When Priyanka Chopra and her husband, Nick Jonas, became parents for the first time to their daughter Malti Marie in January 2022, they shared the happy news with the world via an Instagram post.
“We are overjoyed to confirm that we have welcomed a baby via surrogate. We respectfully ask for privacy during this special time as we focus on our family. Thank you so much.”
Sadly, among the congratulatory wishes was an additional negative undercurrent.
People accused her of “outsourcing” her pregnancy by choosing surrogacy, “renting” a womb due to vanity, and purchasing a “ready-made baby,” even insinuating that she would not have a maternal attachment to her child.
Chopra explained what it was like to be subjected to these accusations at such a vulnerable time and how they affected her. In an interview with British Vogue, Priyanka said,
“I’ve developed a tough hide when people talk about me,” she said in the interview. “But it’s so painful when they talk about my daughter. . . . I’ve been really protective of this chapter of my life. Because it’s not about my life only. It’s hers too.”
PC explained that she needed to use a surrogate because of “medical complications” and was “so grateful” that she was able to do.
The actor/producer also had some sharp words for anyone who intended to make judgments about her decision:
“You don’t know me. . . . You don’t know what I’ve been through. And just because I don’t want to make my medical history, or my daughter’s, the public doesn’t give you the right to make up whatever the reasons were,” Chopra said in British Vogue.
Malti was born at 28 weeks, making her “very” preterm, which adds to her conviction.
Malti was incubated in the neonatal critical care unit for the first three months of her life, and Chopra said she wasn’t sure if her daughter would survive.
Priyanka says she is incredibly protective of her baby girl, both for her physical safety and for her emotional well-being ((she even admitted that she has seven cameras in her daughter’s bed)
“I’m like, ‘Keep her out of it,'” she said, referring to the personal attacks.
“I know what it felt like to hold her little hands when they were trying to find her veins. So no, she’s not going to be gossip.”
The family of three, including PC, Nick Jonas, and their daughter Malti have settled into their new life together in Los Angeles.
The 40-year-old actor and producer have already been “grinding” in Bollywood and Hollywood for 2 decades, but she’s taken a year off to focus on parenting.
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“It’s been 20 years of hustling and working at breakneck speed. I’ve always been like, ‘What’s the next thing?'” Chopra said. “But now I feel I have a center, a sense of calm because every decision ends up being about her.”
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