(USA TODAY) Oh, phew: Joe Jonas hasn't betrayed his purity ring roots, or so says his rep.

Those reports about a particularly prurient sex tape on the loose - one involving ball gags and paddles and pot - are "completely false," the singer's rep tells TMZ. "There is no truth or validity to the story," the publicist adds.

Jonas has gone a step further, tweeting, hilariously, "ball gag? really? me? come on guys"

At least the tape was rumored to depict with a tryst with Jonas's girlfriend, Blanda Eggenschwiler, vs., oh, some random woman.

Olivia Barker, USA TODAY