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Joe Jonas Says He ‘Crashed and Burned’ an Audition for The Morning Show

The on-air confession offers a rare moment of humility from a pop star, driving broad coverage with unconfirmed casting speculation.

Overview

  • Joe Jonas revealed on the brothers' Hey Jonas! podcast that he “crash and burn” auditioned for The Morning Show during a segment recorded and released this week.
  • He said production placed him in a “private” room he called “the saddest room you can imagine,” where he could hear other actors auditioning and realized they were outperforming him.
  • Jonas described the part he sought as a young news anchor who would have been a love interest for Jennifer Aniston’s character, Alex Levy.
  • On the podcast he also named other failed auditions, including for Wicked and, in sibling banter, Spider-Man, which framed the story as part of his broader, mixed acting résumé.
  • Clips of the episode prompted fan reaction and media stories that tentatively linked Jonas’s anecdote to a season‑4 role later played by Boyd Holbrook, but that casting connection remains unconfirmed and is based on interpretation rather than production confirmation.