It’s official! Cynthia Bailey and Mike Hill are now engaged to be married!
The Real Housewives of Atlanta star was surprised by the proposal at the grand opening of her new business and People was there to get all the scoop.
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Cynthia, 52, has been dating the sports journalist, 48, for about 14 months now and both weren’t shy about the possibilities of being married to each other.
Mike pop the question on Friday with a gorgeous 5 carat princess cut solitaire ring in Atlanta at the grand opening of her new business, The Bailey WineCeller.
The surprise proposal was a family affair, with Cynthia’s daughter Noelle Robinson, 19, and Mike’s two daughters — Kayla, 17, and Ashlee, 19 — all in attendance, alongside a crowd of the couple’s closest friends and Cynthia’s RHOA cast mates.
Here’s how it all went down, according to People:
So how did Hill pull it off? Well, he had a little help from celebrity event planner, Courtney Ajinça.
The two threw Bailey off the track by making it appear that Hill was giving a toast in honor of Bailey’s opening.
According to a source on the scene, during Hill’s speech, Kayla interrupted to hand him a bottle with a big question mark on it — telling him, “No dad, I think you should propose like this.”
Then, he told Noelle that he needed her help to open the bottle and she passed him the ring box, helping him open that before he dropped to one knee and professed his love.
As he did, Noelle, Kayla and Ashlee all gathered behind him with a hand-made puzzle piece sign that real, “Can we be a family?”
It all turned Bailey into a ball of emotions. Though she was confused at first, Bailey broke down in tears when she saw Hill get down on one knee and ask her the big question. She quickly said yes.
The crowd quickly erupted in applause, the source tells PEOPLE, chanting “Congratulations Chill!” — the nickname Bailey and Hill have adapted on social media.
This will be the second marriage for both Bailey and Hill, who currently works at Fox Sports 1 out of Los Angeles.
She was previously married to Peter Thomas from 2010 in 2017.
We’re so happy for Cynthia and Mike. Love wins again!
