Priyanka Chopra And Nick Jonas Blessed With Baby Girl: Report

It's a baby girl for Priyanka Chopra! The actor and her husband Nick Jonas announced the birth of their first child via surrogacy on January 21 night. While they did not reveal the name or gender of their child, many reports have now claimed that the couple has welcomed a daughter. Jonas and Chopra have requested privacy so that they can focus on their family.

"We are overjoyed to confirm that we have welcomed a baby via surrogate. We respectfully ask for privacy during this special time as we focus on our family. Thank you so much (a heart emoji)," said the statement share by the actor-producer and her singer husband from their respective social media handles.

The US Magazine reported on Saturday that the couple has been blessed with a baby girl. They also reported that the close friends are excited for the new parents who hope to have two children someday. It was also reported that the baby was born 12 weeks before the due date. Priyanka Chopra had reportedly cleared up her schedule to embrace motherhood in April but the good news was received by the couple a little early. The baby is currently at South California Hospital outside Los Angeles and will be able to go home to her parents when she is healthy enough.

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Recently, in a Vanity Fair interview, Chopra talked about her plans for parenthood and that having children was a big part of their desire for the future. "By god's grace, when it happens, it happens."

The couple got married in 2018. They tied the knot at a lavish wedding in Rajasthan, India. Since then, Chopra has been asked multiple times about extending her family and in the Netflix roast titled Jonas Brothers Family Roast in her set, she further spoke about a lot of people wanting to know about her extending the family plans. She said, "I just want to say that Nick and I are expecting..." She followed up the sentence with the couple's plan to unwind after the show.

Recently, many Bollywood actors have taken the route of surrogacy to welcome little ones into their families. Most of them have cared less about keeping surrogacy a secret from the media and society. They have come out and spoken about the much-tabooed topic, somewhat normalising it. Surrogacy is no longer the final option of a couple who cannot have a baby but has become an active option for couples and individuals who want to have a baby specifically via that route.

Chopra and Jonas are not alone in their opting for surrogacy. Bollywood couples and individuals like Gauri Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, Ekta Kapoor, Lisa Ray, Karan Johar, Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra, Kiran Rao and Aamir Khan, Sunny Leone, Preity Zinta and Gene Goodenough, amongst others, have also opted for it in the past. Read more on them here.