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Nardine Saad

Nick Jonas says 'tragic' guitar solo with Kelsea Ballerini landed him in therapy

A series of "tragic" live-performance snafus ultimately landed Nick Jonas in therapy and shaped the pressure he puts on himself "to be perfect and to always be on."

Opening up on Monday's "Armchair Expert" podcast with Dax Shepard and his wife, Kristen Bell, the Jonas Brothers musician recalled several stage-fright episodes that have dogged him throughout his career.

He first mentioned a Cole Porter tribute he did as a teenager. Jonas, 30, said he had prepared to sing Porter's standard "Let's Misbehave" but blanked when he hit the stage, where he was performing in front of Porter's family and "Frozen" star Bell.

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