Bret Michaels Enjoying Engagement Bliss
After nearly 17 years with Kristi GIbson, musician and reality TV star,
Bret Michaels already felt like he was part of a family -- without being married.
Happy and fulfilled with his girlfriend and their two daughters, Raine, 10, and Jorja, 5, marriage seemed like another layer that
wasn't necessary, but that has all changed. Michaels finally asked his on-off girlfriend to
marry him during the finale of his VH1 reality show, 'Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It.'
"Kristi is perfect for me because she allows me to live and do the things I love to do," Michaels said. "She has her own life away from me and that is great."
He told
PEOPLE that he never thought he would marry. "But when Kristi said, 'I don't need this ring, I don't need the piece of paper, I love you no matter what, she took the pressure off," he said.
The rocker said that by using reverse psychology on him, the scenario worked. He proposed on his TV show earlier this month, realizing that Kristi and the kids are what make him the happiest. He dared himself to take the next step.
"We have had a strong friendship with benefits for a long tie, getting engaged for real just felt right," he said.
However, the couple seem to be enjoying their engagement with no immediate plans to marry.
Gibson has said she would like to keep it casual and small. Maybe marry outdoors on a sunny beach, even a remote tropical island with just close friends and family who would help them celebrate with a rocking party.
Michaels, who had a scary
brain hemorrhage and small warning stroke earlier this year, will have surgery in January to repair a hole in his heart. No wedding will take place before that is completed.
"I feel great right now and am so happy to be alive," said Michaels, who will ring in the new year at Universal City Walk in Orlando. "I adore Kristi and will see what happens with the relationship."
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Why not just stay engaged, forever.
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"Michaels, who had a scary brain hemorrhage and small warning stroke earlier this year, will have surgery in January to repair a hole in his heart." Plus he's a diabetic.
After all this, he's still above ground. The casual observer might begin to suspect that God has a plan for him. It may well be time to seek salvation Bret.
oh great article ,She told him she didn't care if he was gay and that a marriage of convenience was okay as long as he paid her. She also said she didn't mind if he continued to wear eye makeup, had woman's hair, was only 5'4" tall and dressed like a rodeo clown.
My boyfriend and i both think so ...He is almost 11year older than me .i met him via kiss'military.c 'oma nice place for s'ee'king Army, Navy, Mari'nes, Air Force, Police Force and their admires.just love it
because it's immoral and a mortal sin.
he asked her to marry him-only because he boinked billy ray cyruses *WIFE*, and got BUSTED!!!! NOW, HE CONVENIENTLY ASKS HIS LONG TIME G/FRIEND TO MARRY HIM? wth? can anybody say OBVIOUS???, and MISTAKE????
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He didn't. Miley's mother is homely and wishes. She probably chased him. They got divocred because both Billy Ray and Miley are major potheads. Truth. But now Miley's an adult; she got busted but Dad still neglects to remember he has 3 other kids. Miley is his cash cow.
Bret got caught up in it, mainly, I think, because he's so laid back. Kristi is far more attractive and she deserves to be his wife.
You do not obviously understand TV. This was filmed BEFORE the "non-event" of the "non-affair'.
Quit reading trash while in line at the checkout and you'll be a lot smarter....or wait - the aliens will take you home and make babies with you.
Bret DID NOT HAVE AN AFFAIR WITH ANY CYRUS WOMAN, Mom or daughter.....next you'll be reading that he had an affair with an alien!
Baahaa!
Marriage is like taking a bath ,after you been in it a while ,it ain't so hot! Nowdays I take showers!
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LMAO!! Priceless!! I am sooo going to use this!!
Whatever takes the heat off HIM, and his torrid affair with Tish Cyrus(Miley's mom), and the break-up of her marriage to Billy Ray.
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Sure....He went for chuck when he had filet mignon at home. Never happened tabloid junkie!
Little late to set an example for his daughters. By making Kristi wait and wait, he'll continue to make her wait and wait. In the meantime, he had all those women on all those reality shows to fool around with. I hope Kristi had her own things going on.
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You got that right, monica. i must be the only 40 something male who see's him for the pig he is. We acted like that way in our twenties, because we were stupid.We don't act that way now, because we know better. his fiancee must not be all that grounded, either, to take him after all that stupidness on his "reality" shows. His 15 minutes have been over for years. Go away, Brett.
That means she has seen his real hair. Ev-ry turd has its corn, yeah it does.
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"Ev-ry turd has its corn"... LMAO... Total crack up...
I can't stand this guy! He thinks he's all that and he's just a has been who is now OLD! Those girls on his show would have Nothing to do with him if Money wasn't involved. He's a jerk!
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People were going to find a reason for Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus getting a divorce and Miley had sung on a recording Brett had done around the same time. He was convenient to blame but all parties concerned are denying it so who are any of us to say they did. Brett went on Celebrity Apprentice to play for a charity close to his heart and his daughter's - diabetes - and after speaking to his doctors even Donald Trump said this was risking his life. There's a sentence in this interview that everyone seems to have missed - that Kristi had her own life away from Brett. Whatever that meant to Brett and Kristi they were the only ones who had to live with it and both of them were happy. Accusations are just that, accusations, and only that, but since all parties say it never happened why not just leave the guy alone.
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the only question is why anyone would waste their time reading this crap.
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So why are you here?
It's about damned time! Congrats!
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