NICK Jonas and his wife, Priyanka Chopra, shocked fans when they announced they welcomed their first child via surrogate.

 

Here are the CLUES they were expecting that were hiding in plain sight.

 

 

 

The couple announced on January 21, 2022, that they have welcomed a child via surrogacy.

 

“We are overjoyed to confirm that we have welcomed a 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢 via surrogate,” Nick, 29, wrote in an Instagram post.

 

“We respectfully ask for privacy during this special time as we focus on our family.”

 

TMZ later reported that the 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢 was born Saturday in a Southern California hospital. The outlet confirmed they welcomed a 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢 girl, though a name has not yet been revealed.

 

Priyanka, 39, posted the very same announcement on her page – but kept their bundle of joy under wraps until now.

 

However, the couple – who tied the knot in 2018 after less than a year of dating – dropped major clues all along.

 

PRIYANKA’S INSTAGRAM HINTS

 

In May 2021, the family-oriented star shared a photo posing with her mom to celebrate Mother’s Day.

 

The caption read: “Today we celebrate motherhood. The beginning of all life.”

 

More recently, this month, she shared a batch of sweet photos with Nick with a similar caption:

 

“So grateful for family and friends. Here’s to celebrating life. #2022”

 

The model and author also shared scuba-diving photos from a trip in October 2021 that once again saw her embrace the beauty of life in her caption.

 

“There are days when the stress just needs to be silenced! What better way to do that than to explore the glorious underwater creations of God,” she wrote.

 

The Hindu now-mother-of-one’s Instagram bio is another potential clue, as it reads, “There is a first time for everything” along with a kissing emoji.

 

HER CRYPTIC QUOTES

Priyanka and Nick also dropped hints in interviews and public appearances that they were 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢-bound and future-focused.

 

In November 2021, the Jonas Brothers were the subject of a Netflix special called the Jonas Brother Family Roast – which saw the actress joke:

 

“Nick and I are expecting!” before taking a long pause and adding, “to get drunk tonight and sleep in tomorrow!”

 

Jonas was seen visibly nervous but ultimately laughed.

 

Earlier this month, Priyanka was asked by Vanity Fair if she and Nick were planning to become parents and she distinctly dodged the discussion.

 

“They’re a big part of our desire for the future,” she said. “By God’s grace, when it happens, it happens.”

 

However, when pressed a little harder on if they would slow down their bustling careers to build a family, she said:

 

“I’m okay with that. We’re both okay with that.”

 

 

Prikana also divulged clues in an interview with THE LA TIMES early last year.

 

“I want to take on roles that make me nervous and uncomfortable. I want to check in with my artistic self and lean in as a producer and tell the stories I want to see — female stories, South Asian stories…

 

Probably have a family. There’s so much.”

 

In a January 2021 interview with the Sunday Times, Priyanka said she wanted a “cricket team” worth of children.

 

“A cricket team!” she joked on how many she wanted.

 

“I do want children, as many as I can have. A cricket team? I’m not so sure. Quarantine gave us the ability to spend a lot of time together, which I’m really blessed by.”

 

HIS BROTHER PRIORITIZES PRIVACY

 

Nick’s brother Joe Jonas, 32, married Game of Thrones actress Sophie Turner secretly in 2019.

 

They welcomed 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢 number one – a daughter named Willa – in July 2020 but similarly didn’t disclose they were expecting until after the fact.

 

Word finally spread when the actress showed off her 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢 bump while they were out and about in LA – though they still didn’t confirm it until the 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢’s arrival.

 

“The couple is keeping things very hush hush but their friends and family are super excited for them,” sources told Just Jared, while another source told E!: “They told their families recently and everyone is ecstatic and so happy for them.”

 

The couple has also been massively private since – with barely any images of Willa online.

 

In a dimly lit front-facing video posted to her Instagram in May, Sophie bashed photographers for taking photos of Willa, calling it “f***king creepy.”

 

It’s safe to say Nick and Priyanka, who are very close with Joe and Sophie, could have taken a page from their private pregnancy playbook.

 

 

Priyanka and Nick met in 2016 when he sent her a message on social media and they officially met at the Vanity Fair Oscars Party in 2017.

 

The pair started casually seeing each other but didn’t officially announce their relationship until May 2018.

 

Nick proposed two months later on her birthday and they were married in December 2018. They had two weddings taking place in India and stateside.

 

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas shocked fans when they announced they had welcomed a child via surrogacy in January 2022