Why Rosie O'Donnell Is Apologizing To Priyanka Chopra And Nick Jonas A Second Time

Rosie O'Donnell has publicly apologized to Priyanka Chopra following an awkward encounter with her and her husband Nick Jonas, before issuing a second apology shortly thereafter.

The comedian initially took to TikTok on Sunday, February 20 to explain to fans what happened when she met the A-list couple at Nobu restaurant in Malibu.

Why Rosie O'Donnell Apologized to Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas the First Time

In her TikTok video, O'Donnell said she felt "embarrassed" because she incorrectly assumed that Chopra's father was the author Deepak Chopra, instead of her patriarch Dr Ashok Chopra, who died in 2013.

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?"

After explaining what had happened, O'Donnell added: "To Nick Jonas I apologize, and to the Chopra wife, I apologize too."

Why Did Rosie O'Donnell Apologize a Second Time to Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas?

On Monday, February 21 O'Donnell shared another video on TikTok in which she once again apologized to Chopra.

In her initial video, O'Donnell referred to the actor as "someone Chopra," rather than calling her by her first name Priyanka.

Apologizing for the mistake, O'Donnell corrected herself by saying "Priyanka is her name, Priyanka, I hope I'm pronouncing that right."

In her full 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."