Priyanka Chopra Jonas said in an interview with The View that she was inspired by her husband, Nick Jonas.
The actress opened up about Nick’s Type 1 diabetes and told viewers that she was still learning about how it’s like for her husband to live with the condition.
“Initially, when we first got married, I couldn’t wrap my brain around the fact that he knew when his sugar dropped, even when he was sleeping,” she expressed. “He has this crazy discipline. He feels it.”
Nick lives with type 1 diabetes, requiring medication to stay healthy. Chopra said it took her some time to get used to and would often “wake up in the middle of the night to just check if everything’s okay for a really long time.”
But she soon realized that her husband knew exactly what he was doing.
“He has been taking care of his diabetes since he was so young that he just has a crazy discipline about it. He knows exactly what to do, when to do it,” Chopra Jonas shared. “He lives the biggest life possible. He’s not restricted himself from anything. He plays sports, he’s touring — he lives an incredible life. It’s so inspiring to see.
She added: “When he [started] Beyond Type 1, his foundation, that’s what he wanted to show people. Even if you have Type 1 diabetes doesn’t mean that your life has to be different. You can live it to its fullest. It’s so inspiring to me.”
The ‘Sucker’ singer opened up about his diagnosis to Cigar Aficionado and revealed he got scared about relying on insulin when he was a child.
“I kept asking my parents — am I going to be okay?” he said. “I was just so concerned that it was going to limit my ability to do all the things I wanted to do. I was very scared — it’s a big life change.”
But Nick learned that it was easy to maintain his health with insulin. “I found out very quickly it’s a very manageable disease,” he said. “As long as you’re really diligent.”
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