Priyanka Chopra responds to Rosie O’Donnell’s apology: ‘It’s best to take time to Google my name’

‘We all deserve to be respected for our unique individuality,’ says actor

Priyanka Chopra has responded to Rosie O’Donnell’s apology after the comedian wrongly assumed that author Deepak Chopra was her father.

On Sunday (20 February), the 59-year-old talk show host posted a video on TikTok saying that she felt “so embarrassed” after assuming that Chopra “was Deepak Chopra’s daughter” during an encounter with her and her husband Nick Jonas at restaurant Nobu in Malibu.

Referring to Chopra as “someone Chopra”, she said: “I always assumed [she] was Deepak Chopra’s daughter.”

“So when I said, ‘Hi, Nick Jonas, you were great in Kingdom. And hi, I know your dad,’ she goes, ‘You do? Who’s my dad?’ I’m like, ‘Deepak’. She’s like: ‘No, and Chopra is a common name,’” O’Donnell explained in the video.

“I have never taken myself so seriously to think everyone would know who I am, or my work for that matter,” Chopra wrote on Instagram in response to O’Donnell.

“But if you wanted to make a public apology for a very awkward private encounter, I think probably best to take the time to Google my name before doing it or even try to reach out directly.”

She added: “We all deserve to be respected for our unique individuality and not to be referred to as ‘someone’ or ‘wife’, especially in a sincere apology.

“If we can learn to respect our differences in an authentic way, the world we raise our children in will be amazing.”

(Priyanka Chopra/ Instagram)

Chopra’s remark about Google was in reference to the fact that O’Donnell was unable to remember her first name in the original video.

In a separate video, O’Donnell admitted that she should have looked Chopra’s first name up before filming her apology.

“I’m sure she gets sick of that,” O’Donnell added. “I’m sure I’m not the only one… but she’s apparently a very well-known actress and more famous than him, people were saying. So I’m sure it felt weird to her to begin with.”

Chopra and Jonas have been married for three years. They welcomed their first child via surrogate in January.