New York magazine deletes story calling Priyanka Chopra a ‘scam artist’

“Upon further editorial review, we found this story did not meet our standards,” the magazine posted in place of the article. “We’ve removed it and apologize.”

{mosads}The article — “Is Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas’s Love for Real?” — insinuated that the Indian actress had ensnared Jonas to build her Hollywood career, according to Scroll.in.

Pranav Dixit, a BuzzFeed News tech reporter based in Delhi, highlighted a quote from the piece that drew significant criticism: “All Nick wanted was a possible fling with Hollywood’s latest It Woman, but instead he wound up staring straight at a life sentence with a global scam artist.”

“All Nick wanted was a possible fling with Hollywood’s latest It Woman, but instead he wound up staring straight at a life sentence with a global scam artist.” This is an awfully racist and sexist piece. I am sorry I pay for an NYMag subscription. https://t.co/aNTkgdGRqM

— ¯_(ツ)_/¯ (@PranavDixit) December 5, 2018

Nick Jonas’s brother Joe Jonas and his significant other, “Game of Thrones” star Sophie Turner, were some of the high-profile critics of The Cut’s piece.

“This is disgusting,” Joe Jonas tweeted on Wednesday. “@TheCut should be ashamed to have someone write such evil words. What Nick & Pri have is Beautiful Love.”

This is disgusting. @TheCut should be ashamed to have someone write such evil words. What Nick & Pri have is Beautiful Love. Thank u, Next. https://t.co/G3hvXmhm9O

— J O E J O N A S (@joejonas) December 5, 2018 

“This is wildly inappropriate and totally disgusting,” Turner added. “Very disappointed that The Cut would give anyone a platform to spew such bullshit.”

This is wildly inappropriate and totally disgusting. Very disappointed that The Cut would give anyone a platform to spew such bullshit. https://t.co/iYKaifKJP6

— Sophie Turner (@SophieT) December 5, 2018