Jason Derulo thinks that his relationship with the mother of his toddler son, Jena Frumes, moved "really quickly" due to being in quarantine together during the 2020 pandemic.
The "Talk Dirty" vocalist discussed the breakup and parenthood on the Dec. 3 episode of podcast In Depth With Graham Bensinger. Derulo and Frumes welcomed their son, Jason King Derulo, in May 2021 and broke up in September of that year.
"Everything happened really fast because we were all in one home, right? It kind of sped everything up," Derulo told Bensinger around the 1:41:00 mark of the video below. "Whereas you go through a dating period, like, you decide like you're going to move in like after you've been with somebody for years. No, it was the pandemic. She she was the person that I was seeing. And were we going to pandemic separately or we might as well just coexist."
The vocalist added that the relationship made their time together fly "super fast," although it was a "great situation."
"We shot a lot of content together and then we had conversations about having kids. I'm not the youngest guy," added the 37-year-old. "I was like, 'Yeah, I want to have a kid.' She felt the same way. So, it was like a slight conversation that we would have. And then one thing kind of led to another, man. It like sped things into full gear, the pandemic."
Derulo also explained that Frumes met a side of him that was out of the "norm," since he was often recording and touring before the pandemic lockdown.
Elsewhere, Derulo explained his surprise at being unmarried at his age and called himself "tainted" by observing women cheat on their partners.
"I don't think [monogamy] is for me today," Derulo said. "And there was a point where I thought that it was. But I just think it's important to just be honest, right? I don't think there's any issues as long as the people that you're dealing with understand where your mind is at and and what you want. I think there is a problem when there's lies and there's false hopes. But today, I'm really not looking for a monogamous relationship."
One year after her breakup from Derulo, Frumes reportedly accused the singer of cheating, but said they did "aspire to be married."
"But maybe it's best to be single than to be in a relationship & constantly be disrespected & cheated on and lied to. Or is it better to stay quiet so people like you approve?" Frumes wrote on Instagram in 2022, per People.