Nick Jonas says he went to therapy after a tragic guitar solo during a live performance with Kelsea Ballerini at the 2016 Academy of Country Music Awards.
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Nick Jonas candidly recounted one of his most “traumatic” onstage moments during an interview on Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast. On May 22, the “Jealous” singer joined his brothers, Joe Jonas and Kevin Jonas, to discuss their Disney Channel era, the band’s 2013 breakup, and their solo careers. During a discussion about his most upsetting past performances, Jonas also detailed an unforgettable incident at the 2016 ACM Awards that caused him to attend therapy.
Jonas was performing a duet of “Peter Pan” alongside Kelsea Ballerini when he experienced a “tragic guitar solo debacle” on live TV, despite feeling extremely prepared. “I’d rehearsed it a million times, feeling really confident about it, not even really thinking about it like it’s a thing that’s going to be problematic,” Jonas tells Shepard. “I started off — it’s fine — and as I sort of walked towards [Kelsea], I just completely blank and I hit a wrong note and like blacked out, basically.
