‘Varanasi’ star Priyanka Chopra Jonas has spent the last few years talking openly about what it really takes to make a cross-cultural marriage work. More than seven years after marrying Nick Jonas, she says the biggest lessons came from daily life, not grand gestures. Listening more, slowing down, and letting go of habits that felt normal growing up but did not always translate across families. Married since 2018 and now parents to daughter Malti Marie Chopra Jonas, the couple says that steady effort helped them find balance and build a home shaped by respect and understanding.In a conversation with the Read the Room podcast, Priyanka Chopra Jonas spoke about how culture influenced their early adjustments. Chopra said they both came from large families, but the rhythm of conversation could not have been more different. “He loved everything India, and I grew up in the States, it was literally my second home,” she said, adding that they embraced each other’s cultures “in a big way.”
Cultural differences in Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas’s marriage
Priyanka Chopra Jonas explained that in Indian households, conversations often overlap and move fast. “Before you finish your sentence, I know what you are saying so I am just going to tell you,” she said, describing how people speak over each other. That style clashed with the quieter, more orderly conversations she experienced with the Jonas family. “I had to learn how to wait, let someone finish their sentence,” she said, calling the shift difficult even after spending much of her teenage years in the United States.Chopra said Jonas also adjusted. Nick Jonas learned to jump into lively conversations and speak up when needed. She noted that he has since spent extended time in India and recently celebrated Holi with her extended family.
How Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas met and built their bond?
According to Vogue, Jonas first met Chopra at the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party. He famously dropped to one knee and told her, “You’re real. Where have you been all my life?” The connection grew through months of texting before they officially began dating in 2018.As later reported by Goalcast, Chopra described Jonas as an old soul and said his support for her ambition marked a turning point. Despite heavy public scrutiny over their age gap, cultural backgrounds, and interracial marriage, they chose to honor both traditions during their three-day wedding, which included Christian and Hindu ceremonies.Chopra is now set to headline the 23rd India Conference at Harvard University on February 14 and 15, 2026, joining speakers including Shashi Tharoor and Amitav Acharya, while continuing to share the everyday lessons behind her global love story. On the work front, Priyanka Chopra will begin shooting for SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus, ‘Varanasi’, alongside Mahesh Babu.
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