After Prince Harry and Meghan, Oprah Winfrey sets sights on Priyanka Chopra

Published:Nov 29, 202312:31
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After Prince Harry and Meghan, Oprah Winfrey sets sights on Priyanka Chopra

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Oprah Winfrey Picture Credit score: Harpo Productions

Whereas this interview is way from the explosive content material Oprah Winfrey unearthed when she spoke to Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex earlier this month, the discuss present host’s chat with Priyanka Chopra Jonas on her new present ‘Super Soul’ has revealed some fascinating nuggets as properly.

The brand new discovery+ sequence has Winfrey and Chopra Jonas in a sit down, whereas hundreds of miles aside with the media mogul stationed in Maui, whereas the latter checks in from London. But, the miles don’t thwart Winfrey’s try to get Chopra Jonas to spill the tea on discovering love with Nick Jonas, her Miss World win, discovering success in Bollywood and taking the time to pen her memoir, ‘Unfinished’ throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I have to say a little bit of it had to do with that, but I had committed to writing the book in 2018, and in between all those flights and the little time I would get in all the hotel rooms that I would live I could just never write. But I had this time because of COVID and that helped me really delve deep,” the ‘Quantico’ actress revealed when questioned about her memoir, which is already a New York Instances best-seller.

The actress went on so as to add: “And honestly, I also feel like I, as a woman in a little bit more of a secure place, where I felt like I could leave behind the insecurities of my twenties and not worry about the things that used to scare me before, as much. I have a little but more confidence in myself, in what I bring to the table professionally, personally. So, I think that really helped me address my life and I just always wanted to write a book. And I thought the easiest way to do it would be to write about my life.”

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Oprah Winfrey Picture Credit score: Harpo Productions

Chopra Jonas additionally informed Winfrey about her fairytale whirlwind affair with Nick Jonas that culminated into a wedding.

“I may have judged the book by its cover. I honestly didn’t take it very seriously when Nick was texting me. I was 35 and I want to get married and I want to have kids. He is in his 20s... I don’t know if that’s something he would want to do. I did that to myself for a while till I actually went out with him. Nothing surprised me more than you know him. He’s such a self-assured man, so sensible, so excited about my achievements, my dreams... you know. Such a true partnership he offers me everything that we do together, that I truly believe that my mom manifested him,” she mentioned.

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18-year-old Priyanka Chopra (C) of India poses after successful the Miss World remaining with second positioned 18-year-old Giorgia Palmas (L) and third positioned 20-year-old Yuksel Ak of Turkey (R) within the Millenium Dome in London, 30 November 2000.

The actress, 38, additionally spoke of life altering in a single day for her after her Miss World win in 2000.

“I was thrown into the deep, and so badly. I didn’t come from a pageant family. I didn’t come from desiring that. I never thought I could be part of it. At 17, when you’re thrown into this crazy world of pageants internationally and movies, I was just trying to keep my head above water at that point,” Chopra Jonas mentioned.

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas Picture Credit score: Instagram.com/priyankachopra

And like many pageant winners earlier than her, the actress went on to take a plunge in Bollywood with the movie, ‘Hero: Love Story of a Spy’, adopted by ‘Andaz’ the identical 12 months. Nonetheless, life wasn’t all sunshine and roses for her within the movie business as Winfrey realized.

“I was told to have an opinion in a room that disagreed with me. I was always encouraged to have a voice,” she mentioned, talking about her upbringing. Nonetheless, she couldn’t name out a director who mistreated her and she or he nonetheless regrets it. “I was so scared. I was new in the entertainment business and girls are always told that ‘you don’t want to get a reputation of being hard to work with.’ So I worked within the system,” she mentioned. Chopra Jonas finally give up the film.



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