Delta Goodrem caught holding hands with teen heartthrob Nick Jonas... and where is his purity ring?

 

By ANDREA MAGRATH

Last updated at 5:05 PM on 16th May 2011

 

She announced her split from fiancé Brian McFadden after six years together less than two months ago.

But it appears that Delta Goodrem, 26, is wasting no time in moving on.

The Australian singer has been pictured holding hands with Nick Jones, 18, on a cinema date in West Hollywood.

Delta couldn't stop smiling as the youngest Jonas brother - eight years her junior - led her through the parking lot of the Arclight Cinema.

Nick also sported a content smile, and didn't bother releasing Delta's hand when the pair were spotted by photographers.

The singer, who now has his own band Nick Jonas & The Administration, tweeted today, 'I feel so blessed. Had a great weekend.'

Eagle-eyed Jonas Brothers fans have observed that Nick was not wearing his purity ring.

The brothers famously wear the rings on their left ring fingers to symbolise their 'promise to God to stay pure until marriage.'

The pair have been spending a lot of time together in Los Angeles working on tracks for Delta's upcoming album.

On March 5, three weeks before she announced her split from long-time love Brian, the singer tweeted a picture of the pair with their arms around each other in the studio with Jonas Brothers bass guitarist Greg Garbowsky.

'Loved creating with the incredibly talented @nickjonas and @greggarbo,' the Born To Try singer wrote.

Delta and Brian struck up a romance after recording their duet Almost Here in 2004.

In the cover sleeve of her album Delta in 2007, she wrote: 'You made me believe again in life, love, music, and to be the best person and therefore the best artist I can be.

'Every dream I have, we're standing side by side, we laugh, we sing, we cry.'

But the former Neighbours star and McFadden issued a joint statement on April 1 announcing they had ended their four-year engagement.

They said: ‘This decision has been made with a lot of soul searching from both parties with the realisation that they have grown apart.'

McFadden later took to his Twitter page, writing: ‘I love Delta and always will. She is one of God's living angels. I thank her for giving me the best years of my life. Please give us time x.’

McFadden drowned his sorrows over the split during a raucous night out in Dublin a fortnight later with Calum Best and a slew of scantily-clad women.

Before meeting Brian Delta dated tennis player Mark Mark Philippoussis.

She was left heartbroken when it was alleged he had cheated on her with Paris Hilton.

The claims emerged just as she released her comeback single Out Of The Blue, in which she sings about Mark's love and support during her battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Nick Jonas dated Miley Cyrus for 18 months in 2006 and 2007 and was linked to his Les Miserables co-stars Lucie Jones and Samantha Barks during his stint on the West End last year.

Delta has been in the US working on her fourth album since before her split with former Westlife singer McFadden and has been pictured entering meetings with CESD Talent Agency in LA.

The songstress is famous for pouring her heart into her lyrics, so it is likely her recent split will feature prominently in the new album, which she describes as 'very raw.'

She told the Courier Mail in Australia last month: 'I'm enjoying writing songs that are more stripped back.

'I've done a 360 back to where I started, but hopefully it's more evolved. I feel I've stepped up my game. I'm experimenting with different chord changes and different areas of music.

'I feel I can do anything on this album, I'm relishing that. I feel like the sky's the limit but at the same time it's very raw.'

Last week Delta stepped in at the last minute to cover for Adele on US Dancing With The Stars.

Delta belted out Carole King's hit Natural Woman with just an hour's rehearsal after the British singer pulled out of the performance because her voice was 'knackered.'

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Scandalous! :o

Ohhh Delta...not going to look good, moving on from a 6 year relationship after two weeks with a man 8 years her junior and possibly stealing his innocence which he's always been famed for :drama: Rebound?

 

Also - working with one of the Jonas brothers on new music? My enthusiasm for this album just divebombed. I just have to remind myself that Brian apparently had a helping hand in writing her greatest song (Believe Again) and not to judge a book by its cover.

Ew... No Delta! You're too good for him! Though if this seemingly awful partner means another Believe Again (yeah right) I can forgive her :P

I cannot for the life of me get my head around this. It's just such a wacky pairing :lol:

 

Delta's been trending worldwide on Twitter all day so hopefully a few people have looked up her music because of that!

 

 

Delta trending, never thought I'd see the day!

 

See, she's relevant again - the forum can stay :cheer:

Is dating a teen heart-throb not a SUREFIRE way of earning yourself the undying HATE of every girl under the age of 18? If her career wasn't f***ed before, it is now!

Is dating a teen heart-throb not a SUREFIRE way of earning yourself the undying HATE of every girl under the age of 18? If her career wasn't f***ed before, it is now!

 

The majority of the Twitter comments are along the lines of;

 

'OMG I hate that nobody #Delta Goodrem, Nick is mine'

 

'#Delta Goodrem is only trending because of Nick Jonas, what is she famous for exactly?'

 

and my personal favourite;

 

'LOL what the hell is #Delta Goodrem - an airplane?'

 

:D

The funniest tweet I saw was this from a Nick super fan:

 

I would be ok with Nick dating Delta Goodrem if they weren't 8 years apart!!! She's old enough to be his MOM!

 

:mellow:

Before anyone starts talking about innocence, this guy dated Miley Cyrus. And those two were hardly the holding hands couple.

 

Musically, this is probably gonna be the best thing for Delta to do. Nick is VERY talented.

Delta has a knack for dating the guy who will get her the most hate possible, it seems.

 

I do think getting out of a long engagement and dating a kid who is barely an adult (or not even, depending on your views!) screams rebound though.

Though I do think they look quite cute in that pic, hehe.

Left hand to left hand is hardly hand holding, that's more him leading her through a crowd of people so they don't get split up when Nick is mobbed by fans.

 

I have held the hands of my female friends in that manner on many occasions and I ain't dating any of them