(EUR) Jordin Sparks, who has been wearing a purity ring (proudly signifying virginity) since she was 13, says she is concerned about her budding feelings for a close friend, singer-songwriter and ex-model Steph Jones.
“We don’t know whether or not to go further or to just keep the friendship,” the singer, 19, told People Tuesday night at the 57th Annual BMI Pop Awards in Beverly Hills, where Jones was her date. “It’s crazy. We’ve got the feelings, but we don’t know whether or not to say it out loud.”
In the meantime, Sparks says she is content to just enjoy his company.
“He’s a really good guy,” Sparks says. “A lot of fun.”
Sparks proudly admits she was the one who made the first move.
“I met him two years ago,” she recalls. “He was writing for Blake [Lewis], who got second place [on the sixth season of “American Idol”]. I was like, ‘Can I get your contact information because you are a songwriter?’ I was still working on my album and he was the only person I knew in L.A., so every time I would come I would say, ‘Hey, you want to hang out?’“
And hang out they did. “My parents have met him and everything already,” she says.
Recently the pair have been seen cheering at the May 6 Lakers vs. Rockets basketball game at the Staples Center and slow dancing to Michael Buble’s live rendition of “Me and Mrs. Jones” during the Gamble and Huff icon tribute at the BMI Pop Awards. “We’ve gotten really close,” Sparks confirms.
