Celebrities Who Proposed to Their Partners More Than Once Over the Years: Arie Luyendyk Jr., Dean McDermott and More

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Celebrities Who Proposed to Their Partners More Than Once Over the Years: Arie Luyendyk Jr., Dean McDermott and More

Some celebrity couples have celebrated their love over the years by recapturing the magic of their original proposal. Long after Arie Luyendyk Jr. found his happily ever after with wife Lauren Burnham, the former Bachelor decided to honor their relationship by getting down on one knee once again in October 2021. “The ring I gave her on The Bachelor was obviously paid for,” Luyendyk Jr. explained on the couple’s YouTube channel at the time. “We never really felt like it was something I chose for her, so I got her another ring. I’m re-proposing today. I’m a little nervous. … Cross your fingers for me." Luyendyk Jr. wasn't the only Bachelor Nation alum who decided to have another proposal off camera. Jordan Rodgers popped the question to his fiancé, JoJo Fletcher, three years after they got engaged during season 12 of The Bachelorette. “I love @joelle_fletcher with all my heart!!” Rodgers wrote via Instagram in August 2019. “I always wanted to re-propose, with no cameras, no producers, no drama … just us. Our first engagement was so real, and meant so much to us both, but as we start to actually plan our wedding for next year I wanted to do it all over again, OUR WAY!” He continued: “So I bought a new ring, made a plan (that almost fell apart multiple times), and got down on one knee all over again. This time it was simple: Joelle is the love of my life, she is my rock, she is the funniest, strongest, and sweetest person I have ever known. The first time around I fell in love with a lot of what you all love about JoJo. But this time around I got on one knee and vowed to honor and protect her heart, which is the greatest part of her.” Scroll down for more couples that honored their relationships with more than one proposal:

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Celebrities Who Proposed to Their Partners More Than Once Over the Years: Arie Luyendyk Jr., Dean McDermott and More

Some celebrity couples have celebrated their love over the years by recapturing the magic of their original proposal. Long after Arie Luyendyk Jr. found his happily ever after with wife Lauren Burnham, the former Bachelor decided to honor their relationship by getting down on one knee once again in October 2021. “The ring I gave her on The Bachelor was obviously paid for,” Luyendyk Jr. explained on the couple’s YouTube channel at the time. “We never really felt like it was something I chose for her, so I got her another ring. I’m re-proposing today. I’m a little nervous. … Cross your fingers for me." Luyendyk Jr. wasn't the only Bachelor Nation alum who decided to have another proposal off camera. Jordan Rodgers popped the question to his fiancé, JoJo Fletcher, three years after they got engaged during season 12 of The Bachelorette. “I love @joelle_fletcher with all my heart!!” Rodgers wrote via Instagram in August 2019. “I always wanted to re-propose, with no cameras, no producers, no drama … just us. Our first engagement was so real, and meant so much to us both, but as we start to actually plan our wedding for next year I wanted to do it all over again, OUR WAY!” He continued: “So I bought a new ring, made a plan (that almost fell apart multiple times), and got down on one knee all over again. This time it was simple: Joelle is the love of my life, she is my rock, she is the funniest, strongest, and sweetest person I have ever known. The first time around I fell in love with a lot of what you all love about JoJo. But this time around I got on one knee and vowed to honor and protect her heart, which is the greatest part of her.” Scroll down for more couples that honored their relationships with more than one proposal:

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Dylan Barbour and Hannah Godwin

Nearly five years after his proposal to Godwin on Bachelor in Paradise, Barbour popped the question again.

“Although our first engagement was and still is SO special to us, over the past 4 years we’ve talked about having a special little moment just for us in the real world, and @dylanbarbour surprised me and made it happen last week,” Godwin wrote via Instagram in August 2023.

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Becca Kufrin and Thomas Jacobs

After less than one year of dating, Kufrin proposed to Jacobs in May 2022. Later that year, the Bachelorette season 17 alum got his own chance to pop the question.

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Jordan Rodgers and JoJo Fletcher

The twosome got engaged in 2016 during season 12 of The Bachelorette before revisiting the special milestone three years later.

"I just always wanted there to be an opportunity, not to overshadow or overtake the first one, but where it was just us," Rodgers shared with Us in September 2019. "No TV cameras, no drama, no 120-degree index on the beach in Thailand. Like just us, kind of like the way it would have been if we would've met in a coffee shop and not on a TV show."

The sports commentator admitted that he was more nervous the first time around than the second. 

"I mean, the second time I knew the answer," he noted at the time. "I knew she was going to flip out over the ring. I knew it was going to be a yes. The first time, I mean as much as I knew it was going to be me, you never know until you're taking this walk and you're like, ‘Wait, is the sun low enough? Is it the sunset shot or is she gonna dump me?’ It's just, there's a whole lot that goes into that."

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Arie Luyendyk Jr. and Lauren Burnham

Burnham originally said yes to Luyendyk Jr. during season 22 of The Bachelor in 2018. The Netherlands native surprised his wife with another proposal three years later after they had already tied the knot.

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Karamo Brown and Ian Jordan

Brown originally proposed to Jordan in May 2018 after eight years together. Two years later, the Queer Eye star decided to reaffirm his love for his fiancé.

“Ian, as you know I love you very much. And after this quarantine I realized how much I love you,” the Netflix personality told Jordan in a 2020 Instagram video. “And we were supposed to be getting married but now that's getting canceled ‘cause of corona. And also you lost your engagement ring."

He added: "So I decided to ask you to marry me again and bought you another engagement ring.”

Brown confirmed that they had called it quits in September 2020.

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Dan Reynolds and Aja Volkman

Reynolds and Volkman were married for seven years before deciding to separate in April 2018. After reconnecting several months later, the Imagine Dragons front man showed his love for his wife with another proposal the following year.

“The last two years have been transformative to say the least. I’ve never caused so much hurt or been so hurt by another human in my life,” Volkman wrote via Instagram in December 2019. “It took us a long time to really see each other. We weren’t reckless at all. In fact, we were so careful that we didn’t do what we needed to do. We didn’t listen to who we were.” 

The musician reflected on their first attempt at marriage in the emotional post.

“It was a wild story that just kept getting more wild as time passed. ... We went through a whirlwind of successes and failures and we held each other tight because it was scary," she continued. "But we also suffocated each other.”

For the couple, choosing to "start again" pushed them to a better place in their relationship.

“Tonight, we put our kids to bed and began to clean up the mess of the day. I could see that he was nervous but I didn’t know why. He got on one knee and before he could open his mouth I began to cry," she detailed. "Loaded tears that held nearly 10 years of growth. The answer has always been ‘yes,’ even before we knew what that meant.”

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Mackenzie McKee and Josh McKee

Mackenzie and Josh, who tied the knot in August 2013, gave their love another try after previously calling it quits.

“This man ... I will never forget my 25th birthday. 6 hours of opening up clues and going on a scavenger hunt,” the Teen Mom alum captioned an Instagram photo from the proposal in October 2019, two months after announcing their initial split. “Even putting on a dress you picked out. I still can’t believe the work God has done. My ring is beautiful and I choose you over and over. Here’s to new beginnings in Christ.”

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Ben Higgins and Lauren Bushnell

After getting engaged during season 20 of The Bachelor, Higgins decided to recreate the moment during ABC's After the Final Rose special.

“When I did this the first time, I had to call your dad on the phone. I didn’t get to do it the way I would have liked to. Your family is here. I’d like to bring them out,” Higgins explained to Bushnell before getting down on one knee in March 2016. “That day was a day that I meant every word I said. … You have continued to support me and love me and keep me smiling in some of the weirdest and hardest situations, I meant it on that day ... but will you marry me once again?”

The duo split one year later.

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Dean McDermott and Tori Spelling

McDermott surprised his wife with three proposals throughout their marriage. The Slasher star first asked the Beverly Hills, 90210, alum to be his wife in 2005. They tied the knot five months later and McDermott asked again on the one-year anniversary of his original proposal. 

The Canada native got down on one knee for a third time in April 2016 during a family trip to Paris with four of their children. The twosome share five children together: Liam (born in March 2007), Stella (born in June 2008), Hattie (born in October 2011), Finn (born in August 2012) and Beau (born in March 2017). McDermott is also the father of son Jack with ex Mary Jo Eustace.

"Dean planned it with the owners," Spelling told photographer Michael Simon about the special third celebration in 2016. "[He wanted] to have the terrace all reserved and private for us, and told me we were going to get coffee and hot chocolates for the kids. And then surprised me when he got down on one knee and presented me with an antique engagement ring."