Alexis Bellino and John Janssen
Courtesy of Alexis Bellino/InstagramAlexis Bellino and friend John Janssen are engaged after less than a year of dating.
“On cloud 9 🎉❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ celebrating 9 months of love and laughter and looking forward to my life with you,” Bellino, 47, wrote on Instagram on Wednesday, August 28, as he announced the big news. “Every moment together has been a gift. I am so in love with you and the beautiful life we ​​are building together. And the answer is 100000000% yes.”
Bellino concluded the post with an excerpt from the Bible, Corinthians 13:13, writing, “Now abideth faith, hope, love, these three. But the greatest of these is love. #giftfrommym.”
Alongside the announcement of the marriage proposal was a photo of the couple smiling at each other and Bellino presenting her sparkling diamond to the camera.
Many stars are taking their relationships to the next level in 2024 by getting engaged. Less than a month after Bachelor in Paradise season 9 alum Brayden Bowers announced he was dating fellow Bachelor Nation star Christina Mandrell, he proposed to her. “I just knew there was something special, and there was something different, and (…)
When fans first met Bellino during RHOC Season 4, she was married to her now ex-husband Jim Bellino. The former spouses married in 2005 and divorced in 2018. Together, they have three children: son James, 18, and twins Miles and Mackenna, 16. While she left the Bravo show after season 8, Bellino returned for season 18, which premiered in July.
Janssen now has a long history with Bellino’s colleagues RHOC Co-Star Shannon BeadorThe couple were together on and off from June 2019 to November 2022, sometimes together, sometimes separated.
Bellino and Janssen first sparked romance rumors in December 2023 after being introduced to each other through mutual friends the month before. The couple made their official red carpet debut at the DirecTV Oscars Viewing Party in Los Angeles in March, and Bellino told We weekly later that month why she was a bit hesitant to confirm the romance.
“I was a little nervous, but that’s because we were judged so much because of our relationship,” Bellino admitted. “It started as a friendship, became more, and here we are. (And) social media can be really, really evil. So it’s been a lot, but now we’ve finally decided to take the bull by the horns and go full steam ahead.”
Ultimately, Bellino said the negative criticism only strengthened her connection with Janssen, saying: Us“It counteracted what they really wanted to do, which was to tear us down, and actually made us stronger.”
