'Millionaire Matchmaker' Gets Engaged

PopEater
posted: 12 DAYS 22 HOURS AGO
comments: 25
filed under: In Love, TV News
PRINT|E-MAILMORE
Text SizeAAA
After putting together countless matches for others, the 'Millionaire Matchmaker' star Patti Stanger is engaged to real estate exec Andy Friedman, according to an UsMagazine.com exclusive.
"I feel like it should have happened years ago, so I'm kind of shocked," the Bravo reality star told Us.
Skip over this content

Stars in Love

    Patti Stanger and Andy Friedman 'Millionaire Matchmaker' Patti Stanger got engaged to real estate exec Andy Friedman on May 31. The couple, who met through a matchmaker, have been together for five and a half years.

    Jerritt Clark, WireImage

    Billy Joel and Alex Donnelley
    Dating?
    The thrice-married pop rocker and the former 'Young and the Restless' actress have reportedly been dating since meeting at one of his concerts. He announced in June that he and his third wife were splitting up.

    Getty Images

    Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy
    Reportedly Engaged
    Kennedy allegedly proposed to his girlfriend on stage at the Laugh Factory in Long Beach, CA.

    Francois G. Durand, WireImage

    The-Dream and Christina Milian
    Engaged
    The couple plan to have a small wedding.

    Jordan Strauss, Getty Images

    Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner
    Engaged
    Fun Fact: Trump, 27, converted to Judaism for Kushner.

    Getty Images

    Robert Redford and Sibylle Szaggars
    Reportedly Married
    Fun Fact: Szaggars moved to Sundance, Utah -- the headquarters of Redford's Sundance Institute -- in the 1990s.

    Getty Images

    Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan
    Married
    Fun Fact: He popped the question in front of close friends while they were in Maui.

    Getty Images

    Gemma Arterton and Stefano
    Reportedly Engaged
    Fun Fact: They met on the set of 'Quantum of Solace,' the Bond movie where she played Strawberry Fields and he was Daniel Craig's stunt double.

    Gareth Davies, Getty Images

    Kara DioGuardi and Mike McCuddy
    Married
    Fun Fact: The new 'Idol' judge and her contractor husband got engaged while on vacation in Mexico.

    In Touch Weekly/Justine Ungaro Studios

    Jenna Fischer and Lee Kirk
    Engaged
    Fun Fact: The couple got engaged on June 30, while vacationing together in Europe.

    Kristian Dowling, Getty Images

Stanger, 48, and Friedman, 51, met five and a half years ago through a matchmaker. Friedman proposed on her birthday, May 31, while in Maui, Hawaii. The 4-carat ring was delivered by a black swan named Raymond.
"I have a rule, if you go out for a year and he doesn't propose, it goes up a carat a year," Stanger said.
With wedding plans set for 2010, the Los Angeles based couple are still deciding on what kind of wedding will be right for them.
"I want to elope, and he wants a big wedding," Stanger said. "I'm like, 'Let's go to Vegas!'"
Skip over this content

PopScene: Weeks Hot Pics

    Jennifer Aniston seen on location for "The Baster" on the streets of Manhattan on May 14, 2009 in New York City.

    James Devaney, WireImage

    Sibi Blazic and Christian Bale arrive at the premiere of "Terminator Salvation" in Hollywood on May 14, 2009.

    Mark Ralston, AFP / Getty Images

    Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy and Mark Hoppus of Blink 182 attend the T-Mobile Sidekick LX launch event at Paramount Studios on May 14, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.

    Chris Weeks, WireImage

    Holly Madison appears at the pool at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino after participating in a Guinness World Record event staging the world's largest bikini parade on the Las Vegas Strip.

    Ethan Miller, Getty Images

    Singer Mariah Carey arrives at Nice Airport to attend The Cannes Film Festival on May 13, 2009 in Nice, France.

    Bauer-Griffin

    Kelly Clarkson shows off her curves in a tank top onstage at KIIS FM's 12th Annual Wango Tango Fest on May 9, 2009 in Irvine, Calif.

    Tim Mosenfelder , Getty Images

    Kelly Clarkson shows off her curves in a tank top onstage at KIIS FM's 12th Annual Wango Tango Fest on May 9, 2009 in Irvine, Calif.

    Tim Mosenfelder , Getty Images

    Courtney Love waits for her friends at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood. May 11, 2009.

    X17online

    Boy George spotted leaving Edmunds Hill Prison in Suffolk, UK on May 11, 2009. The former Culture Club frontman -- real name George O'Dowd -- was convicted in December last year of chaining up a male escort at his east London apartment in April 2007.

    BARM , Fame Pictures

    Heidi Montag arrives at Maxim's 10th Annual Hot 100 Celebration held at Barker Hangar on May 13, 2009 in Santa Monica, California.

    Jason Merritt, Getty Images

2009 AOL LLC. All Rights Reserved.
2009-07-22 12:36:38
PRINT|E-MAILDIGGAIMMORE