Caelynn Miller-KeyesandDean Unglertare getting ready to say “I do!”
A source confirms to PEOPLE that the longtime couple is officially engaged. Their relationship milestone comes after more than three years of dating.
Unglert, 31, opened up about the proposal while co-hosting hisHelp! I Suck at Datingpodcast withJared Haibon. In the podcast’s lastest episode, Unglert revealed that he got a “new” placeholder engagement ring for Miller-Keyes after mistakenly losing the original one, which was a 4.5-carat emerald-cut diamond.
“It might be in the garage somewhere but yeah, moral of the story is don’t put your engagement rings in the junk drawer,” he said. “So I did have to go out and buy a placeholder ring for now, but it’s not quite as nice as the first one was.”
Unglert then confirmed that he still had every intention of proposing despite the hiccup.
Haibon, 33, then suggested that they can’t drop the episode “until we know” for sure. To that, Unglert then confirmed that “it won’t” air before the proposal actually goes down.
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The news comes after Miller-Keyes, 27,teased the possibility of a potential engagementon her Instagram Story in August.
“I spent the afternoon at Toyota picking up something special for Dean,” she wrote over an image of a steering wheel.
The formerBachelorcontestant’s social media tease could have been a clue to fans that the couple was ready to take the next step in their relationship. On hisHelp I Suck at Datingpodcast in June, Unglert, 31, shared: “I made a deal with her. I was like, ‘I’ll buy you a ring if you buy me a truck.'”
Dean Unglert and Caelynn Miller-Keyes.
Miller-Keyes also appeared to confirm the connection, writing at the bottom of the photo, “If you listen toHelp I Suck at Datingyou know what this is.”
During the June podcast, Unglert further explained the pair’s deal. “It’s such a touchy subject,” he said. “Caelynn makes significantly more money than I do and here I am having to spend all this money on something I don’t even want. Like, I want her to get what she wants, but she’s the one who wants to get married.”
The reality star recalled a friend asking if the pair had said “I do” to each other yet after seeing theircommitment rings. He remembered, “I said, ‘As far as the government’s concerned, no, but as far as our hearts are concerned, yes.'”
Unglert shared that he has been “pretty clear” to Miller-Keyes that she could be the one to pop the question.
“I was like, ‘If you really want to get married, you should be the one proposing to me,’ so I think she’s got something in the works for that, which I think is pretty cool,” he said at the time.
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During a trip to Italy’s Lake Como in September 2021, Unglert and Miller-Keyes began considering it asa locale for their big day.
“It definitely is a place where a wedding would be spectacular. It’s just, like, one of the most beautiful places we’ve ever visited,” Unglert said on his podcast.
He continued, “You can’t help but be like, ‘Oh, my gosh. This is amazing. I want this to be the rest of my life. And since I’m here, like, I want you to be in my life for the rest of my life,’ which I always thought those things, obviously.”
Unglert and Miller-Keyesmet on the sixth seasonofBachelor in Paradisein June 2019. Though Unglert initiallypumped the brakeson their summer romance, they eventually left Paradise together.
The couple wentInstagram-officialwith a photo of them enjoyingvan lifepost-Paradisein September 2019. “Lots of ramen, very few showers, and a whole lot of happiness,” Miller-Keyes captioned her post. Unglert wrote, “Sorry we had to leave #bachelorinparadise early, the vantasy suite waits for no one.”
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Marriage rumors circled the couple throughout their relationship.
OnValentine’s Day2020, a fan commented, “Get married!” on Miller-Keyes’ post for Unglert, and Miller-Keyes had an interesting response: “We already did.” Friend andBiPalumAshley Iaconettiadded to the speculation when she explained, “[Dean] keeps saying that they got married when they were in Europe and he broke his leg and I’m thinking that possibly really did happen.”
That same month,Jared Haibontold PEOPLE, “Every time we ask [Dean and Caelynn], he says it with a grin — he’s like, ‘We’re married.'” It looks like the duo was just stirring the pot, though, as they never officially confirmed wedding rumors.
source: people.com
