Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas.Photo: Unique Nicole/Getty Images
Nick Jonaswill be makingFather’s DayaboutPriyanka Chopra Jonas.
At the premiere of his new filmThe Good Halfat theTribeca Film FestivalThursday night, the singer and actor opened up to PEOPLE about his plans for the holiday this month, explaining that he’ll be taking a backseat in the celebrations to instead focus on his wife.
Nick and Priyanka, whotied the knot in 2018, share 16-month-old daughterMalti Marietogether.
“We as fathers would not be where we are as fathers without incredible women to make that dream come true,” Nick says. “And I’m so grateful to share this journey with my wife, who’s just an absolute boss and amazing mother."
“It’s more about her that day than me,” he shares
Nick Jonas, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and daughter Malti.Nick Jonas Instagram
Malti, who was welcomed via surrogate on Jan. 15, 2022, didn’t have the easiest start to life. The little one spenther first 100 days in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), making it home just in time forMother’s Daylast year.
Announcing the happy news that day, Nick wasfull of praisefor theLove Againstar, 40, calling her “an incredible mother.”
He captioned a picture and video of the mother-daughter duo being adorable last month, “Happy Mother’s Day my love. You are an incredible mother. You light up me and MM’s world every day. ❤️.”
Priyanka has beenequally complimentaryof her husband. “My husband is my greatest champion,” she told PEOPLE in March. “My family is my greatest, greatest strength.”
The pair’s mutual praise for one another and for their daughter carries over to their work, too. In May, Nick revealed that a song onThe Jonas Brothers' new album, titled “Little Bird,” features a touching song that pays tribute to Malti as well as the daughters of his brothers and bandmates,Joe JonasandKevin Jonas.
“It’s probably our most personal song,” Nick told theSeeing Other Peoplepodcastof the tune. “It’s about fatherhood, and we’re all girl dads. So we’re speaking about the most important thing in our whole world, which is being parents. And it’s the first time we’ve ever done that in our music, so it’s pretty.”
Nick Jonas at the premiere of The Good Half at the Tribeca Film Festival.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival
Away from music, Nick is starring in his first leading role in a feature film inThe Good Half, which also starsBrittany Snow,David ArquetteandElisabeth Shue(among others). All were on the red carpet together Thursday night at the Tribeca Film Festival.
“I watched the movie last week and I’m not really able to just watch it and not be critical of myself, but I’m really proud of what we did and what we made,” Nick tells PEOPLE, adding that it’s “bizarre” to have his first leading role “This is obviously an incredible cast, an amazing director and it being premiered here at Tribeca is just a dream come true.”
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The comedy-drama, from filmmaker Robert Schwartzman, tells the story of an emotionally distant writer called Renn (Jonas) who returns to his hometown of Cleveland for his mother’s funeral — having spent years avoiding his sister (Snow), father (Matt Walsh) and step-father (Arquette). While there, he starts a new relationship with a charming stranger (Alexandra Shipp), the romance reminding him that he can’t avoid the conflict with his family, or within himself, forever.
source: people.com
