![\"Paul](\"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mceclip0-1763108316-q80.webp\")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Dolores Catania\u00a0is an engaged woman, but her engagement ring is not the original one planned by her fianc\u00e9, Paul Connell.<\/p>\n
As\u00a0\u201cThe Real Housewives of New Jersey\u201d\u00a0\u00a0star\u00a0announced her engagement\u00a0to her longtime boyfriend, he shared details on the 15-carat sparkler he presented her during his proposal at an Apple store in New Jersey.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had bought a stone early on into dating Dolores, thinking, \u2018If we get engaged, I\u2019ll use this,\u2019\u201d Connell\u00a0told People magazine\u00a0of his original ring idea. \u201cBut then over the years of getting to know Dolores better, she started talking to me about what she liked and I realized, it was opposite of what I got. So I went back to the drawing board.\u201d<\/p>\n
Connell revealed that he purchased the new ring, which boasts an 11-carat center and four carats around it, from\u00a0John Anthony Jewelers\u00a0in Edgewater, New Jersey.<\/p>\n
Connell has long said he planned to propose to Catania once his divorce from his ex-wife, Joanne, was finalized.\u00a0He previously revealed that he bought a special stone for Catania \u2013 and that she was with him when he bought it.<\/p>\n
In a December 2024 interview\u00a0with In Touch Weekly,\u00a0Connell said, \u201cI have the ring, I\u2019ve always had the [ring]. I had the stone\u2026 I bought the stone a long time ago with her, I knew what she liked.\u201d<\/p>\n
Once his divorce was finalized, after a five-year process, Connell\u00a0told The Daily Mail\u00a0he had plans to pop the question to Catania. \u201cI have the ring. I have it in my possession,\u201d he told the outlet in February 2025. \u201cI\u2019ve always had the stone. I got the ring made. It is absolutely stunning. So I can go at any time. There\u2019s nothing that\u2019s going to push or prevent me from doing it now because I have free stage. But the emphasis of surprise is always the best thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Connell pulled off the surprise by giving Catania a completely unexpected ring.<\/p>\n
Connell also had to get approval from Catania\u2019s ex-husband, Frank. The exes, who share children Gabrielle and Frankie Jr., remain very close, and Frank Sr. is also very protective of Dolores.<\/p>\n
During a \u201cReal Housewives of New Jersey\u201d Season 13 episode that aired in May 2023, Frank grilled Connell about his relationship with Dolores and where it was going.\u00a0According to E! News, after\u00a0Frank asked him, \u201cDoes she tell you what kind of ring she wants?\u201d Connell replied, \u201cI already have it!\u201d<\/p>\n
Following Dolores Catania and Paul Connell\u2019s engagement announcement, Frank posted a congratulatory message to them\u00a0on Instagram. \u00a0\u201cCongratulations we are so happy for you guys and can\u2019t wait to celebrate. Love you guys,\u201d he wrote to the RHONJ couple.<\/p>\n
Brielle Biermann is\u00a0so\u00a0<\/em>in love with her fianc\u00e9,\u00a0Billy Seidl, and finding so many reasons to celebrate their romance.\u00a0Kim Zolciak’s eldest daughter\u00a0has been engaged\u00a0to her baseball-playing beau since February 2024, and just celebrated yet another milestone with him.<\/p>\n The Real Housewives of Atlanta\u00a0<\/em>daughter took to\u00a0Instagram\u00a0on Billy’s birthday, Sunday, Nov. 9, where she gave a major look inside of their relationship today. She first posted a professionally taken photo of herswlf and Billy, standing together on a beach, as the ocean waves crashed behind them. “Happy birthday to my whole heart,” she wrote in the caption of the post. “I love you William!! Forever dancing with you.”<\/p>\n Billy then took to the comments of the post, where he returned the love to Brielle. “I love you,” he wrote with a white heart emoji.<\/p>\n Brielle also took to her Instagram Story that same day, where she continued to give an intimate look at their relationship. She first posted three photos of herself and her “love.” “Happpppppy Birthdaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy to my love!!!!!!!!!!” she wrote.<\/p>\n She also shared photos of them buying ice cream at the grocery store, exploring a hotel together, and hanging out at the club. “ILYSM!!!!” she captioned the Story.<\/p>\n “To more adventures! (Like getting caught buying a ton of ice cream at Whole Foods) & spontaneous trips to new cities,” she added<\/p>\n Brielle shared even more insight into her relationship with Billy when she appeared on Reginae Carter’s\u00a0YouTube\u00a0show,\u00a0Heir Time<\/em>, on Sept. 4. She admitted that she was first attracted to Billy because of “his ass” when she met him in the Bahamas years ago. “We spent that whole day together, he was so chivalrous, so kind…and I’ve never seen that, especially from a younger man,” she admitted. “I was so shook. At the end of that night, I knew he was the one.”<\/p>\n She continued, admitting that\u00a0her parents’ ongoing divorce\u00a0made her approach her relationship differently. “Finding out all the s\u2014t I did about my family a couple weeks prior really changed things for me,” she said. “And honestly, looking back, I feel like I had to go through that to get here.”<\/p>\n Brielle and Billy are currently planning their wedding and have made some major progress on it. Brielle revealed in early October that she had\u00a0secured a wedding venue and wedding date\u00a0during a trip to Naples, Florida.<\/p>\n Later in the month, she took to her Instagram feed, where she posted a\u00a0Reel\u00a0documenting this trip. In the video, Brielle can be seen reuniting with her mom and younger sister,\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dolores Catania\u00a0is an engaged woman, but her engagement ring is not the original one planned by her fianc\u00e9, Paul Connell. As\u00a0\u201cThe Real Housewives of New Jersey\u201d\u00a0\u00a0star\u00a0announced her engagement\u00a0to her longtime boyfriend, he…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t