Katie Thurstonisengaged— and her family found out at the same time asBacheloretteviewers!
Thurston and Moynes, 31, opened up about finally going public with their engagement during theAfter the Final Rosespecialon Monday.
“It’s been awesome. We’ve been waiting for this for so long,” Moynes said. “It’s tough to celebrate an engagement, like, secretly. We’re just ready to get out and live real life now. We’re just excited. This is what we’ve really been waiting for.”
Katie Thurston and Blake Moynes.Eric McCandless/ABC
Thurston chimed in, “I will say, my family does not know that we are engaged. They are finding out asBachelorNation is finding out!”
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As for why she didn’t share the news? She “didn’t trust them to keep a secret,” she said.
During the finale episode, Moynes didn’t have the easiest experience meeting Thurston’s family. Thurston’s Aunt Lindsey, in particular, grilled Moynes about the now-engaged pair’s future together.
“Like, you ultimately mean nothing,” Lindsey said to Moynes during their one-on-one conversation. “I hate to break it to you, but like, you better be secure as f— coming in our family. Because at the end of the day, you’re here because we want you here, not because we need you here.”
Lindsey also questioned Moynes' motives for joining the series after having previously “flunked” onClare CrawleyandTayshia Adams' season ofThe Bachelorette.
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Thurston, who confirmed onATFRthat her aunt wasn’t previously made aware of the engagement, said on Tuesday thatshe didn’t anticipate Moynes proposing.
“I truly did not think he was going to propose,” she said during the couple’s appearance onGood Morning America. “And then when he actually got down on one knee and proposed, my reaction was actual shock.”
“He walked up, he had tight pants on,” she recalled. “I looked at the pockets and there was no box and I was like, ‘Oh no.’ … I was just trying to not give away that I was so sad.”
The two then laughed as Moynes revealed the ring was actually in his back pocket.
Speaking to PEOPLE in this week’s issue, Thurston said she has “no regrets” looking back on her season.
“What we went through has really strengthened our relationship,” she saidof her relationship with her fiancé. “The struggles were worth it.”
source: people.com
