It feels like only yesterday that Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra had us obsessing over their flirtatious Instagram comments and taking guesses about their romance. Now, the two are happily married and raising their own little family.
For a glance back at the pair's love story, look no further. From how they first met, to the singer's cinematic proposal, to the couple's latest moments and outings with baby daughter Malti, see all the highlights surrounding Jonas and Chopra's whirlwind romance ahead.
August 13, 2023: Priyanka celebrates Nick as he kicks off Jonas Brothers tour.
The Quantico star shares a loving tribute to her husband as he sets to embark on the Jonas Brothers World Tour.
Captioning PDA-filled photos of the two backstage at Yankee Stadium, she writes, “You are a magnet @nickjonas MM and I are so lucky to have you❤️ Congratulations on the start of an incredible tour. You’re all in for a huge ride! Let’s gooooo! Great job JB team the Band, the crew. The show was seamless and awe inspiring. Round 2 tonight! ❤️🙏🏽👏💪🏽.”
May 2023: Priyanka gushes about Nick in a series of interviews.
Chopra opens up about her relationship with Jonas in multiple interviews.
During a guest appearance on podcast Call Her Daddy, the actor talks about her initial attraction to Jonas after he sent her a message via Instagram direct message. “The fact that he had the confidence to slide into my DMs and asked me out,” she says. “Literally, like his message was ‘I’ve been told we should meet.’ How cocky! So sexy.”
She adds that his music video for “Close” convinced her to say yes to a date. “Like any self-respecting girl, I Googled him. I was like, ‘Let’s find out.’ One night, room service, me, and Google,” she says. “This video for ‘Close’ comes up and I immediately send him my number. At least a date. That body deserves at least a date.”
In another interview for The Zoe Report, Chopra describes her similarities with Jonas.
“We connect a lot on our commonalities. And one of them is that ability—we are hustlers, we’re not afraid of hard work, we’re not afraid to pivot,” she tells the outlet. “I’m someone who’s down to learn something I don’t know. And so is Nick.”
March 5, 2023: They coordinate at Paris Fashion Week.
The married pair sit front row at Valentino's fall/winter 2023–24 show wearing coordinating looks from the Italian fashion house. Chopra wears a striking hot pink monochrome look featuring a breezy shirt dress paired with semi-sheer pink-and-red tights and pointed-toe pumps. Jonas, meanwhile, opts for an all-black version of Chopra's ensembles with a silky black-and-gray suit and a matching sleek scarf.
January 30, 2023: They debut baby Malti to the public.
Jonas and Chopra make their first official appearance with one-year-old Malti at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, where Jonas and his brothers, Joe and Kevin, receive stars for their collaborative work as the Jonas Brothers.
Per BTS clips shared to Chopra's Instagram, Jonas gushes over his wife's positive influence in his life.
"I love being married to you. It is the greatest gift," he says, "and I love being a parent with you. So Malti Marie, I can't wait to come back here with you in 15 years and embarrass you in front of your friends."
January 15, 2022: They welcome their first child.
Chopra welcomes her first child with Jonas, daughter Malti.
"We are overjoyed to confirm that we have welcomed a baby via surrogate," she announces in a statement shared on Instagram. "We respectfully ask for privacy during this special time as we focus on our family. Thank you so much."
Just weeks prior to the birth, the two cozy up on a yacht during a romantic tropical vacation for New Year's.
They both share photos from the trip on Instagram.
"So grateful for family and friends," Chopra captions a photo series from the trip. "Here's to celebrating life."
"My forever New Years kiss," Jonas writes on his own sweet post from the trip.
November 30, 2021: Priyanka gets real about long-distance challenges.
The actress gets real about long-distance challenges with Jonas throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, as she was traveling between the U.S. and India to visit her family—and how they still managed to make things work.
"This year has been really, really tough. It was really, really tough to be away from home for an entire year, especially at a time when you can't travel to see your family," Chopra says on InStyle's Ladies First with Laura Brown podcast. "Just the uncertainty of my mom and my brother being in India, my husband being in America while I was in the U.K. It just was so much uncertainty and that, to me, was terrifying of not being able to just get on a flight and travel, just in case something went wrong or something happened. But thankfully, you know, everyone was okay."
She adds, "We didn't have a dramatic separation, but because he was in and out, we had to be really careful. He had to quarantine, I had to quarantine whenever we saw each other at that time."
Chopra continues, "It was all really tricky, but we managed. He flew down a bunch of times, I flew down a couple of times. We know each other's hearts and we prioritize each other in everything that we do.
"It's very important to keep a check on another person's heart and how they're feeling. And I have to say, my husband's amazing at doing that," she says of how she and Jonas have managed to work through the situation. "Like I said, this year was hard for me being in London. He would just drop everything—come in for even, like a day—just to have dinner with me and fly back. Stuff like that, you just have to prioritize each other and then everything feels right."
November 30–December 1, 2018: They get married.
In a multiday affair, Chopra and Jonas officially tie the knot in Jodhpur, India, where they honor both their family backgrounds via two extravagant weddings: a Christian service officiated by Jonas's father, Paul Kevin Jonas, as well as a traditional Indian wedding at Taj Umaid Bhawan Palace—a regal venue boasting a throne room, multiple banquet halls, a museum, a library, and a spa across 26 acres.
For the Christian ceremony, Chopra opted for a custom gown by Ralph Lauren, marking her as the first-ever celebrity to wear a bridal gown from the designer. (He had previously only designed wedding gowns for three of his own relatives.)
"Being able to have two big weddings, in India, with our closest family and friends was unbelievably special," she exclusively tells People at the time, later adding, "It was all tears. All tears."
October 28, 2018: Priyanka throws a Breakfast at Tiffany’s–inspired bridal shower.
Chopra celebrates her bridal status (and birthday weekend) at Tiffany & Co.’s Blue Box Café—naturally inspired by Breakfast at Tiffany’s—in New York City. For the occasion, she gives a chic preview of her bridal style in a feather-adorned white strapless midi dress from Marchesa.
Celebrity guests include Lupita Nyong'o and Kelly Ripa, as well as Chopra's fiancé, who makes a fashionably late appearance. For dessert, attendees are served sweet little treats shaped like Tiffany’s blue boxes with N&P monograms.
August 2018: They celebrate their engagement in India.
Jonas and Chopra's families join together to commemorate the couple's engagement with a roka ceremony, throughout which a Hindi priest offers his blessings as the singer's father, a pastor, leads a prayer. Meanwhile, Jonas impresses his future family by saying prayers in Sanskrit, Chopra later recalls.
The occasion additionally marks the first time that the couple publicly confirm their engagement with respective posts on Instagram of the two of them in traditional Indian clothing during the ceremony, while looking lovingly in each other's eyes.
The ceremony also comes after the couple double date with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, according to Us Weekly.
July 19, 2018: They get engaged in Greece.
Just two months after their relationship is confirmed, Jonas pops the question to Chopra with an uber-romantic proposal while on a couple's vacation to Crete for the actress's birthday. To ensure the moment wouldn't overshadow her special day, Jonas waits until midnight following Chopra's July 18 birthday to go down on one knee. (By then, he had already picked out a ring, having shut down the entire Tiffany & Co. store in London to find the right sparkler several weeks prior to the trip.)
"I said, 'Will you make me the happiest man in the world and marry me?'” Jonas later recalls of his proposal, which reportedly had Chopra stunned and speechless. "No joke—she took about 45 seconds. Forty-five seconds of silence," he recalls. But he went on to give her the ring, saying, "I'm going to put this ring on your finger now unless you have any objections."
"His friends and family have never seen him like this, and they're all really excited for him. He's definitely very serious about her," a Jonas insider also tells People at the time.
July 2018: They double date with Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner.
The couple spend Independence Day with another engaged Jonas pair—Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner—in New York City, where the quartet bike-ride around the city together for the holiday.
Later, on July 16, Chopra and Nick Jonas also take a trip to the U.K.—again, with Joe Jonas and Turner, as well as with big brother, Kevin Jonas. They are all spotted out dining at 34 Restaurant in Mayfair.
June 30, 2018: Priyanka supports Nick in Brazil.
Following a week of family vacation time in India, the two jet off to Brazil for one of Jonas's gigs in VillaMix Festival in Goiânia. During the festival, Chopra cheers on Jonas from the audience while proudly capturing videos of his performance.
The duo are also seen holding hands while in sweats at the airport.
June 2018: They go Instagram official.
While in India, on June 22, Jonas breaks his silence on his relationship with Chopra with a video of her on his Instagram Story. Naturally, the clip sends online fans into a meltdown.
"Her 😍," he writes over the video.
Following suit on June 27, Chopra also debuts Jonas on her Instagram Story with a sweet photo of him on the beach with her brother, Siddharth. She calls the pair "my two favourite men" in the caption of the post.
June 2018: They meet their extended families.
The two make big steps in their relationship throughout June, following their flirty comments on Instagram that spurred a social media frenzy.
On June 9, Chopra meets the Jonases for the first time at a family wedding (where elder brother Kevin Jonas is also a groomsman at the ceremony). The "Jealous" singer brings Chopra as his plus-one for his cousin's nuptials in Atlantic City—a big step in the pair's romantic trajectory, per a source close to Jonas.
The insider tells People that bringing Priyanka to the family affair was a "huge deal" for Jonas. "He's dated a lot over the last couple years but it’s never been anything serious, so this is a big step," the source tells the outlet.
Weeks later, Jonas also jets off to India with Chopra to meet her family.
People reports that the two go out to dinner with Chopra's mother on Friday, June 22—and the pair later show sweet PDA during another outing in Mumbai.
"It's getting serious," a source close to the couple tells the outlet at the time.
During the trip, Chopra is also seen wearing the same gold ring that Nick was previously spotted wearing at the JFK airport while on the way back from his cousin's wedding—seemingly confirming that the two are serious about one another and have symbolized these mutual intentions via matching bands.
Early June 2018: They conspicuously flirt on Instagram.
The duo demonstrate their budding fling on social media with a flirty commenting spree, which Jonas boldly kicks off with a comment on a photo of Chopra laughing with her friends.
"That smile ❤️," he writes.
The Quantico star also gets flirty on Nick's Instagram page, writing, "💕🔥," on one of the singer's posts.
She also comments, "Who is cuter?" on another post by Jonas featuring a selfie of him posing with a koala in Australia.
Memorial Day weekend 2018: Multiple public sightings reignite dating rumors.
Romance speculation resurfaces a year after the pair's Met Gala appearance with multiple suggestive outings.
On Friday, May 25, the two are reportedly seen together at the Beauty and the Beast live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, and at an L.A. Dodgers game the following day.
The following Monday, more clues drop surrounding a budding romance when the pair are seen in since-deleted photos lounging on a boat while celebrating with friends for Memorial Day.
And on May 31, fans spot the couple dining out together in West Hollywood, further supporting the possibility of a budding romance.
"They were very affectionate with each other and seemed to not care who saw," a witness tells People of their one-on-one outing. "Priyanka ran her hands through his hair at one point and they were laughing and even dancing to the music."
May 1, 2017: They make their first joint appearance at the Met Gala.
The duo arrive at the Met Gala red carpet together, both wearing Ralph Lauren ensembles. Chopra wears a trench-inspired gown with an epic 20-foot train that completely takes over the museum stairway.
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A week prior to their debut joint appearance on the red carpet, Jonas and Chopra also hang out one-on-one in New York, the couple later recall in an interview. They meet for drinks at the Carlyle hotel, and Chopra later invites him to hang out at her apartment, where she also introduces him to her mother, Madhu. Out of respect, the two don't kiss—but Jonas does give Chopra a pat on the back on his way out.
Shortly following the Met Gala appearance, however, Chopra coyly deflects the growing speculation surrounding a potential new romance with Jonas.
"We were both wearing Ralph Lauren and we decided to go together. It was fun," she simply says during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on May 10.
"We were at the same table. I mean, we know each other so we were just like, 'Hey, let's go together,' and I was like, 'Okay, let's go together.' And it just ended up working out," she adds.
February 26, 2017: They meet at an Oscars after-party, where Nick gets on one knee.
The stars meet in person for the first time at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, where Nick immediately gets down on one knee "in front of a bunch of people" and reportedly tells Chopra, "You're real. Where have you been all my life?"
Chopra, who soon has to catch a flight to India, doesn't have much time to hang out with Jonas.
"I have five minutes," she tells him.
September 8, 2016: Nick DMs Priyanka.
Jonas makes a forward first move with Chopra via Direct Message on Twitter, where he boldly tells her, "I'm hearing from a few mutual friends that we should meet," to which the actress responds, "My team can read this. Why don't you just text me."
The two then proceed to text back and forth, in a tone Jonas describes in a 2018 interview as "friendly with an eye toward flirtation."
Among the pair's several mutual friends is actor Graham Rogers, who happens to have starred alongside both Chopra and Jonas in their respective projects Quantico and Careful What You Wish For.
"Priyanka. Is. Wow," Jonas recalls texting Rogers at the time.
Erica Gonzales is the Senior Culture Editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage on TV, movies, music, books, and more. She was previously an editor at HarpersBAZAAR.com. There is a 75 percent chance she's listening to Lorde right now.
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