'200 candles laid around': Nick Viall's dreamy proposal to Natalie Joy with a little help from Tom Hanks
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: The ex-'Bachelor' star, Nick Viall 42, finally revealed how he popped the question to his now-fiancee Natalie Joy. Viall disclosed on Thursday's episode of Viall's podcast 'The Viall Files' that he told Joy they were going to a screening of the new Tom Hanks film, 'A Man Called Otto'. Viall revealed that Hanks, 66, eventually discovered his organized effort, adding, "I guess he got a kick out of it."
"My whole idea of even faking an event was I wanted her to get glam," he explained. "I knew she wanted to look nice and special." He continued, "I had to figure out how to make sure she got glam and it had to be some sort of special event." Viall had extra plans once they got to the location to make sure Joy wouldn't notice when he was about to pop the question. "I don't want her to show up to this event and have her be like, 'This is weird. This isn't a premiere,'" he said. "So we had extras… When we showed up to this event, they were already in line."
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He continued, saying that his PR had told Joy that it was an "immersive experience," so each person entered on their own. Joy said how she entered the location and was taken aback by the bright lights, a filmmaker, and a photographer. "I'm like, 'What the f**k?'" she recalled. "Then there's 200 candles lit and laid across the warehouse floor and then a TV at the end. It turns on and it's Nick talking to me and he's telling me to walk through the walkway, stand in the middle of the center." "At the end of the video it's like, 'Now if you'll just look up...' and I look up and he's walking down the steps," Joy added. "He steps into the circle with me and he just says, 'Hey, baby.' I said, 'Hey.' He said, 'Are you ready?'" The moment had come for Viall to ask her to marry him. Then, he added, "I said a couple of things down on one knee."
The couple's celebrations were far from ended, as they were joined by friends and family for an engagement party. "Walking into that party and seeing my mom there, I lost it," Joy said. "I was just so filled with joy and happiness. All the people who flew out and came together to celebrate us was such a beautiful thing that I just couldn't control my emotions. Throughout that entire party, I'm just screaming and I'm so happy." "This is how I always wanted to feel," Viall added. "It's how I've always imagined I would feel... I am deliriously happy in life. Truly."
MEAWW earlier reported, on January 12, the couple uploaded an Instagram post together in which they revealed their engagement. The post, which includes a number of images from the couple's engagement photoshoot, is captioned "For the rest of my life, it's you" by Viall, 42. Viall is seen kissing Joy's hand in one photo, and Joy is seen pouting for the camera and flaunting her engagement ring in another. Their pals wished the pair luck in the post's comments section.