Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra will become husband and wife in a matter of few days but there is still very little that fans know about their love story. However, a new Vogue interview spills beans on everything from their first date, their proposal to their wedding plans.
Their age-difference (Priyanka is ten years older to Nick, who is 26) may have been a point of discussion but turns out Jonas is the serious one out of the two. Priyanka calls him, 'Old Man Jonas'
Priyanka, who will feature on the cover of Vogue's January issue, has revealed in the interview that they actually began texting each other much before their 2017 Met Gala appearance. Nick, who was totally smitten by Priyanka's beauty, sent her this message on Twitter in September 2016, “I’m hearing from a few mutual friends that we should meet." Priyanka, who accepted being fiercely secretive about her boyfriends, alerted him that her team can read those messages and asked him to contact her on her personal number instead.
The two then met at the Vanity Fair Oscars party. “And I put my drink down, get on one knee—this is in front of a bunch of people—and I say, ‘You’re real. Where have you been all my life?’ Like, loud,” Nick revealed.
Chopra had a car waiting and a flight to India to catch, but that didn’t stop Jonas from suggesting a drink. And, Priyanka couldn't turn down the offer.
A week before the 2017 Met Gala, the two met for a proper drink at the Carlyle hotel in New York. Priyanka invited Jonas to her apartment that evening - even though her mother Madhu Chopra was home. “We hung out for a couple of hours... he patted my back before he left,” she said. “There was no kiss. There was nothing,” he confirmed.
“There was a back pat,” she said. “She’s still upset about that,” he replied. “Your mom was in the house! I thought it was a respectful first night,” he added. “It was too respectful if you ask me,” Priyanka sarcastically replied.
Interestingly, Jonas and Chopra didn’t see each other for an entire year after that. Not until the next Met gala. Later that month, Jonas invited Priyanka to a live performance of the Beauty and the Beast at the Chateau Marmont.
“She walks into the Chateau, and I feel an overwhelming sense of peace and understanding about this next chapter of my life,” Jonas said. The next night, they went to the Dodgers game. The following morning, Jonas called his mother and informed her that he was going to marry Chopra. And, this was just their third date. But, you what they say, when it feels right, it's right.
Nick's brother Joe and his fiance Sophie Turner, then laughted at their little brother, unknown of what was going to conspire. He’s sitting on the floor. And Sophie and I were just laughing at him. We’re like, look at this little smitten, drunk kid right now," Joe told Vogue.
Nick proposed to Priyanka this year in Crete, Greece with a Tiffany ring. It was meant to be a birthday trip so, he waited until midnight, so that the 'future engagement anniversaries would not coincide with her birthday celebrations'!
“I got down on one knee, again, and I said: Will you make me the happiest man in the world and marry me? No joke—she took about 45 seconds. Forty-five seconds of silence.” When she didn’t say anything, Nick told her, “I’m going to put this ring on your finger now unless you have any objections.”
This was her first relationship when Priyanka allowed herself to be photographed with her boyfriend. “I’ve had that rule my whole life. Never publicly acknowledge a relationship. Ever," she confessed.
The couple made the relationship official with a traditional roka ceremony in Mumbai in August. They are set to tie the knot in Jodhpur's Umaid Bhawan Palace in two ceremonies - a Hindu one and a Christian one - on December 2.
“People will need vacations after this wedding,” Chopra feels!
The article further revealed that Priyanka will be the first celebrity to wear a custom Ralph Lauren gown on her wedding. Lauren has made wedding dresses only for his daughter, daughter-in-law, and his niece! Meanwhile, Nick will dress as a traditional Punjabi groom with a customary turban, sword. He will ride in on a horse!
