Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra are enjoying parenthood. After tying the knot in a beautiful ceremony in Jodhpur, India, in December 2018, the couple announced in January 2022 that they’d welcomed their daughter, Malti Marie Chopra Jonas. “We are overjoyed to confirm that we have welcomed a baby via surrogate,” Chopra wrote on Instagram at the time. “We respectfully ask for privacy during this special time as we focus on our family. Thank you so much.”
While celebrating Mother’s Day three months later, Jonas and Chopra revealed Malti had previously spent “100 plus days” in the newborn intensive care unit (NICU) but was “finally home.” “On this Mother’s Day we can’t help but reflect on these last few months and the rollercoaster we’ve been on, which we now know, so many people have also experienced. After 100 plus days in the NICU, our little girl is finally home,” both Jonas and Chopra wrote on each of their accounts.
They continued: “Every family’s journey is unique and requires a certain level of faith, and while ours was a challenging few months, what becomes abundantly clear, in retrospect, is how precious and perfect every moment is. We are overjoyed that our little girl is finally home, and just want to thank every doctor, nurse and specialist at Rady Children’s La Jolla and Cedar Sinai, Los Angeles, who were there selflessly every step of the way. Our next chapter begins now, and our baby is truly a badass. Let’s get it MM! Mommy and Daddy love you.”
In May 2022, Jonas opened up about fatherhood in an interview with “Today,” saying, “Life is beautiful. . . . She’s a gift.” Meanwhile, in Chopra’s February 2023 British Vogue cover story, the mother of one opened up about caring for her daughter and said, “Now I feel I have a center, a sense of calm, because every decision ends up being about her.” She added that there’s “nothing more satisfying than seeing [Malti’s] face as soon as her eyes open” after revealing she has “seven cameras in her room.”
On the flip side, Chopra was also candid about the backlash she received for “outsourcing” her pregnancy and having a “ready-made baby” via surrogate. “I’ve developed a tough hide when people talk about me. But it’s so painful when they talk about my daughter,” she shared. “I’m like, ‘Keep her out of it’ . . . I’ve been really protective of this chapter of my life with my daughter. Because it’s not about my life only. It’s hers too.”
Over the last year, Jonas and Chopra have been generous about documenting their parenthood journey, with Malti making her first public appearance at her dad’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony on Jan. 30. In an interview featured in Elle’s May 2023 issue, Chopra said Malti has her “wrapped around her finger.”
“I don’t even know how I’ll ever discipline her because I just don’t have it in me. I was so close to losing her so many times that she can get away with anything and I just want to see her happy,” said Chopra. “I want her to be the happiest. She’s a super smiley, happy baby, and that’s all my goal is — to see her joyous. Every time she smiles, it lights up my world, and that’s all I want to do.”
Since becoming a mother, Chopra told Elle what’s surprised her most is “just how much you can love something and how viciously you’ll protect it.” She explained, “I’ve seen my mom rip people when I’ve been hurt and I just never understood it. I was like, ‘Mom, chill out. What are you doing?’ Now I get it. I would take someone out.”
Most recently, Chopra and Jonas took Malti on a tropical vacation, with the latter posting photos of the family of three on Instagram enjoying the beach. “July was a movie,” Jonas wrote on Aug. 1. That same day, seemingly back in London, Chopra shared an Instagram photo of herself walking outside at night with Malti, captioning the snap, “Looking for the super moon.”
Ahead, see more pictures of the Chopra–Jonas family!
