel, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam.

“Thanks for having me @jonasbrothers 🫶,” Lovato captioned a video of the performance shared via Instagram.

Joe, 35, and Lovato played onscreen love interests Mitchie Torres and Shane Gray in the Camp Rock films. The romance moved off screen in 2010, but it was short-lived.

“Demi and I knew going into our romantic relationship that it may not be an easy one,” Joe said of their split in a statement to Us Weekly in May 2010. “I realize over the time we have shared together that I feel I care more about our friendship right now. It was my choice to break up, but I love her as a friend. She’s been there for me when I needed her. I will continue to be her friend and be there for her.”

Joe, who remained on good terms with Lovato following their breakup, later opened up about supporting her through her struggles with substance abuse.

“I really got to know her and got to see the ins and outs of what she was struggling with,” he told Vulture in 2013. “I felt like I needed to take care of her, but at the same time, I was living a lie because I wasn’t happy but felt like I had to stay in it for her because she needed help. I couldn’t express any of that, of course, because I had a brand to protect.”

Today, Lovato is married to singer Jordan “Jutes” Lutes, who was there to witness the reunion on Sunday. Lovato said on the podcast that the Jonas Brothers made sure to “spend time getting to know” Jutes, 34, which was “really meaningful” to her.

“And they just, you know, thanked me profusely for flying across the country to perform with them. And it was just so thoughtful,” she said. “I felt so appreciated, and it was really healing for us. And I loved it, you know, every second of it was so great.”