NEW YORK — Kevin Jonas has revealed he lost “most of” his money nearly a decade ago, following the Jonas Brothers’ 2013 band breakup.

The 37-year-old New Jersey native and eldest JoBro appeared with his brothers this week on Lewis Howes’ “The School of Greatness” podcast, where he said he was left with just 10% of his fortune mere years into their hiatus.

“I’ve seen the beginning of financial success, not knowing what money really was and understanding it to … losing almost all of it,” Jonas said, attributing the latter to “a bad business deal.”

The “Burnin’ Up” artist explained that roughly nine years ago, he lost nearly all of his money after investing the bulk into “a bunch of property and doing other things and I was building at the time.”

“Sadly, it just wasn’t the right partnership,” Jonas said, noting he couldn’t get “too much into” the details of the deal.

“We had a second shot, bite at the apple, with the band coming back together,” he added of their 2019 reunion. “And it actually was kind of fortuitous in a way. I learned this lesson, never wanted to learn it but I did.”

The group — which also includes brothers Joe, 35, and Nick, 32 — is currently gearing up for the release of their new album, “Greetings From Your Hometown,” dropping Aug. 8, and a North American tour kicking off two days later.

The tour begins at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Aug. 10, before heading to Camden, New Jersey, on Aug. 14. There will also be four stops in New York — Bethel, Syracuse and Saratoga Springs next month, followed by Buffalo on Nov. 9. The tour is scheduled to wrap days later in Connecticut.

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Lena Dunham talks body-shaming, potentially reviving ‘Girls’

NEW YORK — Lena Dunham is reflecting on the “merciless” body-shaming she faced in the public eye and whether she’d ever revive “Girls.”

The New Yorker and Judd Apatow mentee, 39, told Variety that she’d be open to reviving HBO’s Brooklyn-set millennial showcase she created, in which Dunham starred as the unabashedly narcissistic 20-something writer Hannah Horvath.

“If we had something to say that was really specific and it was a moment in their lives where we felt like revisiting it — like millennial women becoming mothers or stepping into menopause or going to live at old-age homes — I would always want to work with those people again,” said Dunham, gearing up for this week’s premiere of her Netflix series, “Too Much.”

The Emmy-winning show famously featured an abundance of much-discussed sex scenes, which left Dunham, who has “been in Hollywood at every size,” exposed to body shaming.

“I probably wasn’t protective enough of myself,” said Dunham, whose former outspokenness also used to court controversy. “I have been a sample size, I have had my body change because of life, illness, aging, menopause. And it is merciless wherever you are.”

Afterward, she said, there was “this moment: Body positivity was here, and then it was gone.”

Dunham suspects that in 2025, Hannah “teaches at Bard and loves raising her son. She probably has a girlfriend who’s, like, a chef. And she’s less obsessed with being famous.”

And the rest of the “Girls” girls — Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet, daughter of Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet), Marnie (Allison Williams, daughter of broadcast journalist Brian Williams) and Jessa (Jemima Kirke, daughter of Bad Company drummer Simon Kirke)?

“Shoshanna was married to, then divorced from, the mayor of New York City, and she runs an athleisure startup that’s zero-waste. Marnie — it’s third marriage. She still sings, but I think Marnie really needs to take it to Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous. Jessa is unvaccinated and lives on a boat in Croatia,” said Dunham.

Meanwhile, Adam, the breakout role for Adam Driver, “is a cult theater actor, and he’s probably living in Berlin.”

Alex Karpovsky’s Ray “is still on city council and running his coffee shop and doing better than anyone” and Andrew Rannells’ Elijah “is the fourth lead on a sitcom, making a good amount of money and still looking for love in all the wrong places.”

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Michael Madsen’s doctor confirms actor’s cause of death

Michael Madsen’s cause of death has been confirmed less than a week after the “Reservoir Dogs” star was found unresponsive in his Malibu home on July 3.

The 67-year-old actor died of heart failure, with heart disease and alcoholism identified as contributing factors, Madsen’s cardiologist told NBCLA. Authorities do not suspect foul play in his death, which has been attributed to natural causes.

Given that the doctor has already signed the death certificate and was treating the “Donnie Brasco” alum, an autopsy will not be performed.

His manager Ron Smith told the outlet last week that Madsen died from cardiac arrest.

Insiders told TMZ this week that the frequent Quentin Tarantino collaborator, who was also a published poet, got sober in recent months. Loved ones reportedly hope Madsen, who long battled substance abuse, “was still working his program” at the time of his death.

Madsen’s Oscar-nominated younger sister Virginia Madsen remembered him as “half legend, half lullaby.”

A father of seven, Madsen’s son Hudson preceded him in death when the 26-year-old died by suicide in early 2022.

Of his nearly 350 screen credits, Madsen’s most memorable roles were those in Tarantino’s films such as “Reservoir Dogs,” both volumes of “Kill Bill,” “The Hateful Eight” and “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood.” He also appeared in “WarGames” and “Species.”

By Tribune News Service