Rooney, 33, shared a photo of her massive emerald-cut diamond ring, which is surrounded by a halo of diamonds and set on a split-shank band, while holding a celebratory drink in her hand.?“Y E S ???,” she captioned the shot.?
“This is a long time in the future. We both decided that that would be best,” O’Donnell said.
The former?View co-host described her fiancée as a “wonderful woman,” and?revealed the two have been dating from different cities since they went public in November 2017.
“She lives in Boston now and I live here in New York. It’s been a long-distance thing. It’s been great. I think she’s a wonderful woman,” said O’Donnell, who proudly praised Rooney for being an Army veteran and an undefeated boxer during her time of service.
Earlier this month, O’Donnell coyly seemed to confirm Radar Online’s report of an?engagement?when she subtlety changed her Instagram bio.?Rooney’s page also changed, and?now includes?the letter “R” followed by a diamond ring emoji.
Before her relationship with Rooney, O’Donnell was married to?Michelle Rounds, who?died?of apparent suicide in September 2017 at age 46. They share one daughter, Dakota, 5.
The comedian also has four other children — son Parker, 23, son Blake, 18, and daughter Vivienne, 15, and 21-year-old?estranged daughter Chelsea?— with ex-wife?Kelli Carpenter-O’Donnell.
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Gina kept their engagement under wraps for a month before unveiling her blinding ring on Instagram. "He’s the best. He’s the f—— best," she told PEOPLE about her new actor fiancé.
Randall pulled out all the stops when he proposed to his?Vanderpump?Rules?fiancée Lala during her birthday getaway to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. He popped the?question?with a?6-carat ring that featured?circular pavé ring of diamonds around the edge and even?more?pavé diamonds along the band which totaled $150,000. Celebrity jeweler Richie Rich?told PEOPLE?that?Randall wanted to keep the?design?"clean and classy" because "that’s the type of lady that [Lala] is."?
There was no summertime sadness for the stars of Bravo's?Summer House!?Kyle popped the question?to his girlfriend of two years with a?two-and-a-half carat diamond engagement ring, cushion cut on a split shank band from N.Y.C.-based jeweler?Stephanie Gottlieb. Amanda gave him a few examples of the type of design she wanted and revealed to PEOPLE, "It’s beautiful. He did a good job. I look down at it and still can’t believe it’s my ring on my finger."
A few weeks after her longtime beau, Joshua,?popped the question?during a romantic weekend together in upstate New York, the supermodel showed off her?new diamond on Instagram?— while she was getting hair and makeup done on set. "This poor make up artist is gonna kill me," she wrote as she flashed the camera a glimpse of her cushion-cut diamond ring.
Katharine's?emerald-cut diamond with pavé band?is special to the singer for two reasons. Not only is it the ring her soon-to-be-husband proposed with, but it's also the last thing she and her late father talked about before his recent passing. "My ring was the last thing I showed my dad before he passed and makes me smile when I look at this as a reminder of our last conversation," she wrote on Instagram.?
Just like Justin's romantic proposal in the Bahamas, he didn't skimp on any details when it came to Hailey's?custom diamond sparkler. He worked with N.Y.C.-based jeweler,?Solow & Co.?on the ring (which boasts 6 to 10 carats!) to create a design that "gracefully accentuate Hailey’s beautifully shaped hands," says jeweler?Jack Solow. "Justin gave this a lot of thought. When I saw him, I think he was very happy about what we did together. He was in a very good head space for the decision he was making,” Solow recalls.
What a whirlwind?romance!?After just a few weeks together, Grande was spotted wearing a?3-carat, $93,000 engagement ring?around town from her new beau. And the?SNL?cast member finally confirmed his engagement to the pop star on?The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon?saying, "I feel like I won a contest, so sick."?
The Victoria's Secret model had a?heavenly?proposal?thanks to her boyfriend of two years, Dex. First, they flew over a private beach in the Bahamas that had the words "Marry Me?" written in the sand. Then he popped?the question with an enormous oval-cut diamond set on a simple thin band. "I’m the luckiest woman in the world," she wrote on Instagram.
The two?Dancing with the Star?pros are about to tie the knot!?Chmerkovskiy?got down on one knee during a trip to Venice, Italy?and popped the question with a Jacob & Co. rectangular cushion-cut diamond with?a diamond halo and a pavé diamond band that took him a month to co-design with the jeweler!?
After briefly breaking up at the end of season 6, the?Vanderpump Rules stars are back together — and engaged! Jax popped the question with a 3-carat?cushion-cut halo diamond engagement ring from celebrity L.A.-based jeweler Kyle Chan Design. Brittany gushed over the ring calling it "gorgeous" and Jax said the final design was "absolutely flawless."
Dancing with the Stars' Cheryl Burke showed off the massive round-cut sparkler given to her by fiancé Matthew Lawrence on none other than her 34th birthday.?“OMG! So far so good for 34! #amilliontimesyes #imengaged #herecomesthebride,” Burke wrote on Instagram.?
Someone's certainly feeling?gleeful! Lea Michele announced her engagement to boyfriend Zandy Reich by posting a photo to Instagram of herself covering her face with her new four-carat diamond engagement ring. After a year of dating, Reich popped the question with a ring that he designed with Leor?Yerushalmi and The Jewelers of Las Vegas. Michele captioned the shot with a simple "Yes" and an engagement ring emoji.?
BBG! (Big, Blinding Gem!) The co-founders of the ultra-popular Bikini Body Guides announced their engagement by sharing a photo of Kayla's sparkling cushion-cut diamond ring with diamond-encrusted band. "We have been together for 5 and a half years now, and I cannot wait for the many years and memories to come," she captioned the photo.?
Relationship gooooooals! The Victoria’s Secret supermodel’s soccer-star love proposed with a large yellow-colored stone set on either side with diamond baguettes.
Toni Braxton’s been spotted wearing a giganic diamond sparkler on her ring finger for weeks sparking engagement rumors to rapper boyfriend Birdman, but the 50-year-old singer finally confirmed the exciting news.
“I have an announcement to make. I’m engaged!” the star said in a teaser for the new season of her?WE TV show,?Braxton Family Values.?
The?Jackass star was quite the opposite when he proposed to his longtime girlfriend with a ring that, as he said, was "not half-ass, but it’s not obnoxious."
The Outlander star was "very happy" to debut her engagement ring, a round diamond set between two sapphires, from boyfriend Tony McGill at the Golden Globes Sunday night. No word on whether he'll wear a kilt to the wedding.
Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel's daughter Alexa Ray Joel rang in 2018 with an engagement! The 32-year-old's boyfriend Ryan Gleason romantically popped the question with an emerald-cut engagement ring?during a beachside sunset just days after Joel's birthday.?
“So I was completely taken off-guard, dumbstruck, and shell-shocked- and FOR ONCE in my life, I had absolutely no words, and I couldn’t speak,” Joel wrote in her Instagram announcement. “I just kept staring at this ridiculously exquisite ring — and he was just hysterically laughing at me!!!”?
The royal proposed to his actress girlfriend with a meaningful ring which - well, we'll just let him describe it: “The ring is – is obviously yellow gold because that’s what – her favorite and the main stone itself I sourced from Botswana and the – the little diamonds either side are from my mother’s jewelry collection to make sure that she’s with us on this – on this crazy journey together,” he said in a post-engagement interview. Added Markle, "It’s beautiful, and he designed it, it’s incredible."
Kaley's birthday ended with a "bang" when her?professional equestrian fiancé popped the question on her 32nd birthday with a?pear-shaped diamond ring. Kaley shared an emotional Instagram video of her reaction to the?proposal. "Still crying," she wrote, "Every part of this night has been perfection just like you @mrtankcook I love you forever!"
She may no longer be a Real Housewife of Beverly Hills, but she's still got a jewelry collection befitting of one - including this halo-set round stunner from her lawyer love (and new fiancé).
The Pretty Little Liars actress said yes when her boyfriend Chris Long popped the question while on a walk with their dog. Parrish took to Instagram to make the announcement with a sweet photo of them kissing while showing off her giant emerald-cut diamond ring set on a rose gold band.
“Went to the park for a stroll with [our dog] Klee and came back with a fiancé. I get to marry my best friend and I’m over the moon. I love you @c_long,” Parrish captioned the photo.
Country singer Scotty McCreery took his high school sweetheart, Gabi Dugal, on a hike to their favorite mountain top where he got down on one knee to pop the question. McCreery helped design the gorgeous ring himself, which features an oval-cut diamond with a pavé-encrusted band.?
The longtime couple had a "wild" ride during their South African safari when Teller?popped the question?with a?spectacular, large square-cut diamond with pavé-encrusted band.?
The Olympic ice dancing gold medalist announced her?engagement?to former figure skater (and son of her longtime skating coach) on?Instagram?with a close-up shot of her gorgeous square-cut canary yellow diamond ring.?
After?getting engaged?to her director fiancé in May, the actress finally stepped out in her gigantic round-cut diamond ring set on a thin gold band at the?GlamourUK's Women of the Year Awards.?
The?Arrow?actress got?engaged?to boyfriend?Matthew Rodgers during a romantic couples getaway to the?East African island of Mauritius. And he popped the question with a truly spectacular?marquise-shaped diamond. She showed off the sparkler on?Instagram?writing, "I can't wait to spend forever with you my darling!! I'm the luckiest girl in the whole world."
After playing husband and wife on-screen, the former Revenge co-stars are planning on tying the knot in real life, with VanCamp showing off her new sparkling solitaire in a post on Instagram.
The only thing more jaw-dropping than The Blonde Salad's blinding solitaire diamond ring is the story of her epic proposal. Chiara's Italian rapper fiancé,?Fedez,?serenaded her during a concert in Verona?and got down on one knee in front of the entire arena. Swoon!
West Wing actor Dulé Hill went all out with his proposal to actress Jazmyn Simon. The star popped the question with a giant oval cut diamond with a simple, clean band, and then surpried?his future wife with mimosas and a romantic hot air balloon trip.?
"Step by step, hand in hand, you & me, lock & key. #IAintNoFool#SheSaidYes #041417#ItWasAREALLYGoodFriday#ForeverGrateful#WeGonRentTheMoonAndFillItWithRosé #ILoveYouJaz #??????" Hill captioned his collection of photos on Instagram of the engagement.?
The comedian popped the question to his now-fiancée, an aesthetic nurse practitioner, with a Big Momma of a ring. ?Iconic Jewels Beverly Hills created his vision?–?a gigantic?emerald-cut diamond?on a diamond-encrusted band with their?initials spelled out along the back?–?then revealed it via a?360 degree video?of the ring.
WeddingMania! The WWE duo, who have been together five years, celebrated their victory in the ring - besting The Miz and his wife Maryse during WrestleMania 33 - with a ring of a very different kind. Cena got to one knee and handed his Diva a giant round-cut stone on a channel-set band.?
The singer's drummer beau landed a big hit with the square-shape, halo-set diamond on a split shank he gave to her with an assist from their Instagram-famous dog. "I took Cuppy –?Cuppy the Puppy on Instagram?– and I put him in the bedroom and Ryan was like, ‘Okay, you can let him out,’ " she told People at the Grammys, "and I opened the door and he was on one knee. It was perfect."
They fell in love?on the set of Fantastic Four,?so it makes sense that her brand-new giant round stone on a sparkling band looks like it might be a fantastic four (carats) as well.?
The actress shared a video of the proposal?— and summed up the feelings of many newly engaged ladies when she captioned a close-up of the ring, "I'm SO lucky and SO excited that I get to spend the rest of my life with my best friend ... ?but the ring doesn't hurt either. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen!"
The country star followed her arrow, and it pointed right to musician Kelly, whose Christmas proposal in her childhood bedroom (with a gorgeous, vintage-inspired round setting) earned him a "HELL YESSSS."
You'd expect a hockey player to know a little something about ice, which explains that dazzling diamond?(which appears to be a cushion-cut solitaire) now seen on the ring finger of his TV-host love.?
To go with?the "perfect" proposal, the?Dancing With the Stars?judge also got a perfect ring from her fiancé?— a 3.68-carat Jean Dousset design with brilliant-cut diamonds on the rose gold band and hidden rubies and garnets inside.
The?Gotham?costars, who welcomed baby Frances Laiz in March, announced their intention to wed with a round-cut stone on a pavé band that outsparkles the N.Y.C. skyline.?
The Jersey Shore star has one more reason to fist pump: Her boyfriend slipped this ring on her finger while vacationing in Mexico. "Christopher did such an amazing job picking me out the perfect ring .. It fits my little hand perfectly .. This still all doesn’t feel real!!!" she wrote on Instagram.
The on-again, off-again couple finally made things official! The Olympian popped the question to the Playboy model overlooking a romantic Malibu, California sunset with one blinding square-cut diamond.?
Now?that's?a way to make your relationship red carpet debut! The actress brought the actor?-- whom she's known since 18 but only started dating this summer?-- to her?Girl on the Train?premiere, showing off her new beau and?the sparkly solitaire on a pavé band he just gave her.?
Love in Litchfield! Orange Is the New Black actress Wiley is engaged to show writer Morelli, and the couple celebrated with a beaming selfie showing off Wiley's sparkling square-shaped stone.?
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Just a day after she announced her engagement to actor Aaron Lohr, the actress and singer showed off her dazzling ring at the iHeart Radio Music Festival.
The season finale of WAGS was especially drama-filled when the NFL star popped the question to his longtime love with a $250,000 Ritani ring. She said yes and called her new diamond the "most beautiful ring my eyes have ever seen."?
Princess Kate may get to wear the royal jewels, but there’s nothing common about her sister Pippa's huge square-cut diamond from her financier fiancé.?
The retired baseball player hit a home run with the swimsuit model's enormous round-cut diamond featuring a pavé band. He then followed it up with a grand slam in the form of an all-diamond wedding band.
JoJo got something a little better than a rose on the Bachelorette finale when Jordan proposed with a 3-carat Neil Lane ring. ?And she definitely approved of the single diamond design. "It’s classic,"?she told PEOPLE. "I also think it makes my finger look skinnier, which I really appreciate."
Ring designer Neil Lane told PEOPLE in September Grant was very analytical in the design process of the square-cut Art Deco-inspired diamond saying he took it "very seriously." (The couple split in November.)
A big ring made an appropriately big debut – at the Met Gala, where the model said she had been keeping her engagement to the Detroit Tigers star under wraps until the right moment. Jeweler Anita Ko told PeopleStyle, “Justin and I collaborated on creating the most perfect one-of-a-kind ring that is rare and of exceptional quality, just like their love.”
We get why they call him “DangeRuss Wilson” now – because he's in the habit of purchasing?jewelry for?his fiancée?that could blind you if you look at it the wrong way.
The fitness trainer gave her longtime love a large diamond ring back in 2012, but she finalized the gesture with matching Martin Katz diamond bands?in a touching episode of Simply Jillian?in March.
The oversized oval-shaped diamond flanked by two baguettes that the Dancing With the Stars pro gave his singer love is so shiny, it practically outshines the Mirrorball Trophy.
“Jason wanted something perfect and flawless and he kept coming back to this one,” Neil Lane?tells People of the Edwardian-set stone from the jeweler's archival collection that the action star gave his supermodel bride-to-be.
Can you imagine the Empire engagement party that happened when Trai popped the question to his costar Grace with this square-cut, halo-set diamond ring?!
She's been sporting her romantic, emerald-cut sparkler with a delicate band on that finger for months, but just confirmed that she and love Dave Gardner are set to wed.
After accidentally flashing a glimpse of her huge Lorraine Schwartz ring on Instagram, the star did the official reveal on her blog. “[It] takes my breath away every time I look down,” she wrote of the gift from her hockey player fiancé.
It makes sense that the girl whose style is always simply chic would get a ring to match: a round diamond flanked by two baguettes, given to her by her Mr. Robot creator love of several years.
It makes sense that two gorgeous, quirky actors would pick a gorgeous, one-of-a-kind ring to pledge their betrothal: Alison debuted her rose-gold, rose-cut diamond Irene Neuwirth ring on on the red carpet in August.
Amazingly, the heart-shaped diamond on her Lorraine Schwartz engagement ring from her actor love isn't the most interesting part of Gaga's engagement ring. The diamond-studded band features a sweet message: T (HEARTS) S (her given name is Stefani). The couple split in July 2016 but remain friends.
“It’s so gorgeous, and I’m very lucky for many reasons, but I look at it every day and just think, Wow. I don’t even know what to say,” Nikki told PEOPLE about her floral-style engagement ring from Ian Somerhalder, consisting of one center stone flanked by 10 smaller ones.
It was “love all” when the tennis pro served up an ace (okay, we're done with the tennis puns) of an engagement ring for his longtime girlfriend: a round stone surrounded by a halo of diamonds that continued onto the band.
Everything about the actress's engagement to her actor beau was traditional, from her large halo-set ring to the on-one-knee proposal, though it took a little effort: “I had just bought these new jeans and they were a little tight,” Peter joked to PEOPLE at the time. “So I said, 'My jeans are tight but I’ll try to get down on one knee.'” (The couple ended their engagement in February 2016.)
Yes, it's a “Fancy” yellow diamond – and one that took a lot of effort before it reached the rapper's finger. Her NBA star boyfriend designed the 10.43-carat ring, consisting of an 8.15-carat intense yellow diamond and a white diamond halo set into white gold, with jeweler Jason Arasheben of Jason of Beverly Hills. (Their engagement ended in June 2016.)
She met him on the set of their CBS crime drama Stalker, but it wasn't much of a mystery as to how he felt about her when she showed off this massive sqauare-cut stunner on a baguette-set band.
For the couple that met on the set of Mad Men, a gorgeous and unique sparkler worthy of that show's killer costuming was the only thing that would do. And the octagonal stone set on a vintage-inspired band was certainly that.