As I’ve been saying for weeks now, I found Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas’ engagement and multiple weddings to be tacky as hell. All of it was so over-the-top and so heavily sponsored that it’s hard to believe or even remember that there are two people in love at the center of it. It was too showy, too corporate, too overhyped. The coverage became oversaturated so quickly because Priyanka and Nick sold exclusives to no fewer than THREE media outlets.
So I can say all that, and I can also say that I have no idea what is at the root of it. Are Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas truly in love? Was this all based on real feelings and real desire to be married and build a life together? I don’t know, but I can understand why certain outlets asked the question “was all of this a scam?” The Cut asked that question, and they had to take it back:
An earlier story about Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas did not meet our standards. We've removed it and apologize https://t.co/DkcOatMV2z
— The Cut (@TheCut) December 5, 2018
The Cut only took the article down after Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas criticized the outlet on Twitter:
This is disgusting. @TheCut should be ashamed to have someone write such evil words. What Nick & Pri have is Beautiful Love. Thank u, Next. https://t.co/G3hvXmhm9O
— J O E J O N A S (@joejonas) December 5, 2018
This is wildly inappropriate and totally disgusting. Very disappointed that The Cut would give anyone a platform to spew such bullshit. https://t.co/iYKaifKJP6
— Sophie Turner (@SophieT) December 5, 2018
I’ll admit, I didn’t even get the chance to read the story, but I read some of the worst parts on Twitter. Yes, they crossed a line, and those lines were mostly about Hinduism and Indian weddings and referring to Priyanka as a “scam artist.” But what didn’t cross a line was simply asking the question “was all of this a huge scam?” Because I have had similar thoughts about Priyanka and Nick’s tacky-ass spon-con wedding extravaganza.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid, cover courtesy of People.
I agree — asking the question is fair, especially with all the tacky shiz around it — but the writer made some WILD leaps in logic that were insane and gross. There was a whole part about PC and NJ talking over Twitter DM until PC mentioned that “her team” could read the DMs so perhaps they should move to text — the Cut writer took this as some kind of admission from PC that the whole thing was orchestrated, her team had their hands in everything, and that NJ was agreeing to some fake thing simply by reading the words “my team.” It was NUTS.
Wonder how much is money driven. Her show, Quantico, was cancelled and I don’t know if she has anything else in the works. Also, does he still do concerts, acting, etc? Also wonder if all Indian weddings are this long only on a smaller scale (more intimate).
Who knew you could go straight from wedding to retirement? I feel like I failed wedding planners everywhere. It’s hard to see the love behind all the schmaltz.
I’m Indian and let me tell you Indian weddings can last a week ! Some are really over the top if you have the money to spend. There are non-famous Indians who have had as big a wedding as Priyanka did. You just need the money. You also have to remember a dollar goes a long way in India…the Rupee isn’t worth much. What I don’t like is that Priyanka is an advocate for “clean air” and pleaded with Indians not to use firecrackers for Diwali, etc. but here she is using a massive fireworks display at her own wedding. PETA also had an issue with the elephant that was brought in.
they had an elephant? gross. I really hate when people use exploited animals for their entertainment. Not that I liked either of them very much but totally turned off now.
Yeah the fireworks were definitely hypocritical. I’m sure the air pollution is less out in Rajasthan than in Delhi but still, it’s not a good look, especially because fireworks at a wedding are a totally unnecessary bonus thing, not necessarily expected by tradition.
As for the elephants… man I don’t know. We visited a fort in Rajasthan where you were ferried up a hill via elephant and it was the most uncomfortable thing for me because those elephants looked so unhappy just walking up and down this damn hill all day. I hated it and wanted to get off like halfway there (not possible). So yeah I would not want those poor elephants at my wedding. But elephants for the baraat (I assume this is what it was for?) are such a tradition there that I can understand her wanting them as part of the big traditional wedding, especially if you are trying to show off India to the west. A lot of people have started using rolls royces and yachts and whatnot for the baraat but if you are as rich as they are, that’s probably not much of a thrill.
Thank you for the explanation. I was truly curious.
I wouldn’t generalize to ALL indian weddings, but the length is not at all unusual. the puja, mehndi, sangeet, ceremony, reception is a pretty standard course of events for a full hindu wedding, and I’m sure there were other smaller events that weren’t publicized. The extra reception (in Delhi) is not standard for normal folks but its not unheard of either. Many couples that go to india for the wedding will have a separate wedding reception in the US, and vice versa. Many Bollywood stars also have a second Mumbai reception. So it’s not that weird but it’s not standard necessarily. As for intimacy, if you mean guest list, the north indian (mostly gujarati) weddings I’ve been to in the US typically have 350-500 guests. With <300 being considered on the small side. I understand that in India it is not uncommon for them to be even larger. And it's mostly family-it's just expected that you will invite aunts, uncles, cousins, second cousins, third cousins, their families etc. If by intimacy you meant the magazine photos and stuff….yeah that's obviously outside the norm!
By intimate I meant smaller numbers when it comes to number of guests. Guess I just assumed there would be photos for magazines and other media outlets.
I had the pleasure of working a conference at a hotel at the same time as an Indian wedding was taking place and it. was. glorious. Multi-day, multi-outfits for wedding party AND guests, an actual horse in the hotel. It was amazing. So from my limited experience, Indian weddings are over the top.
Priyanka and Nick are both still scamming though.
I’ve been LOVING the coverage of this wedding, because it has been so visually stunning and beautiful. I’m happy I was able to see such incredibly images. There’s one photo of her in the Mehendi ceremony dress where she is twirling the fabric, and it is just so colorful and beautiful.
Honestly, these seem like very beautiful traditions and I think it is lovely they are sharing them.
Thank you all for the explanations.
She has given interviews and talked about how she manages her money, including purchasing properties and rentals. She sounds like a woman who knows how to work her money and grow her finances which makes me think she wouldn’t need to get married solely for the financial gain and that she would also know that she doesn’t need to leave out the opportunity for financial gain if she’s going to be getting married anyway.
Desi weddings & all the related events last a week or more. There are numerous pre-ceremony & post-ceremony events so Priyanka & Nick’s wedding festivities are nothing new. They just happen to be more famous & of course had more sponsors.
Weddings really are the biggest social events in desi culture & unfortunately even less than financially stable parents, siblings, extended family members will borrow or spend huge amounts of money on them.
Also every bonafied and wanna-be fame-whore wedding on instagram is filled with extravagant, grand, over the top weddings from the truly rich to the sponsored ones enjoying their 15 minutes of fame and they happen to come from every corner of the world. P & N didn’t just invent this LOL
I read the entire article before it was taken down, and I think the writer’s humour took a nose dive in the latter part. It was probably intended to be tongue-in-cheek, but unfortunately it wasn’t edited to keep that initial feel which I got in the first few lines.
I know this will garner me hate, but I honestly didn’t think the article was a big deal, I wish people sometimes scaled back a bit on outrage over every single thing, and I say it as a brown desi woman. Sadly the only reason it was taken down was because Sophie Hunter came for their ass.
Hollywood/Bollywood/Entertainment industry everywhere is filled with fake love affairs & marriages based on boosting a couple’s public profile, so criticizing them isn’t a huge deal to me. How many times have movie stars “dated” during filming of certain movies? It’s all smoke and mirrors with very few real love stories.
Both Nick & Priyanka are to blame though, which is a point the article missed, and solely put the blame on her, which to me comes off as sexist not racist. They are both scammers IMHO, but also they are probably riding a high of infatuation coupled with the flush of being on top of the gossip world everywhere around the world.
Will they last? Most likely not.
She’s the most beautiful thirsty thot I’ve ever seen though. She pulls off those crazy bags under eyes like no one else can!
Didn’t his eldest brother have a laundry detergent sponsor the birth of his first child?
yes! I think maybe it’s the Jo-Bros who are just tacky
Was the forgotten Jonas even at the wedding. I am not seeing him in pics.
All the brothers were there, including the oldest and “bonus Jonas” that wasn’t in the band. The photos are mostly just Nick and Joe, I guess because they’re the famous ones.
I just feel like it is a part of her culture. I remember a coworker from India starting at a company I worked at when I worked in HR and he asked for two weeks off to attend a wedding because that’s how long the celebrations were going to last! Also side note am I the only one who loved her 75 foot veil? It looked so cool in motion!!
But obviously not part of the culture to get sponsorships but you know I don’t know if I blame them. A lot of weddings I see on insta have the vendors tagged and that’s just from mere “peasants” lol.
It’s Indian culture to have big, long weddings. It is NOT the “culture” to have Ralph Lauren and Tiffany’s and Lime Scooters sponsor your wedding. I’m assuming you’re a white person. Please stop.
@Sonia I literally added to my comment saying that it wasn’t customary to get sponsorships!? I’m so sorry about your poor eyesight, Sonia. Hope you are getting that checked out soon!
There’s no need to jump down Franny Days’ throat, whatever their ethnicity. What they were saying was perfectly reasonable in terms of the article which suggested it was odd that PC was having an elaborate, multi ritual, multi day wedding.
I get that you’re not a PC fan, but there’s no reason to be nasty to other people because of it.
This is what I think. Priyanka and Nick really are in love, but they both decided they wanted to have a gigantic extravagant experience. To save money they got it sponsored. I feel that for priyanka especially, she wanted her princess moment. She’s obviously waited a while to settle down and she probably wanted it to be really big and fun. I don’t see anything wrong with that and I find it unfair that people are calling her a scam artist.
Agree, celebrities sell their weddings to tabloids and magazines. They are not the first couple to do so, even A listers like Angelina and Brad sold their wedding and baby pictures. On another hand, our HRH Duchess of Sussex is a BFF (Priyanka had a front row, pole position at HRH wedding), understandably when one has a celeb friend, one declines politely the invitation to assist. i.e. William declined his cousin Peter’s wedding, as he sold the rights to Hello Mag.
She’s only “waited a while” to settle down because most of her other relationships were with married men (she is known for being the side piece of a few Bollywood actors)
Do you think that’s legit though? I’ve only heard the rumors regarding her and Shahrukh Khan, so I don’t know about the others. But those always struck me as having very misogynist and antimuslim undertones- this idea that he could just marry multiple women, rumors that she was secretly the mother of his 3rd child- just nutty crap with enough hateful undertones to make me disregard the entire thing. The Bollywood gossips can be very gross. It seems if a female star so much as smiles at her costar outside of the set without his wife next to him, then they are supposedly having an affair. It seems way worse than Hollywood in that way.
Yes, the other stuff you say is true, but she was 100% definitely his side piece.
::cough::SRK::cough::
If I remember correctly, his wife had her blacklisted for a while, which is why she moved to the States.
@KK2
Also the fact the hate is always on the woman, never the married man. Cheating doesn’t seem to hinder a male actor’s popularity in India at all.
I mean, everyone knows SRK is a piece of crap too, so I have no love for either of them.
She for sure took more than the brunt of the damage of the affair, and Khan stood by quietly as his wife dismantled what was left of her career. He’s a POS.
They’re probably genuinely fond of each other and in love, but yeah they’re both using the relationship and the fascination many have with ‘cross culture’ unions to boost their careers and fatten their wallets. And ok, I guess. Why not, you know? Neither of them will stay young forever and they’re not exactly the highest of talents in their fields.
I agree. Who cares if it’s tacky and sponsored? Let them have their day.
I got the chance to read it. It painted the picture of Priyanka as this vicious fame hungry older woman and Nick as this young innocent white man who’s been roped into this (where have we seen this before?) and FORCED into all the Indian cultural practices, such as riding a horse to the wedding celebrations and wearing a turban. Honestly, it’s hard to believe the article wasn’t a parody because the writing was just SO BAD.
LOL what nonsense. Even if you don’t believe they’re genuine, he’s getting just as much out of this as her, if not more.
Honestly, the worst part is that the article was written by a black woman whose twitter feed was filled with praise for the Kardashians. So, really? The Chopra-Jonas wedding is where her line was?!
Not to mention, she literally called Chopra her enemy on her feed, so maybe she isn’t the best person to be writing and article like that? Very poor decision making from The Cut.
I stopped following The Cut a while ago. Most of their articles are problematic af.
I don’t have a problem with them having things sponsored. Yes it is tacky but I bet many of us would do the same if we had the opportunity to have an over the top multi day party in our honor paid for by others.
What bugs me is how totally NOT into her he seems throughout their relationship. Every image and video of them interacting together I cringe. She is literally enveloping him with affection and he is practically a cardboard figurine for all he responds to her. I mean look at his face on that magazine cover! He looks like a hostage making a silent scream for help, not a happy groom basking in love with his incredibly gorgeous wife who was literally at one point crowned world’s most beautiful woman.
He’s always been emotionally restrained, but is very into her. He was wiping tears from his eyes when she was walking down the aisle. But why don’t we judge his actions instead of his facial expressions. He pursued her for over a year. He made his Evangelical Christian family completely fall in line and even follow Hindu rituals. He traveled to India to convince her mother to accept the relationship. He proposed pretty much as soon as he was confident she would say yes. Seems to matter more than his personality.
Aaa – I concur with you. Not everyone expresses themselves overtly.
I wish Nick and Priyanka the best.
Yeah the constipated look in every photo was strange. She seems into him but he barely registers a reaction. So weird.
Yes, they certainly took advantage of their celebrity to make money on a wedding that looks like it cost a fortune to put on. But perhaps she just has the “bride gene” that most women have- and it is severely oversized. Maybe she wanted to have the whole fairy princess bridal thing.
Whether or not two people who haven’t known each other very long should dive into a supposed life long commitment is a question, but it may be a question of relationship/decision making skills more than a question of celebrity pr bullshit.
Or perhaps I am naïve.
They appear to be very much in love and I’m so happy for them. I don’t understand all the hate on their relationship and marriage. Correct me if I’m wrong but in Priyanka’s culture don’t they go really big for weddings? Plus, they have all the money in the world to make it as over the top as they want to. What’s so wrong about that?
I read the article on Twitter last night. I know nothing about their relationship (other than what I have read on CB) and care even less but the article was incredibly nasty and the hate almost seemed personally driven. Some said it was a Jonas brothers mega fan all butt hurt that he was taken now. Whoever the writer is definately seems to have some serious issues with her.
I am surprised they even let it get published.
They’re both attention seeking people. The Vogue cover story. The People mag cover story. The amount of pictures released. All just screams attention. And hey they can do that if they please. But if they’re going to shove their relationship down our throats, then I can call out their attention seeking ways.
I wonder what’s gonna happen to them when they realize they’re both C-listers at best and they’re forgotten about by 2019.
I think she is an A lister in India as demonstrated by the prime minister attending one of the weddings. I don’t think she will be hurting for roles if she returns to Bollywood, and he can ride her coattails.
I wasn’t talking about her fame in India. I was talking about their fame in the states. They’re both C-listers at best.
She is no longer an A-listed in Bollywood or India whatsoever. Modi attended the wedding because she’s a big supporter of him. She has flopped in America and several actresses have overtaken her in Bollywood. It would be hard for her to get work there if she tried again (also because of the wives of the married men she’s slept with in Bollywood).
@ Sonia
Yuck ! I can’t believe she’s a big supporter of Modi. He’s so hated by many.
Is she truly though? The PM is a right wing nationalist with a ton of power. I doubt many stars, even big ones, would be able to refuse his press office’s call.
@Sonia that is interesting background. I just kind of assumed that they did the wedding in India because she was a bigger celebrity there and that it could re-launch her career.
@Sonia thank you for the clarification. I had heard she’d been blacklisted in Bollywood but didn’t want to speak on something I wasn’t 100% sure of. Regardless, even if she wasn’t, I assumed they’d be a couple that was stationed in the states and as a result, I used that as a measurement of their fame.
Ok….but they are show people. Why are you surprised that people’s whose primary ambition in life is to exhibit themselves are attention-seeking?
For these Jonas boys to be such little, average-looking hobbits, they sure did score some gorgeous women.. they outkicked their coverage big time! I wouldn’t wish divorce on either of these couples, but let’s be real, these women will someday have their Ariana Grande lightbulb moment when they realize they can do better than these has-been dweebs.
Indian weddings ARE huge and over the top. Throw in celebrity and wealth and here we are. To question that to the extent that The Cut did and even this site, it’s gross.
Let people be and celebrate how they choose.
I am with you Holly. I just can’t believe the vitriol over…a wedding. Yeah, it was sponsored. It’s not like they lied and opened a Go Fund Me account and scammed fans. They had a wedding and wanted to share it with the world. This is straight up shoulder shrug gossip.
I’m sorry, but I just have to say this. She looks like she could be his mother in most of their photos together. He’s just so young looking and she’s just enough older than him.
I agree. And he looks mildly amused while she’s hawing away like she’s listening to Don Rickles at a Dean Martin roast!
That writer is the perfect example of what happens when a teenage fangirl never moves beyond her teenybopper obsessions and grows into a bitter, delusional adult.
Exactly this. The entire article smacks of a jealous petty fan. The vitriol against someone she’s likely never met and likely never will was a pretty pathetic.
I think the answer to your question is yes. They make it hard not to figure it out.
They’re both in showbiz they have the usual showbiz ego. I thought the entire shebang was over the top (to me), but she’s a wealthy Indian who is also a celeb. This is not the first mega Indian wedding and it’s not going to be the last. The sponsorships just made them a bit tacky but here in Asia or at least my part of the world, celebs weddings are most often sponsored and it’s in your face sponsorship. That article wasn’t good writing even if you think it was tacky. And ‘scam artist’ is just uncalled for.
Anyway it’s their money. The only thing I did not like outright was the use of animals. I thought they could be a bit more savvy about that but maybe tradition held out. I really like her Indian outfits.
Double post
The Cut published a nasty article. The writer has serious issues with Priyanka.
I was wondering why 2 c-listers were trending world wide yesterday on twitter, was it mainly because of the drama from the cut article? Surely not many people who follow Hollywood or Bollywood care about these two getting married. Sorry if that was mean but this isn’t like a royal wedding.
@Sonia
Exactly. She was blacklisted and univited to all major Bollywood inner parties because of her affair with Shahrukh Khan. His wife wanted her gone and Khan helped her get into the US market.
I know an Indian wedding is go big or go home, but I think she made it a ‘Kardashian’ like event to raise her profile again.
That article was weird and sexist. I personally do think think that this whole thing is a charade but why paint that Jonas guy as some unwitting victim? He’s clearly in on it too.
Clearly….the person who wrote the article have never been to a Indian wedding! There are many rituals and all weddings (celebrities or not) are a 3 day lavish affair. I have been to a hindu wedding in South Africa AND in India…..it is something to behold!
I don’t understand the comments about her being blacklisted from Bollywood. I know the rumours. But she has appeared in major movies since coming to Hollywood, including Bajirao Maastani. She also regularly does Bollywood films. And almost all Bollywood starlets have faced rumours that they dated their much taken co-stars…including Kareena Kapoor (with Hrithik Roshan). This is coming from an Indian American here.
I did enjoy her wedding and it was nice to see Indian wedding being accepted in Western culture. But I still think some of the sponsors were tacky.
Also, sponsored much of it must be but that money clearly went into the local economy and beyond given the spectacle.
Not at all bothered.
I think this article demonstrates a complete lack of appreciation for the Indian cultural context when it comes to weddings. Indian weddings are BIG, multiple day events with loads of jewelry, elephants and loads of guests…there is nothing special about this wedding, other than the fact that they have sponsors. And we have to own that loads of celebrities get sponsors for everything they can…it’s money for doing something you were already doing…so why say no?
Just wanted to point out that just because you wouldn’t do it that way, doesn’t make it tacky…we have to be careful when sticking words like that on things that have cultural significance to other people. Just sayin’.
Lol this from the person who said North Africans in the US are deemed white! So I guess that makes every North African all over the world… white too?
I see it a few ways. If companies want to sponsor their wedding bc it benefits them, the couple, and the public then isn’t it a win-win-win? If I was popular enough that people cared about my wedding and media outlets wanted to cover it and some companies wanted to throw some money my way, you bet I’d take it.
Maybe Joe and Sophie had complaints because they plan to go down the sponsored route as well.
If it bothers you then don’t read about it. I looked at the pics for about 1 minute and moved on. It’s not what I would do (something that over the top) but if it makes them happy then who am I to say anything? The intended effect worked – people are covering their wedding, they’re getting more press coverage, and as a result they’ll probably get more work out of it.
I don’t understand the logic jump from their wedding was tacky and over the top to therefore their relationship must be fake. Maybe two incredibly tacky people simply found each other. Truthfully if I were getting married and could get people to sponsor it so I wouldn’t have to pay for it, I’d be in heaven and tacky as all get it. Besides when it comes to Hollywood couples there isn’t a correlation between tacky wedding and divorce; there are however a number of celebs who got low key married and are divorced; Mr. Pitt and both his Mrs., Julia Roberts 1st marriage, Ben and Jennifer (2.0), Gwyneth and Chris….the list goes on and on. More than likely PC and NJ clicked, are both a tad famewhorish, and both were ready to settle down. Will it last? Don’t know but if it doesn’t, I don’t think you can contribute it to the tackiness of their nuptials.
Also, I may be the only one but I didn’t find anything they did that tacky.
She was not black listed in BW. She won’t get any movies produced by the person she was having an affair. That’s it – she is free to star in any other movie. She is not a huge box office draw and hence she went looking for greener pastures.
During the peak period of her affair, she was acting like the cat that got the cream. She went to a party where the wife of the superstar was also attending . The wife and her friends cold shouldered her. She released a PR article the next day praising herself as a self made woman and denouncing the wife as “having no career”. Priyanka is just a tacky and entitled personality and it reflects in her wedding and related publicity.
All these comments are so ignorant. Have you never heard of an Indian wedding? They are by definition over the top and an elephant is as common as white doves at an American wedding. Sigh.
That article was vicious. I know her wedding was over the top but I honestly see nothing wrong with it aside from the use of animals and fireworks. To call her a scammer just because she is over the top is a bit much. I’m celebrating my wedding next year and wish I had some sponsors😊
Ps: my wedding celebrations will last an entire weekend.
I read that article before it was taken down. I thought it was so bizarre. The jumps she was making to “prove” that Chopra was orchestrating things or tricking that Jonas Brother into marrying her were just so out there. My overwhelming impression was less ‘this is mean’ (although it was) and more ‘this is weird’. It felt like a teenybopper’s blog post or something. I’m not at all surprised that The Cut took it down – I’m more surprised that they put it up in the first place. I wonder if the editor approved it without reading or something.
Beautiful wedding parties@
She wanted everyone to talk about her. They did. She wants to be more famous. The wedding may help, who knows? This wedding came across as lacking in real love. It was a giant commercial and she found someone to go along with her big PR moment, in my opinion. Whether these two actually love each other is seriously questionable considering the large number of blind items about this being a beard relationship. I don’t think she tricked him. I think he was a more than willing participant.
their union came out of nowhere. I think I’d cry for months if I felt like I had to marry someone for the sake of my career or to try to cover up aspects of myself such as sexuality…