By Neia Balao
2:00 AM PDT, August 24, 2022
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We love it when celebrities go against convention! Join Wonderwall.com as we take a look at some of the female stars who have gone against tradition and proposed to their significant others… First? Britney Spears! The iconic pop star proposed to dancer (and ex-husband-to-be) Kevin Federline on her private jet in July 2004. “All of a sudden I said, ‘What if you want to get married?'” And I went from there to ask her if she would. marry me,” she told People magazine. Kevin added, “And I said no. I was surprised. I thought the boy should ask the girl. So a few minutes passed and I asked her”. K-Fed, Britney still did it first!
Keep reading for more famous women who went against the norm…
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Not only did Kristen Bell propose to longtime love Dax Shepard, but she did it via Twitter! In June 2013, the “Veronica Mars” star wrote, “@daxshepard1 will you marry me? Xo #marriageequality #loveislove.” Dax first proposed in 2009, but the pair waited to tie the knot until same-sex marriage was legalized in California. Kristen re-proposed and the rest is history!
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Queen & Slim actress Jodie Turner-Smith proposed to Joshua Jackson on New Year’s Eve 2018 while they were vacationing in Nicaragua. “We were walking on the beach and she asked me to marry her. There was a preamble. There was a push to it,” he recalled on “The Tonight Show.” He continued, “I didn’t know, but she was quite determined and she was right. This is the best decision I’ve ever made.” They secretly tied the knot in December 2019, but not before the Dawson’s Creek star proposed to Jodie as well.
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Judge Judy Sheindlin was proactive when it came to making things official again with husband Jerry Sheindlin. Judy and Jerry have been married to each other twice – they divorced in 1990 and remarried the following year. Judy was the one who popped the question the second they decided to tie the knot. “I proposed to him. I said, ‘Where is this relationship going?’ And he tried to take it out of it with his, ‘Well, you know, why should we get married?’ Whatever,” she explained to DuJour.
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According to her obituary in The Guardian, “Cleopatra” star Elizabeth Taylor – who was married eight times – proposed to one of her husbands, actor Matthew Wilding, who was 20 years her senior. She reportedly asked him to be her husband while filming Ivanhoe in England. Unfortunately, their union was not built to last – they were married for five years from 1952 to 1957, although they welcomed two sons together.
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A match made in Bachelor in Paradise heaven! Former “The Bachelorette” star Becca Kufrin didn’t find lasting love during her season on the show — but she did find her perfect match on the beach! Becca met Thomas Jacobs, who previously appeared on season 17 of The Bachelorette with Katie Thurston, during the seventh season of Bachelor in Paradise in 2021. Instead of waiting for Thomas to propose , Becca took matters into her own hands — she popped the question in June 2022. “Having a ring on your finger as a man, when your partner proposes as a woman — you just feel like a bad person,” Thomas revealed while chatting with Kaitlyn Bristowe for her “Off the Vine” podcast.
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Pink and Carey Hart have been married for a long time. And who proposed it? It was the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter who popped the question in 2005 while the motocross legend was competing in the finals of the Pro 250 class. According to Popsugar, during the third lap of the race, the “So What” singer held up a sign which read “Will you marry me?” After failing to elicit an answer, Pink added “Serious” to the sign — and Carey said yes!
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From friends to lovers! “Succession” actress Sarah Snook met her husband, Dave Lawson, in 2014, but they didn’t start dating until 2020. They married in 2021 after it asked HIM to marry him. “We’ve been friends since 2014, lived together, traveled together, always excited to see each other but totally platonic. We’ve never been single in that time,” she told Vogue Australia. “I proposed and we got married in February in my backyard.” Cute!
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The Real Housewives of Orange County star Gretchen Rossi proposed to longtime partner Slade Smiley in 2013 on an episode of the hit reality series. The two got down on one knee to solidify their engagement! While they haven’t tied the knot yet, they both wear wedding rings to show their commitment to each other. “I wear a ring like he’s my husband. He wears a ring. We call each other husband and wife. We just don’t have a legal document that says that,” Gretchen, who welcomed a daughter with Slade in 2019. said Us Weekly.
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Kat Dennings and rock star Andrew WK proposed in 2021… at the same time! “We had a special moment that makes me believe in magic,” the Marvel actress recalled during an appearance on “The Drew Barrymore Show.” She continued, “We were kissing, and we had a mutual feeling. I felt such an intense thing … that I was like, ‘This is my person. This is him. I can’t live without it. This is the man I should be with.’ And we looked at each other and we both proposed at the same time.”
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Retired Olympic alpine skier Lindsey Vonn proposed to NHL star PK Subban during the 2019 holiday season. “Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!! On our 2nd anniversary, in a ‘non-traditional’ move, I asked PK to marry me and he said, “Yes! They’re not the only women who should get engagement rings!” she wrote on Twitter. Unfortunately, they didn’t make it down the aisle — they called it quits in December 2020.
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Five Feet Apart actress Haley Lu Richardson proposed to her longtime boyfriend Brett Dier in 2019. They started dating in 2012. “I didn’t prepare at all,” she told Cosmopolitan. “I had no idea when I woke up that morning that I was going to ask someone to marry me that day. I was completely in the moment and this strong feeling came over me and made me ask her to marry me and I did .”
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We love how no-nonsense Diane von Furstenberg was when she proposed to husband Barry Diller. “One year I didn’t know what to get him for his birthday,” the celebrity stylist told O, The Oprah Magazine. “And I called him and said: ‘You know, if you want, for your birthday I will marry you.’ And he said, “Let me see if I can fix it.”“They got married in 2001.
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Zsa Zsa Gabor was not afraid of tradition! The actress, who died in 1986, was rumored to have proposed to all nine of her husbands, including the eccentric widower Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt.