“Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Bozoma Saint John is engaged to Keely Watson.
“This engagement is my testimony: You can rise from grief, reclaim your joy, and still find a love worthy of your ‘yes,’” Saint John told People. “Keely is proof that God’s timing is perfect — and so is His plan. I’m saying yes to life, to love and to the miracle of second chances.”
The entrepreneur was previously married to Peter Saint John for over a decade before he died from cancer in 2013. Though the 48-year-old knew she eventually wanted to marry again, Saint John said she was “very surprised” by the proposal.
“Even though I knew we wanted to get married, I wasn’t sure where or when Keely would ask,” she shared. “I am still in shock and disbelief. I was nervous because I thought about how it would be when he asked and I wanted to be able to be composed through it, but that was hard to do because my emotions were at an all-time high.”
The bride-to-be was surrounded by 35 friends and family members at BOA Steakhouse in West Hollywood as Watson popped the question last Friday, a moment that was also captured by Bravo cameras.
“I ordered over 14 dozen roses and had a mega bouquet of 100 roses that I presented to her,” Watson revealed. “I lined the walkway with a red carpet and candles, and I built a canopy draped in red to propose under. Around the canopy, there were more roses and candles.”
That’s where Watson presented Saint John with a custom-designed ring — a 4.2-carat oval-cut diamond, flanked by additional diamonds on each side, on a 18-carat gold band.
Fans were introduced to Watson throughout last season of “RHOBH,” where Saint John explained how she met her now fiancé through the wife of Watson’s nephew.
Saint John shares 16-year-old Lael with her late husband, who was diagnosed with cancer shortly after the couple split in 2013.
Watson has gotten the approval the Lael, who helped him plan the proposal and prepare the guest list for the special night.
