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.
