Jason Derulo. Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
Jason Derulo loves to parent his 3-year-old son, Jason King — and wants to expand his brood in the future.
“I do want more kids,” Derulo, 35, exclusively told Us Weekly at the Carousel of Hope Ball in Los Angeles on October 5. “I feel like I have so much to offer. You know, not just from a financial perspective, but I have — I’ve been through a lot.”
Derulo, who shares Jason King with ex-girlfriend Jena Frumes, explained that he feels as if he’s “lived a lot more life than most people” and wants to share his insights with “some more offspring.”
“So we’ll see how that goes,” he added.
The “Talk Dirty” singer is a proud father already and finds it “hard” to not spoil Jason King because of his own upbringing.
“For me growing up, all of my struggles were actual struggles,” he shared with Us. “And for him, the struggles have to be kind of created, you know, which I’m happy to do, and I think we’re just taking it one day at a time … [and] pray for the best.”
With Halloween coming up, Derulo is also excited to spend the holiday dressing up with Jason King.
“He’s going to be Buzz Lightyear,” he told Us. “Before that, he was like, ‘I’m going to be a turtle.’ It was like, the turtle outfit is either you spend a million dollars getting it right or it’s gonna look like trash. So we decided to go with Buzz Lightyear. I’m gonna be Woody and his mom’s gonna be Bo Peep.”
Derulo welcomed Jason King in May 2021 with then girlfriend Frumes, 31. However, the twosome split four months after his birth.
Following their breakup, Derulo opened up about what it’s like to coparent with Frumes.
“It’s a beautiful thing [that we can support each other], especially given our new relationship: coparenting,” Derulo told People in November 2021. “We have an amazing relationship, and we don’t care if we’re confusing people about our situation because our situation is our situation.”
Derulo noted that he and Frumes “love” their son “more than anything” and that “his well-being is really important” to them.
“I’m really attentive of her well-being as well, and I want her to be good,” he shared with the outlet. “I care about her a lot. We have an amazing relationship, contrary to a lot of people’s beliefs.”
Aside from becoming a father, Derulo is focused on his career as a musician and recently performed at the Carousel of Hope Ball earlier this month. Other performers also included the legendary Gladys Knight, whom Derulo was very “excited” to see.
“She’s performing pretty early on, which I’m excited for, because I got my mom coming out [and] my dad coming out,” he shared with Us. “I have my son coming out as well, so he’ll be introduced to Gladys. And my mom and dad are huge fans of Gladys, so we’ll have a good time tonight.”
With reporting by Mariel Turner
