Actually, Priyanka Chopra Made Nick Jonas's Star Rise, Not The Other Way Around

Nick Jonas has noticed legions of new fans in India, all thanks to his new spouse, Priyanka Chopra. The Times of India reports that the multi-hyphenate has earned a spot on Yahoo's 2018 Year In Review list of Most Searched Male Celebrities in India this year.


Interest in Jonas surged in Chopra's house nation following the couple's engagement and escalated as their relationship continued to warm up. Intrigue is likely as high as ever following their gorgeous "religious mash-up" of a wedding that took place in the nation in early December. "We took pretty traditions that we both grew up with and personal them in a way that made sense for us," Chopra told People. "It’s been incredible to find the commonalities between our beliefs and figuring out how to combination them in a respectful and meaningful way."


The "Close" singer debuted in the number two spot on the list, in back of actor Salman Khan. Kamal Haasan, Akshay Kumar, Irrfan Khan, Kapil Sharma, Guru Randhawa, and fellow newlywed Justin Bieber also topped the list.


News of the former boy-bander's triumph in the next most-populated nation in the world (and outweighs the United States by roughly 1 billion people, for the record) comes on the heels of a now-deleted article from The Cut entitled "Is Priyanka Chopra And Nick Jonas's Love for Real?" Which firmly argued that Chopra, a world scam artist," had capitalized on poor, young, impressionable Jonas's puppy-dog love and trapped him into a lifetime commitment to a money- and fame-hungry social climber.


Not only did the piece remove Jonas's business from his own marriage, however it grossly mischaracterized the grand traditions of Indian weddings in which the couple partook over their multi-day, multi-cultural celebration of love. Sophie Turner, Chopra's soon-to-be sister-in-law, called the sentiments expressed in the story "wildly inappropriate and fully disgusting" on Twitter, mirroring the feelings of the general public.


In response, The Cut, which is owned by New York magazine, replaced the original post with a editor's note. "Upon further editorial review, we noticed this story did not meet our standards. We’ve removed it and apologize," the outlet wrote.


Were the editors reacting to the enthusiastic outcry from readers, or did they notice their faux pas any time once they noticed out that, actually, Chopra is the mega-star who is lifting Jonas's global celebrity status, so she couldn't possibly be using him for that reason? We'll probably never know, although at least we know one thing for sure: Yes, Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas's love is for real, and it's a Beautiful Love.