Priyanka Chopra says that she only agreed to go on a date with Nick Jonas after watching one of his music videos: 'That body deserves at least a date'

• Priyanka Chopra said that Nick Jonas' music video for "Close" convinced her to respond to his DM.
• She told "Call Her Daddy" that she got so flustered watching the video she "had to open the window."

Priyanka Chopra Jonas has spoken about why she decided to take a chance on her now-husband, Nick Jonas, when he made the first move via direct message.

"I have a lot of people slide into my DMs," Chopra Jonas said on an episode of the "Call Her Daddy" podcast, released on Wednesday.

What set Jonas apart was that he directly asked her out, something the "Citadel" actor said not many people did.

"The fact that he had the confidence to slide into my DMs and ask me out, like what?" she continued.

"Literally, his message was, 'I've been told we should meet,'" Chopra told the host Alex Cooper, adding that she found his message both "cocky" and "sexy."

Chopra Jonas said she didn't take the "Jealous" singer's message seriously at first because she was "in the throes of a tumultuous relationship" with an unnamed man at the time.

The "Baywatch" actor said that she wasn't too familiar with Jonas, or his claim to fame as part of the Jonas Brothers, given that she grew up around "Indian pop culture" and was a "different generation" from their fanbase.

"Like any self-respecting girl, I Googled him," she said. "So one night, room service, me, and Google. And guess what came up? This video called 'Close.'"

Chopra Jones said that she "immediately" sent Jonas her phone number after watching the music video for the 2016 collaboration with Tove Lo. The video depicts both singers sitting in chairs opposite each other, unable to physically touch until layers of their clothing are ripped away, and they embrace.

"That body deserves at least a date,'" Chopra recalled thinking after she watched the video, joking that she got so flustered watching the steamy music video that she "had to open the window."

She continued: "That video. His voice. Still, every time he sings that song on stage for me, I get weak in the knees."

"I didn't even need to look at any other shit. I don't give a fuck who he's dated," she said. "We are talking about the future. I always say this, I don't read my book backward. I believe you go forward in the chapters."

"So my response to him after I saw that video was, 'Why don't you text me? My team can see my DMs,'" she added.

After the pair went public with their relationship in 2018, they became engaged and married the same year. Their first child, a daughter named Malti Marie, was born via surrogate in January 2022.