Home / News / Viral & Trending Women and moms are showing support for Sophie Turner amid her divorce from Joe Jonas Frazer Harrison/Getty Rumors of the couple's separation began swirling over Labor Day weekend. By Cassandra Stone Updated September 22, 2023 Frazer Harrison/Getty Rectangle Not long after news broke that Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner were headed for divorce, rumors began swirling about why the couple was breaking up. Reports surfaced that Joe Jonas had retained a divorce lawyer and he officially filed for divorce at the end of the holiday weekend, citing that the marriage was “irretrievably broken.” In a lawsuit filed in Manhattan on Thursday, Sept. 21, Sophie Turner is requesting that her two children with estranged husband Joe Jonas be returned to her home country of England. In the court documents, obtained by PEOPLE, Turner calls for “the immediate return of children wrongfully removed or wrongfully retained,” with Turner’s legal team stating the “wrongful retention” began on Sept. 20. Turner claims she and Jonas had agreed to declare England their “forever home” in conversations that took place in December of 2022, and made plans to do so in 2023. The couple sold their family home in Miami earlier this year and were in the process of purchasing a home in the English countryside this spring. In April, Turner began working on a mini-series based in England. When the split was first announced, it didn’t take long before the Jonas PR camp began planting “sources” to give statements to various media outlets. While that’s not out of the norm for any major Hollywood breakup, what really stood out to pretty much everyone on the internet was the fact that these “sources” were quick to mom-shame Sophie. The couple has two daughters, ages three and 13 months. Sources told TMZ the reason Joe Jonas filed for divorce was because “she likes to party” and he’s more of a homebody. A source tells TMZ the reason Joe Jonas filed for divorce from Sophie Turner:“She likes to party, he likes to stay at home. They have very different lifestyles.” pic.twitter.com/7yNltYl5mV— Pop Base (@PopBase) September 5, 2023 Jonas and Turner became engaged in 2017, and in 2019 they got married in Las Vegas before having a second wedding ceremony in France. In 2020, they welcomed their first child together, daughter Willa, and their second daughter was born in July of last year. When the couple first met, Turner was just 20 years old—Jonas was 27. Related: Sophie Turner slams paparazzi for taking pictures of her baby: ‘It’s disgusting’ News of their split surprised fans, as the couple (who is typically very private) was shown being lovey-dovey as recently as last month. Turner has also been very present during the Jonas Brothers new tour, which just kicked off this summer. So these rumors making digs at Turner have been especially off-putting, particularly the part where it’s implied Turner isn’t a good mom because she “parties.” It also goes against many interviews Turner has given through the years, where she cites being a “homebody” and an “introvert” who loves to stay at home. Because of all of these factors, it seems like the bulk of the internet is rallying around Turner and clapping back at the negativity being slung by the Jonas camp. i love joe jonas as much as the next girlie but between drinking on stage and doing his little dj events you cannot tell me he doesn't party l o lthis is just a bad attempt at framing sophie to be some careless mother and that's not it for me!! https://t.co/iOti90mffm— kelsey barnes (@kelseyjbarnes) September 5, 2023 i’m actually very happy that we don’t let this kind of thing fly anymore. as soon as these headlines started coming out the story was not “sophie turner bad mother” it was “joe jonas bitter misogynist getting out ahead of a bad story”. growth 🫶 https://t.co/SmSk8Hnyln— das 🍊 (@das_penman) September 6, 2023 Joe Jonas started dating Sophie Turner when she was 19, marry her at 23, knocked her up at 24. She was just finishing Game Of Thrones, she hardly worked these years and follow him on tours. Like he's giving zero support husband vibe.— LaErika_30 (@basiclegend0) September 5, 2023 Sophie Turner shelved her career for a few years to be the doting wife and a stay-at-home mother, just for Joe Jonas to run to TMZ, screaming "divorce" after she booked a singular job in the United Kingdom. lol what a joke. https://t.co/c55rz2NSo1— crystal pepsi (@crushsong) September 3, 2023 The thing that I love about this Joe Jonas framing is that it implies that dads shouldn't have to actually parent under any circumstances unless they are unemployed, on vacation, or retired. Meanwhile new moms get 12 weeks maternity leave. 🙄 https://t.co/POhHZyNzGd— Olivia Truffaut-Wong (@iWatchiAm) September 6, 2023 Sophie Turner has been speaking for years about her anxiety and how she likes to stay home and Joe Jonas likes to go and party…so the reason he's divorcing her is because SHE likes to party? This makes no sense. What the fuck was Hesitate for?? pic.twitter.com/hzoFTDbhXR— zoney 𐚁 (@huzzahdiaries) September 6, 2023 “Joe Jonas has been caring for his two children with Sophie Turner” oh you mean he was *checks notes* fulfilling his role as a father? Wild. https://t.co/PR7G0esXeM— Madeleine Delamare (@rnarkhoppus) September 4, 2023 And the PR campaign painting Sophie as a bad mom who loves to go out and drink while her virtuous husband stays home to watch the kids commences https://t.co/bqRgxGfoxV— Ej Dickson (@ejdickson) September 5, 2023 What we can gather from the reports about the divorce is that each of them is a working parent right now—with Jonas on tour and Turner working on a project filming in the UK. Add in the fact that Turner hasn’t been working much (if at all) since the birth of her first child two years ago, and it’s easy to conclude that the mud-slinging just doesn’t make sense. Which is why the internet is seeing right through it. Related: Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas welcome baby No. 2! Context matters! Most people reading that statement probably don’t know that Sophie’s been working off and on overseas, and traveling back and forth with two tiny children by herself isn’t exactly ideal. So what this really seems like is a case of a dad caring for his own children and nothing more. Even after news of the lawsuit broke, women came out in droves to show their support for Turner. joe jonas’ rep saying that his + sophie turner’s kids shouldn’t relocate to the UK with her bc “they spent the majority of their lives in the US” is hilarious they’re 1 and 3 those kids barely know they exist— no (@zedonarrival) September 21, 2023 the 'Sophie Turner is a bad mum' thing makes SO much sense now he's getting slapped with an abduction suit👀🤦♀️two weeks ago I could've hardly cared less about Joe Jonas and now I'm literally ready to go to war for this woman I do not personally know 😂 https://t.co/uyhnpQhnIn— Amie Jordan (@amiescool) September 21, 2023 Sophie Turner taking down Joe Jonas after he spent 2 weeks having his PR people trash her name pic.twitter.com/tiIYK6sYoq— Caitmela Soprano (@CAIT_on_me) September 21, 2023 Everyone seems to have the same thoughts: Where were all the headlines touting Sophie Turner as a devoted mother for sacrificing her career so her husband could focus on his? Funny how now we’re hearing about what a great dad he is for caring for his children, when if the roles were reversed (and who even knows what’s really true at this point), there wouldn’t be so much as a whisper surrounding Turner’s motherhood sacrifices. Sigh. Sophie Turner’s story has been resonating with working women and mothers everywhere—fortunately she has a lot of maternal, female support behind her during this trying time. The latest News This toddler’s magical reaction to Target’s Christmas decor is the holiday joy we all need right now News Single mom passes bar exam after years of sacrifice—and her kids’ tears say it all News Texas mom sets new Guinness World Record with nearly 13,000 bottles of donated breast milk News Georgia mom arrested for letting her son walk to town alone—how much freedom should kids have?