He put a ring on it!<\/p>\n
Madison LeCroy announced her\u00a0engagement\u00a0to boyfriend Brett on Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am engaged! And I\u2019m so excited because I honestly had no clue at the time,\u201d the \u201cSouthern Charm\u201d star, 31,\u00a0exclaimed on Amazon Live\u00a0on Thursday. \u201cIt was a very special moment for my family. We traveled a good bit around the world, and I kinda thought it would possibly happen then, but I think it happens when you least expect it.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added, \u201cHe involved my son [Hudson, who] is a huge part of my life, and we\u2019ve been crying for the last week because we\u2019ve been overwhelmed with the excitement.\u201d<\/p>\n
LeCroy said she didn\u2019t hesitate to accept when Brett popped the question over dinner on Oct. 8. She added that Brett had asked for Hudson\u2019s permission, which the 8-year-old happily gave as long as he could be a part of the special moment.<\/p>\n
LeCroy has kept her relationship with Brett fairly private, but she shared photos and videos from the big night. On Friday evening, she posted a dress that her now-fianc\u00e9 bought for her to wear.<\/p>\n
A few hours later, LeCroy took a video of herself in the gorgeous champagne-colored gown while sitting in a limo with Hudson. Her son wore a white button-down and slacks while holding two bottles of champagne for the couple.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou guys, I am so shocked,\u201d she said in an Instagram Story while showing off the dress. \u201cThey are up to something. I\u2019m very excited.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brett then appeared in the next Story, also wearing a white button-down and tan pants. The couple toasted each other, and LeCroy captioned the video, \u201cSurprise date with my two favorites.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her man then took the mother-son duo for a special date night on Kiawah Island in South Carolina.<\/p>\n
The salon owner\u00a0went Instagram-official with Brett\u00a0in June. At the time, she kept his identity private but revealed that he was over 6 feet tall, 35 years old and lived in another state.<\/p>\n
The two met in the spring while LeCroy was in Scottsdale, Ariz., for a friend\u2019s party.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did not know him at this time, but I go into this bar and we immediately lock eyes from across the room,\u201d LeCroy\u00a0told\u00a0Us Weekly\u00a0in June. \u201cIt was, like, instant. And I mean you really can\u2019t miss him. \u2026 He\u2019s absolutely stunning.\u201d<\/p>\n
They went on their first date a few days later, and the two \u201cfell in love instantly,\u201d she said. \u201cWe had been together pretty much non-stop since then.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c[It\u2019s] going very, very well, and even my ex-husband [Josh Hughes] approves,\u201d she told\u00a0the mag. \u201cMy son\u2019s father knows a lot about him through my son and my son saying that I seem happy and \u2018He\u2019s really nice to Mom\u2019 and all these things.\u201d<\/p>\n
LeCroy made headlines earlier this year when\u00a0she found herself at the center of Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez\u2019s breakup. As Page Six exclusively reported, the former couple split because Lopez, 52, was \u201cembarrassed\u201d by the fact that the former baseball star, 46,\u00a0allegedly cheated on her\u00a0with LeCroy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Madison LeCroy scandal was the reason they finally broke up,\u201d a source told Page Six. \u201cThere were already problems, but Jennifer was really embarrassed by it.\u201d<\/p>\n
LeCroy, for her part,\u00a0maintained that they only FaceTimed.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s never physically cheated on his fianc\u00e9e with me,\u201d she told Page Six, adding, \u201cI don\u2019t want anything bad for his family, or for mine. We are definitely innocent in this.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSouthern Charm\u201d airs on Bravo and is currently filming for Season 8.<\/p>\n
Shamea Morton\u00a0and\u00a0Porsha Williams’\u00a0rock-solid friendship appears to be crumbling on\u00a0The Real Housewives of Atlanta \u2014 but there\u2019s still hope for the childhood besties.<\/p>\n
Revealing the status of their relationship after\u00a0RHOA\u00a0Season 16 in an exclusive interview with\u00a0The Daily Dish, Shamea had nothing but praise for Porsha’s evolution over the years.<\/p>\n
“We’ve all grown quite a bit and matured, but I love the fact that she still has a fun youthful heart,” Shamea gushed. “She still enjoys having fun, being out, and I’m excited to see what her next thing in life is.”<\/p>\n
Even as Porsha navigates\u00a0her ongoing divorce\u00a0from\u00a0Simon Guobadia, Shamea believes “God is working with her and through her,” adding, “Some of the changes might hurt right now, but they’re for the best for her.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ultimately, she trusts that a higher power will guide them in the future.<\/p>\n
“We just say that God’s will be done in our lives,” Shamea summed up. “And I think that is the case with her. She’ll continue to evolve and she’ll continue to come out on top.”<\/p>\n
During\u00a0RHOA\u00a0Season 16, Episode 10, several long-brewing issues between the two finally bubbled to the surface. As\u00a0Angela Oakley\u00a0spilled about their so-called “lopsided friendship,” Shamea felt that Porsha “didn’t want her to be” a full-time Housewife and was “afraid” to open up about not wanting to be “looked at as Porsha’s lapdog.”<\/p>\n
What’s more, Shamea apparently had some lingering hurt feelings about Porsha skipping her\u00a02017 wedding\u00a0to\u00a0Gerald Mwangi\u00a0in Kenya.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, both were incensed that each was discussing their beef behind the other’s back, especially given their long history.<\/p>\n
On\u00a0The Real Housewives of Atlanta After Show, Shamea tackled the issue of Porsha\u2019s “hurtful” absence from her wedding, head-on. She shared that though Porsha did attend her traditional Kenyan Kikuyu ruracio ceremony, which she explained is when a groom’s family pays a dowry for his bride, she skipped out on the actual nuptials in Africa.<\/p>\n
During the May 11 episode, Porsha herself revealed, “I did not go to Shamea’s wedding in Kenya because a couple months or a month or two prior to her actual wedding, we were not speaking.”<\/p>\n
That apparently came as news to Shamea, however.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t know that that’s the reason why you didn\u2019t come,” she claimed on the\u00a0RHOA\u00a0After Show. “You told me that you were sick. Who knew?!”<\/p>\n
Shamea went on to say that Porsha had also given her “three other excuses” for why she couldn’t fly to Kenya.<\/p>\n
“Well, which one is it? I’m very much like, let’s get to the bottom of it and move forward,” Shamea concluded.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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