4 minutes of readingChennaiFebruary 5, 2026 09:39 am
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas welcomed their daughter Malti Marie Chopra Jonas in 2022 and in a recent interview, Nick spoke about the birth of Malti Marie. Nick’s eyes welled up as he remembered how Malti Marie had to be in the hospital for just over three months after her premature birth, and also had to undergo six blood transfusions. He called his wife Priyanka “brilliant” for handling the situation and at the same time being tough on their daughter.
Praising Priyanka and Malti, Nick told Jay Shetty on his podcast: “What I would say to my younger self is congratulations, you can marry Priyanka Chopra Jonas. That’s great and your daughter is amazing. She’s magical in every way in the world. She just turned 4 a couple of weeks ago, it blows my mind. I look at her and I see her future and I know she’s going to do incredible things. And I’m amazed that I get to experience her.” magic.”
‘Malti Marie was purple when she was born’
Nick became emotional and had tears in his eyes while talking about Malti Marie. He added: “She is perfect in every way. She came into the world under very intense circumstances. We were expecting her to arrive in April of the year she was born and we got a call that it was going to be sooner. She was born via a surrogate, and we sprung into action, she was 1 pound 11 ounces and was basically purple.”
Thanking the hospital staff for saving Malti Marie’s life, he said: “The angels at the hospital resuscitated her at that time and took care of her very, very quickly, intubating her and everything else.”
Nick shared how Malti Marie went through a lot in the three months after she was born. “As it was Covid time, my wife and I did 12-hour shifts at the hospital for 3.5 months. I can almost smell it. There are always visceral things. It was comforting and at the same time terrifying to be there every day and see other families going through similar situations. But she fought every day and slowly started to gain some weight. After six blood transfusions, she was doing very well and we were able to take her home after 3.5 months,” he said.
‘Priyanka Chopra is a brilliant woman’
Sharing how he and Priyanka handled the difficult times, Nick said, “Priyanka and I had difficult conversations day after day about caring for her. We were trying to take care of each other and her and focus on not feeling overwhelmed; parenting in general is a lot for everyone, especially in those early stages of a child’s life. It just became about staying emotionally strong and being there for each other. And it was a lot of give and take from both of us.”
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Praising Priyanka for being tough during the trying times, he added, “My wife is just a brilliant woman with a sincere heart and perspective and the way she handled it was very inspiring to me. She allowed those days to be difficult, but it was harder for our little girl.” Responding to what helped them get through the three and a half months, he said, “What helped us the most was being patient with each other.”