Rosie O’Donnell has issued an apology for her first attempt at apologizing to Priyanka Chopra following an awkward encounter with her and her husband Nick Jonas.
O’Donnell initially posted a TikTok video over the weekend, recounting her run-in with Chopra and Jonas at Nobu restaurant in Malibu.
In that first post, the comedian said embarrassed herself (and her son, his girlfriend, and Fran Drescher) when she approached the famous couple for a chat.
O’Donnell explained: “I just embarrassed my son and his girlfriend Theresa and Fran Drescher because seated next to us in Malibu Nobu was Nick Jonas and his wife, someone Chopra.
“Which I always assumed 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 said Deepak, and she said ‘no and Chopra is a common name.’ I felt so embarrassed, didn’t you think Nick Jonas was married to Deepak Chopra’s daughter, am I the only one who thought that?
“To Nick Jonas I apologize, and to the Chopra wife, I apologize too.”
Comments started pouring in criticizing O’Donnell for referring to Priyanka as both “someone Chopra” and “the Chopra wife,” which prompted O’Donnell to post a followup video.
In the second video, she said: “Good morning everybody, I was reading the comments about Nick Jonas and his wife Priyanka Chopra, who I mistakenly thought was Deepak’s daughter, and people thought she was rude, she wasn’t rude it was just awkward.
“I’m sure she gets sick of that, I’m sure I’m not the only one. According to the comments a lot of people thought that too, but she’s apparently a very well known actress and apparently more famous than him people are saying, so I’m sure it felt weird to begin with.
“And anyway Priyanka is her name, Priyanka, I hope I’m pronouncing that right. I just want to apologize to her and anyone who thought that it was really inappropriate of me, sorry sometimes I f**k up. I didn’t know boo.”
@rosie priyanka is her name – i shoulda googled b4 i tiktok ed #mondayvibes
In the caption, O’Donnell added: “i shoulda googled b4 i tiktok ed”.
bachy
Love Rosie’s hair and frames in the 2nd vid. Girl comin’ togetha.
M K
Maybe the first mistake is her going up to people that she doesn’t know in public just because she thinks that she’s a celebrity and can invade their space and interrupt their outing.
oim12
Rosie who? Is she still relevant?
If that’s what she calls an apology, she needs to be better educated.
Was never a big fan, I always felt her friendly persona was fake.
Polaro
More relevant than you. So very obnoxious…
Polaro
God, you people are pathetic. Mistakes happen. I just hate all you whiners. Seriously.
Prax07
The wife is more famous? Hadn’t heard of her until she married Nick. Still only hear of her as “the wife”.
Topazme
America is not the center of the world…before going to Hollywood, she remained one of the biggest superstars in Bollywood and is famous in entire Asia, which i remember is way way bigger than USA
louie
She apologized. Move on.
Res1
Why do people have it out for Rosie? It has been that way for years. What was the catalyst that called many not to advocate for her?
Polaro
It’s the professional kunt brigade. They find fault in everyone and everything. Bitter whiners…
Brian
I think what people are missing is that it’s not really a problem to mistake someone for a different person. The bigger problem is the attitude and tone in what follows. She was sort of careless and disrespectful. It would be fine to say, “My mistake, sorry,” and move on. But diminishing the other person repeatedly becomes more than just an innocent mistake. Some of these celebrities (or politicians or other public figures) need to just keep their mouths shut. This all doesn’t need to be broadcast.