What’s more boring than Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas’ twenty million weddings, ceremonies and wedding receptions? Hearing Priyanka talk about those millions of weddings and receptions in her publicity tour for… nothing. She’s on a Newlywed Tour, basically. She’s just going on talk shows to talk about being married and all of the weddings and sh-t. Like we weren’t there for all of it because she sold every f–king detail to sponsors and magazines. So are we learning anything new? Well, there is this one thing: she’s changing her name. Well, she’s just adding Jonas to Chopra, so it’s not like we’re going to have to start calling her Priyanka Jonas (although that does not sound bad at all).
For Priyanka Chopra, adding husband Nick Jonas‘ last name to her own was never a question.
“I always wanted to add his name to mine because I feel like we’re becoming family, and I’m a little traditional and old school like that,” the Quantico actress, 36, said on Tuesday, during a visit to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “But I don’t take away my identity. He gets added to who I am.”
Chopra — who wed Jonas, 26, in an extravagant series of events in December — is wasting no time settling into married life, changing her name to “Priyanka Chopra Jonas” on Instagram days after saying her “I dos.”
“The gravity of it, it’s like a big deal!” she told Fallon, of the name switch. “I didn’t realize it was that much of a big deal until I did it.”
The whole “should a wife change her name” thing is always such a big debate, among celebrities and normal people. I’ve shared my thoughts before – I love my Indian name and I would hate to ever give up my maiden surname. It’s wrapped up in my own sense of my identity. But I also get that other women aren’t like that, and some women really do want to take their husband’s name for various reasons. I like that Priyanka isn’t hyphenating, she’s just tacking Jonas on to the end, and I feel like she won’t be mad if people call her by her maiden.
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I believe she’s promoting that upcoming rom-com Isn’t It Romantic and that’s why she’s on a press tour. Still, she’s promoting her relationship much more than the actual movie.
She sold every detail? Shouldn’t it be they sold every detail?
Exactly ! I don’t understand why Priyanka is getting most of the hate.
She has become so annoying and is so thirsty for attention. Go away for a while, please!
Been married going on 32 years and never considered changing my last name.
I did, because my married name was simple and went well with my first name, and because I had no affinity with my father or the name he gave me. To each his/her own.
And yes, these two need to disappear for a good long while.
I hate the term “maiden name”. It implies all women will get married one day and change their last name. Like the one you’re born with is just “temporary”. Please.
I changed my last name because I like that as a family we all have the same last name, my children can identify with us as a unit. However, I am all for ladies keeping their names. I actually prefer my maiden name but it was too long to hyphenate both and so I switched. Though I did keep my maiden name as my middle name.
I got married in August and have yet to change my name. The names are too long to hyphenate and I told my husband I would take his name and I’m going to but besides the daunting paperwork I am just kind of sad to see a part of my identity gone. I know I’m making it more complicated than it used to be but I am really struggling.
I told my husband I would change my name … and when it came time to do it, I just didn’t want to. Thought I would feel differently once our first child was born, but two years in, I simply don’t. He’s upset about it – but I don’t think I’ll change it ever.
I chose to change my name but not a fan of the term maiden name. I did it because 1) my former last name was the name of a family member I never met and 2) my newish last name is way easier to spell and pronounce. Also I don’t have much shade for them. There’s so much messed up in this world that I do not care if these two rich lovebirds want to have all the celebrations.
I dislike how women’s last names are their father’s last names, but men’s last names are their last names. My last name was passed down through my mother from her father, whom I never met, but regardless of where my last name came from it’s mine. It’s not only mine – there are other family members with that name, like my mother’s brothers – but it’s my name, too.
I’m not really here what she is selling. I don’t have much of an opinion on name changing, to each their own. But her bit about how he said ‘shouldn’t I take my bride from her home’ (not an exact quote) and that’s what made her want to have the wedding in India …that bit really bothered me. It’s 2019 lady, you’re not chattel. I know it’s probably just chat for the talk show, but I don’t like the messaging.
Also the whole oh I really wanted a small private wedding on an island….so you had 9462 receptions and sold access to them? Come on lady. Own your thirst, it’s ok!
And fwiw I’ve always thought she’s a mediocre actress but ridiculously beautiful and very likeable – until now.
I don’t know why it’s such a big deal when women change their last name. Most women do it, even celebrities. They usually just add the married name or still go by their famous name publically and legally change their last name.
No, not everywhere. In Quebec, the government changed the laws in 1977 (yes, 42 years ago!) removing the presumptive name change – so the majority of women keep our own names. So for me, having moved out of province in the 1990’s I still have a hard time understanding why in this day and age women would change their names because it so rarely happened around me growing up. I have had conversations with friends where I live now and while I can intellectually say I respect their decision, it’s not one that I can truly understand both viscerally and emotionally – it’s just not something I grew up with or identify with and just seems completely foreign to me.
And what surname do your children get?
She is just so…desperate.
What surprised me most was the american press being shocked by their wedding. It is the normal thing to do for people in India to celebrate for days and have múltiple and over the top receptions. Specially if you are rich.
There’s the problem. People forget there are many cultures on this planet and we all celebrate things differently. The only thing that was tacky was how all the parties were sponsored. But hey, if given the chance, we might all have done the same thing !
honestly i’ll be surprised if they last years-I’ll be really surprised. numerous weddings due to cultural traditions in India, ok-but talking about all of them and having sponsors is oh so tacky. her doing talk shows to promote nothing but her personal life also adds to my opinion that they both did this for publicity