Jason Derulo is back under fire after making some blunt comments about his career limits while talking about the sexual harassment lawsuit that’s trailed him for nearly two years.
He opened up about the situation in a new episode of In Depth with Graham Bensinger, released on Thursday, December 4.
Singer Emaza Dilan filed the lawsuit, which has now been dismissed twice — once in California and once in Nevada — before being refiled in New York just days after the interview was recorded. Although the courts previously declined to move forward with the claims, Derulo said the accusations are still shaping his career.
When Bensinger asked what he learned from the ordeal, Derulo answered instantly: “Never work with women.”
After Bensinger pushed back, Derulo admitted the comment was harsh but doubled down on the rule he now follows.
“I will never be alone in a room with a woman that I work with… ever, ever again,” he said. “There’s truth in every joke. But it’s a sad truth.”
Derulo also addressed some of the allegations listed in the lawsuit, including one claim that he “sacrificed a goat in a sexual ritual.” He flatly rejected it.
“That case was dismissed twice,” he said. “And I lost so many brand deals, relationships off of a story that was not even slightly believable.”
He questioned why the public coverage never highlighted those dismissals. “Why didn’t they post the dismissal at least? Wouldn’t that be fair?” he said. “God damn. None of that? It’s crazy.”
Throughout the conversation, Derulo kept returning to how responding publicly to accusations can backfire. “It seems distasteful to combat stories that have been told about me,” he said. “It seems like there’s no winning.”
The interview also dipped into his personal life, with Derulo reflecting on how fame shifted his family dynamics. “That’s one thing we were really rich in—family,” he said of his upbringing. “The fact that we didn’t have very much allowed us to be closer together.”
He also shared his current stance on relationships: “Today, I don’t think [monogamy] is for me,” emphasizing that honesty matters most. He added that many headlines about his dating life were filled with “embellishments” he chose not to correct.
