Priyanka Chopra Addresses the Backlash She & Nick Jonas Received for Using a Surrogate

One year ago, Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas became parents for the first time when their baby girl, Malti, made her way into the world three months early. And now the new mom is opening up to British Vogue about the backlash she's gotten for using a surrogate to conceive her daughter.

Priyanka isn't willing to tolerate gossip about her daughter

"I've been really protective of this chapter of my life with my daughter. Because it's not about my life only. It's hers too," she said.

Priyanka went on to explain that it was necessary for her to use a surrogate in order to conceive Malti because of "medical complications."

"This was a necessary step, and I'm so grateful I was in a position where I could do this. Our surrogate was so generous, kind, lovely, and funny, and she took care of this precious gift for us for six months," she said.

She knows that the people who criticize her are strangers to her

"You don't know what I've been through," she told the outlet. "And just because I don't want to make my medical history, or my daughter's, public doesn't give you the right to make up whatever the reasons were."

Well said. Everyone's journey to parenthood looks a little different — this was just what Nick and Priyanka had to do to make their dreams of having a child come true.

She was worried Malti wouldn't "make it"

She was born early and required over 100 days of NICU time before she could go home with her parents, and Priyanka said that when Malti was born, she was "smaller than my hand."

"I don’t know how they even found what they needed [in her tiny body] to intubate her," she admitted.

Her daughter also posed for the magazine

Since Priyanka and Nick have always made sure to obscure Malti's face or only share photos where her back is to the camera, that also applies in the Vogue shoot. But it still resulted in one truly amazing shot.

The matching outfits are just too much!

These two have been through a lot together in Malti's short life

But now that Priyanka has her first year of motherhood behind her, it sounds like she's loving every minute of it.

It's good to hear that she's not letting the online trolls get her down. She did what she had to do to bring her baby into the world — and the reason behind using a surrogate is nobody's business but her own.