Ashanti revealed earlier this yr that she and Nelly had been engaged, however now she’s opening up about how the “Trip Wit Me” artist orchestrated the low-key proposal.
Nelly shocked Ashanti when he acquired down on one knee with a hoop as they had been simply hanging out of their bed room. The St. Louis native saved it informal and caught Ashanti off-guard with the at-home proposal.
Ashanti admitted to Leisure Tonight on Tuesday (June 18) that she was simply sporting a pair of Nelly’s boxers and one in every of his T-shirts in the course of the intimate second.
“It was simply such a wonderful, intimate second. We weren’t dressy. I positively had on one in every of his T-shirts and his boxers. I had no thought. Utterly,” she mentioned. “I felt prefer it was gonna come quickly, I didn’t know when. The way in which that it occurred was simply so humorous.
The “Silly” singer continued: “I’m sitting within the mattress watching TV with boxers on — it’s not actually attractive! I cried, I gave him the most important hug and kiss ever, I FaceTimed everybody I do know… I used to be overjoyed and shocked and shocked and blissful kinda like multi function.”
Ashanti and Nelly are additionally anticipating their first bundle of pleasure collectively later this yr. Will probably be the “All the time on Time” artist’s first baby and Nelly’s fifth.
The previous Homicide Inc. staple has an thought for the month she needs to get married, however stopped wanting disclosing it. Nevertheless, she plans to not be pregnant and needs to provide beginning earlier than tying the knot. “I feel it’s gonna be a mixture of trend, glam, Caribbean vibes. Like I’ve to have like a seashore, an ocean, sunshine and palm timber,” she mentioned of how she envisions the massive day.
Nelly and Ashanti started relationship in 2003 and had been collectively on-and-off earlier than splitting for what they thought was for good in 2013. The couple rekindled their romance after being noticed collectively for a number of public outings a decade later in 2023 and can welcome a baby later this yr.
“The expansion has been like very good, you realize, like on each ends,” she defined in relation to the maturity between her and Nelly this time round. “We’re each at a spot the place like earlier than, generally we’d argue and stroll out, slam the door, and never discuss for just a few days.”
Watch Ashanti’s interview detailing the proposal, being pregnant and her upcoming wedding ceremony beneath.
