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Frankie Jonas was never a part of the band The Jonas Brothers and is often referred to as 'The Bonus Jonas.' Now, that he is grown-up and living he own life, Frankie has become a pretty popular creator on TikTok, with many people just finding out that there was a fourth Jonas Brother.
Because he is a famous TikToker, Jonas has created quite a following and many verified influencers follow him. So, he caused a trend when he was posted a video of him wearing a Scientology necklace and captioning it "wear my Scientology chain and pose." Many of them posed with it at a party and received a lot of backlash online because f it.
Scientology is a set of beliefs and practices often considered a religion, developed by L. Ron Hubbard. Many celebrities follow the beliefs while others have spoken out against it. Here's everything we know about Frankie Jonas' Scientology necklace prank, his religion and who did it.
8 What Is A Scientology Necklace?
A Scientology necklace is a chain with the Scientology symbol pendant hanging from it. The symbol is two triangles sitting on top of each other with an 'S' curving through both triangles. Sometimes people wear them to show they support Scientology. This necklace is the "new-era" Scientology symbol. The top triangle represents a set of factors- knowledge, responsibility, and control while the bottom one represents affinity, reality and communication. It was unclear why Jonas was wearing it.
7 Who Fell For Frankie Jonas' Prank?
Charli and Dixie D'Amelio, Noah Beck, Olympic gymnast Suni Lee, Lil Huddy and other influencers wore Jonas' necklace all without knowing what it was. The video was soon taken down after many people commented on it and Jonas did not comment on it. Many of their publicists and managers were probably flipping out and calling all of them. In the 20 second video, many of the people were smiling and or making funny faces, not knowing what was about to happen and the reactions from fans.
6 Frankie Jonas' Religion
Scientology does not get a good rep, and after Jonas posted that video many fans were left wondering if he follows Scientology. From what we know from his brothers, the Jonas' were very religious when they were younger. Their father was a minister of an Assemblies of God church, making them a denomination of Christian religion. The brothers were even known for wearing purity rings. Although Frankie has become rebellious over the years, it would be shocking if the music producer was into Scientology. He probably just bought it as a joke.
5 What Happened With The Scientology Necklace?
Apparently the prankster that Frankie Jonas is, was at a party with a bunch of Tiktok influencers and other celebrities. When a bunch of young people get together and one person asks others to do it, they usually do, especially if they think it'll make them go viral or they can post it. So after he tricked everyone into wearing it, he put together a whole video of him in the beginning and the other party-goers all wearing it, without many of them not knowing what it was.
4 Frankie Jonas' TikTok Videos
Frankie Jonas posts many videos on his profile, and fans joke that he is the most popular Jonas Brother. Most of his videos are comical. He has almost 2 million followers on the app and is verified. Jonas also promotes a lot of products on there, which helps him earn money through the app. Jonas does a lot of voiceovers, and if you didn't know it was him, you might think it was his brother, Joe, since they sound so much alike. He is currently moving into a new apartment and is documenting the struggles with that. So this video, which had a more serious matter to it, was shocking to his followers.
3 Some Fans Think It's Funny
Katie (@katiemedleyy) tweeted that she found it funny that he convinced all of those people to put that necklace on. It's her "favorite thing to happen this year," she wrote. Many people online said it was hilarious. One Twitter user called it, "The funniest Jonas Brothers scandal." It seems like most fans knew it was a joke and are laughing at it, but others didn't think it was so funny.
2 Their Publicist Will Be Called
Others social media users didn't comment either way, but they know for sure that everyone involved in the video were going to get calls from their managers and publicists. Someone even Tweeted, "Their managers are throwing up" with crying emojis. Others said, "they can't and they know all their publicists are scrambling."
1 Other Fans Are Questioning Why Frankie Jonas Would Do That
But like with anything scandalous involving a bunch of celebrities, it was automatically met with backlash. They all got slammed for supporting the Church, which has been dubbed as a "cult." It was a prank, but that's not really something to joke about. He could have ended a lot of influencers' and his own career. Twitter is pretty positive, while TikTok and major outlets were criticizing Jonas for wearing it and allowing others to when they had no idea what it was.
