Strictly's Neil Jones and Love Island's Chyna Mills share engagement and baby news
Love Island's Chyna Mills and Strictly Come Dancing star Neil Jones have confirmed they are engaged and expecting a baby.
Sharing the happy news with Hello, the couple revealed that professional dancer Neil had asked Chyna if she'd like to marry him while on a romantic trip to Bali.
"I'd already planned to ask Chyna to marry me before we knew she was pregnant," Neil told the magazine.
"Then we found out and I was like, 'Oh, this is brilliant, everything is coming together'."
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Chyna, who had appeared on the 2022 series of the ITV dating show, added that she initially thought Neil had been joking when he first got down on one knee.
"At first, I thought he was joking because we play jokes on each other all the time," she said.
"Then Neil was like, 'Chyna, so is it a yes or no?' because a few minutes had passed and he was still on one knee. I was like, 'Yeah!'
"After the baby news, we were on cloud nine – and now this. It still doesn't feel real," Chyna added.
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The couple have been dating for seven months, with Chyna catching Neil's eye while he had been watching the series with his fellow Strictly stars Jowita Przystal and Rhys Stephenson.
Friends and co-stars of Neil and Chyna quickly shared congratulations and well wishes after the couple announced their news on Instagram.
"Omg congratulations times x2 what a wholesome moment," wrote ex-islander Dami Hope.
"Boom Congratulations Daddy Neil," added Strictly: It Takes Two host Janette Manrara.
Love Island airs on ITV2, and is available via catch-up on ITVX and BritBox. Strictly Come Dancing airs on BBC One, while spin-off Strictly: It Takes Two airs on BBC Two. Both shows are available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
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