Joe Jonas feels his ex-wife Sophie Turner’s gushing birthday tribute to her new boyfriend was a “slap in the face”, say friends, who believe it was a “strange” move so soon after their divorce.
Jonas, 35, filed for divorce from the Game of Thrones actress, 28, in September 2023, a month before she was photographed kissing British aristocrat Peregrine Pearson, 30, in Paris.
Their divorce was finalized in September, and Turner confirmed their new relationship on Instagram this weekend with a series of snaps from their year-long romance.
Jonas feels the publication, in which he described Pearson as his ‘angel food cake’, really ‘twisted the knife’ so soon after their divorce following a bitter year-long legal battle.
“Joe feels Sophie’s over-the-top birthday love post for ‘her angel’ Peregrine is a slap in the face considering she’s been with him since the moment Joe filed for divorce,” friends of the singer told DailyMail.com in exclusive.
Joe Jonas feels his ex-wife Sophie Turner’s gushing birthday tribute to her new boyfriend was a “slap in the face”, friends told DailyMail.com.
Turner, 28, confirmed his romance with Peregrine Pearson, 30 (pictured) on Instagram this weekend with a series of snaps from their year-long romance.
‘Everyone can see it as it is now. He will always be a present and involved father, but it has only been a month since they finalized.
“It’s strange that she went and twisted the knife by sharing in this way how much she loves her new man.”
Turner finally went Instagram official with Pearson on Sunday, sharing a photo of the couple kissing under a tent alongside others, showing them snuggling together on a canal boat, posing in a hot air balloon and skiing.
Other shots show her fixing his tie at a party and sitting on his lap with a bottle of beer in her hand.
“Happy birthday my angel food cake, 30 years old, flirty and prosperous,” she captioned the post.
The actress’s new love interest is the eldest son and heir of Michael Pearson, the 4th Viscount Cowdray, a former film producer who owns a significant part of the Pearson media empire.
While Turner is said to be worth a whopping $10 million, this pales in comparison to Peregrine’s family fortune, which is believed to be in excess of £224 million ($273 million).
He has a $5 million property in Chelsea, while his father owns a huge mansion in West Sussex with 22 bedrooms and 16,500 acres of land.
The Game Of Thrones star looked smitten as she shared a sweet album on Instagram to wish her partner a happy birthday, just weeks after their divorce was finalised.
“Joe feels Sophie’s over-the-top birthday love post for Peregrine, ‘her angel,’ is a slap in the face,” a source told DailyMail.com.
His ancestral estate is home to the Cowdray Park Polo Club, which has ten fields and hosts more than 450 matches each year.
The prestigious club hosts the annual Gold Cup, where both Prince William and Prince Harry have played.
A second source claimed that Jonas hopes Turner will make him look or feel bad for the foreseeable future.
“Joe anticipates more meanness from Sophie, as he almost expects her to do or say something to try to make him feel bad,” they said.
“Joe is trying to ignore it as it comes and stay out of it, as it will ultimately backfire on him if he reacts. He wants to remain the bigger man.
‘They continued: ‘Joe never wanted to be without the mother of his children, but unfortunately that was not possible. He wants to be a great father and hopes that eventually they can get to a place where it’s not one trial after another.”
Jonas recently split from model Stormi Bree after a brief romance following the breakup of their marriage.
Turner and Jonas, who recently split from model Stormi Bree after a brief romance, married in 2019. They are parents to daughters Willa, four, and Delphine, two.
Jonas filed for divorce in Miami, Florida, last September after four years of marriage, and Turner later claimed she learned the news through the media. She accused him of refusing to hand over her children’s passports.
The couple had major disagreements over where their daughters would live full-time.
While the actress wanted to take them to her native United Kingdom, Jonas wanted to keep them in the United States.
The couple reached a temporary custody agreement in October 2023, which they announced in a joint statement after four intense days of mediation in New York.
“After productive and successful mediation, we have agreed that the children will spend equal time in loving homes in both the United States and the United Kingdom,” they said.
“We hope to be great co-parents.”
In May, Turner opened up about the agony she felt during the aftermath of her split from Jonas, admitting there were days when she “didn’t know if I was going to make it.”
Their bitter year-long battle came to an end last month when a judge granted the divorce after declaring their marriage was “irretrievably broken.”
Peregrine previously dated King Charles’ goddaughter, Princess Maria Olympia of Greece, a 28-year-old model.