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Should your Instagram direct messages ever include a note from someone named Nick Jonas, there's a somewhat conceivable chance that it's that Nick Jonas. You know, former Jonas Brother, current Jonas brother, and star of Camp Rock 2.
In an interview with Complex during which he avoided the topic of whether or not he's had sex with Kate Hudson (but conceded they had a "beautiful connection"), Nick admitted that yes, he has been known to engage in casual DM sliding, a practice in which one directly messages someone else on social media, thereby exposing one's thirst for the message recipient:
You won't see Jonas on Tinder anytime soon because it freaks him out, but you might find him sliding into your DMs — he readily admits that he's sent some Instagram DMs to ladies. "Slide right in there sometimes," he says. "And then you'll text the person and finally meet the person. It's like online dating. Even that freaks me the fuck out. I'm like, should it be a group? Just the person? It's scary."
May the youngest Jonas brother be forever known as Nick "Slidin' Into Your DMs" Jonas, and nothing else.