The big concern Priyanka Chopra had dating Nick Jonas

Famed Indian actor, model, and film producer Priyanka Chopra has revealed that she had reservations about her husband, award-winning actor, and singer Nick Jonas when they first met.

During her guest appearance on Dax Shepard's podcast, Armchair Expert, the Quantico star opened up about her past relationships, how they shaped her, and the moment she first met the famous Jonas brother.

Priyanka revealed that at first, their 10-year age gap was a big concern for her as well as the fact that she had dated a couple of narcissistic people who made her reevaluate her life.

“I was also like 35, Nick was 25, I really had to put a stop to it in a way because I judged the book by the cover," the actress candidly said.

The former Miss World pageant winner told Dax that when Nick first slid into her Twitter DM's she was nearing the end of a rocky relationship with an unnamed ex. 

And Nick on his part was also in a sort of a situation.

“I was in a tumultuous relationship at that time. This is back in 2016. We had common friends who didn’t want me to be in my relationship and were like, ‘Oh, he’s single too.’ He’s really not with that girl, but he is. It was complicated on both our ends,” recalled the famed actress.

She went on to reveal Nick found out about her through his brother Kevin Jones who was a huge fan of one of the series she starred in.

Nick ran the idea through a couple of his other friends who pushed him to shoot his shot.

"His brother loves Quantico. Kevin loves network TV, and I love network TV. And I'm really glad he did, because he pointed at me on a billboard, and he was like, 'You should call her.'

And so, he had a few people being like, 'Call her.' So he just DM'd me. And I was like, 'Why don't you text me, because my social team can read these messages.'

He was like, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah, you just wanted to give me your number.' I kinda did. And I didn't wanna admit it at that time, because I was in a relationship," Priyanka said warmly recalling how their long-standing romantic relationship was formed.

However, she still had her reservations because of their age gap so she kept Nick at arm's length.

The actress notes she was done with the fun and games and was ready to settle down.

"So I didn't want to engage as much at that time, I was like, 'I wanna settle down. I have been there and done the fun dating things…I was ready to get serious and not realizing my husband is actually a 70-year-old man stuck in a 30-year-old's body," Priyanka said.

After exchanging numbers in 2016 the two kept in touch through “random texts” until they finally met in person a week before attending the 2017 Met Gala as guests of iconic designer Ralph Lauren.

But it wasn't until May of 2018 that they had their first date (they would get engaged and married later that same year)

"We kept in touch for those two years; like, random texts here and there. We went to the Met Gala together in [2017], because we were both single-ish, and we were both going with Ralph Lauren and they said, 'You know, we have sort of couples. Would you like to just go together?' Both of us said yes."

Still, there would be some time before they decided to make it official.

"In relationships, I kept making the same mistakes. I was with similar guys [who were] a little bit narcissistic. I just needed to figure out what about me evoked that. Like, why did I attract it?" Chopra says.

She continues, "I've had wonderful relationships, and my exes were bad, good, ugly, but they shaped who I am at that time. But this is last one and the year and a half that I took before I met my husband officially gave me so much clarity on what I needed, not what I wanted."

Chopra and Jonas officially married in a multi-day ceremony in December 2018.

And four years later, in January 2022, they welcomed their first child through a surrogate, a gorgeous baby girl named Malti Marie.

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