Nick Jonas Says Jonas Brothers Member Still Cries at The Lion King
Nick Jonas said the jonas brothers member still cries when The Lion King comes on while he is watching it with his 4-year-old daughter, Malti. He made the remark on Monday, May 18, 2026, during a Power Ballad panel at 92NY in New York City with Paul Rudd and director John Carney.
Malti and a 1994 Disney release
Jonas said there are two scenes in the 1994 film that hit him “super hard as a father,” and he tied that reaction to the way he is now revisiting movies with Malti. “You know, things that I’m getting to watch with my daughter these days and kind of relive some of those experiences, the stories that shaped who I became, and now I’m sharing that with her. It’s a totally special thing to experience,” he said.
The movie’s pull is not just personal nostalgia. The Lion King won two Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, then grew into a multibillion-dollar franchise. That gives Jonas’s reaction a wider frame: a film released in 1994 is still working as a family touchstone three decades later.
Paul Rudd, John Carney, Josh Horowitz
Jonas was onstage with Paul Rudd and John Carney while Josh Horowitz conducted the interview, which kept the conversation centered on Power Ballad even as the family story took over. Jonas said, “Well, I’ll say there are two scenes in this movie that I’m not in, and they hit me super hard as a father,” before adding, “I think there’s a real thing that you’ll see. I want you to think about this powerful stuff, family, that aspect. Then, outside of that, when I cry over a movie, it’s The Lion King.”
He also said he “always” cries during movies on planes, a small detail that fits the larger pattern: this is not a one-off sentimental moment, but the way he responds to films now. For readers, the takeaway is simple — Jonas is describing how parenthood has turned an old Disney title into part of the viewing routine with Malti, and that routine is shaping what he says hits hardest.
