Priyanka Chopra has revealed that early on in her romance with Nick Jonas she put a end things because of their 10-year age gap.

The performer, who recently discussed leaving Bollywood, revealed that Jonas got in touch with her via social media two years before they started dating but she was wary about getting involved with someone so much younger.

Speaking on the Armchair Expert podcast, Chopra explained: ‘I didn’t want to engage as much at the time…I was also like 35, Nick was 25.’

But then she decided to give the relationship a go years later. The 40-year-old actress started dating the 30-year-old pop star in May 2018.

They married in December 2018 and welcomed daughter Malti Marie in 2022.

She recalled: ‘I really put a stop to it in a way because I judged the book by the cover. I said, “I wanna settle down. I have been there and done the fun dating things. was like ready to get serious.”‘

After first getting a message from Jonas via Twitter back in 2016, they went on to meet in person a year later in 2017 and ended up keeping in touch via text.

However, Chopra stated that she was still reluctant to jump into another relationship because she was worried about making the same dating ‘mistakes’ again.

She added: ‘I kept making the same mistakes. A lot of the pattern in my relationships was me feeling gaslit because I gave that kind of power to the people that I was with, where I was like, “You come first.”‘

However, the actress eventually put her reservations aside and struck up a romance with Jonas in May of 2018 and they have been together ever since.

The happy couple revealed that they had become engaged after just a few months of dating.

The pair went on to tie the knot during a wedding ceremony that took place in her native India in December of 2018.

The couple began a family with the birth of their daughter Malti Marie, which occurred in January of last year.

The two made the news about their child’s birth through a post that was shared the actress’ Instagram.

Chopra’s daughter has since made several appearances in photos shared to her mother’s account.

Jonas previously opened up about their meeting at the 2017 Met Gala in an interview with Vogue magazine, revealing he could not help coming out with a cheesy line when he first laid eyes on his wife.

He confessed: ‘I put my drink down, get on one knee – this is in front of a bunch of people – and I say “You’re real. Where have you been all my life?” Like, loud.’