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A Christmas ring!
“Riverdale” alum Vanessa Morgan announced Tuesday that she is engaged to Vancouver Bandits player James Karnik.
“Merry Christmas Eve from me and my fiancée 😭💍🎁,” she captioned the announcement shared on Instagram featuring snaps from the moment they got engaged.
The Canadian professional basketball player popped the question to Morgan, 32, at Glow Langley in Canada on Dec. 21.
Karnik presented his fiancée with a 4.64-carat oval-shaped engagement ring from Brilliant Earth, which featured a 14K rose gold band.
Morgan’s massive sparkler also included blue marquise cut diamonds in the shape of butterflies.
“James knows how much I love Christmas, especially all the festive lights, so he took me to the Langley Glow Light Festival,” Morgan told People of the engagement.
The “Wild Cards” star noted that the engagement came as a “complete shock” because she expected it to happen on Christmas Day.
“James had just injured his foot — we weren’t sure if it was a break or a sprain at the time, but he was on crutches,” she explained to the outlet.
“I asked him if he was sure he wanted to walk around on crutches, and he said, ‘For you, I’ll do it. I know how much you love this.’ It seemed a little suspicious, but I didn’t think much of it.”
Karnik then ditched his crutches and pretended to adjust his shoe “in the middle of all the lights and people” which was when Morgan “started to suspect something was up.”
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Morgan is completely in love with her ring, calling it “the best Christmas present ever.”
“When I saw the ring, it was just stunning, and in that magical moment, with the lights all around us,” she swooned.
The athlete said he had a “great experience” working with Brilliant Earth to create a “truly unique ring based on what Vanessa loves.”
The groom-to-be furthered that he is “excited for this next step in life and couldn’t be happier with the person I’m doing it with.”
Morgan and Karnik welcomed their first child, a daughter named Kaia, in July. They announced her arrival via Instagram with a series of family photos.
Morgan had previously welcomed a son named, River, 3, with her ex-husband, Michael Kopech.
The mother of two and the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher became engaged in 2019, marrying by January 2020. However, he filed for divorce six months later while she was pregnant with River.
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