Washington: Nick Jonas has opened up about the harrowing circumstances surrounding the birth of his and Priyanka Chopra’s daughter, Malti Marie, revealing that the newborn had to be resuscitated and undergo six blood transfusions after arriving prematurely in January 2022.
Appearing on the recent episode of Jay Shetty’s ‘On Purpose’ podcast, the 33-year-old singer recalled the day he and his wife, actor and producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas, welcomed their first child via surrogate.
Jonas describes Malti’s arrival As cited by People magazine, it is appearing under “very serious circumstances”.
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“We were expecting it in April of the year he was born, and we got a call that it was coming soon,” Jonas said. So basically, we sprung into action.
According to the musician, Malti weighed just 1 pound, 11 ounces.
“She came out… purple,” he recalled, crediting the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) team for immediate action.
“These angels in the NICU revived her in that moment, and took care of her very quickly, intubated her and did everything else,” she said, as quoted by People Magazine.
Because Malti was born during the COVID-19 pandemic, Jonas said he and Chopra Jonas spent several months together in the hospital.
The couple took 12-hour shifts in the NICU for three and a half months as their daughter struggled to survive and slowly regained strength.
“I can still smell it,” Jonas said of the hospital atmosphere. He described the experience as both comforting and terrifying.
“It was … being there every day and seeing other families going through similar situations,” she said.
During her stay, Malti received blood transfusions six times. Jonas shared that she continued to improve and was eventually able to go home after three and a half months of care. Today she is “doing very well,” he said.
Reflecting on her journey, Jonas said, “I feel like she knows how she came into the world and what the first chapter of her life was like. And so every day is a gift.”
According to People magazine, Priyanka Chopra has spoken before also About this period.
In an interview, he explained that Malti’s delivery had occurred a full trimester early and that she was “smaller than my hand.”
She recalled standing in the operating room as doctors intubated the newborn, admitting that she did not know whether her daughter would survive.
In the years since, the family has adopted simpler rituals. In an interview with People magazine, Priyanka Chopra said that her favorite tradition is “snuggling in bed on a Sunday morning”, citing the time spent together as the greatest luxury of her life.
On the work front, Priyanka Chopra and Mahesh Babu will soon share the screen in SS Rajamouli’s next directorial ‘Varanasi’. Priyanka will be seen playing the role of Mandakini in the film. Prithviraj Sukumaran is also a part of Varanasi, which is set to release during Sankranti 2027.
She will also be seen in ‘The Bluff’, where she will play the role of a 19th century Caribbean pirate. This film is going to be released on 25th February.