Shaun White’s elaborate ruse to lure his fiancée, Nina Dobrev, to his dream proposal concerned Anna Wintour — however the Vogue editor-in-chief wasn’t truly there.

White, 38, revealed to Vogue in an interview revealed on Wednesday, October 30, that after his first two proposal plans didn’t pan out, he settled on popping the query in New York Metropolis on the finish of October.

Dobrev, nonetheless, threw a wrench within the state of affairs a number of days earlier than the proposal when she informed the Olympic gold medalist that she wasn’t feeling nicely. White took drastic measures to verify Dobrev, 35, would go away their home, enlisting his publicist for assist.

White informed the outlet that he despatched a faux invitation to Dobrev for an intimate CFDA Awards and Vogue dinner with Wintour, 74, on the Golden Swan, which she accepted. “He made the invite look so official,” Dobrev informed the journal.

The Vampire Diaries alum didn’t catch on to White’s plan. As a substitute, Dobrev recalled operating late to the alleged dinner, which made her “panic that Anna’s ready for me.”

When Dobrev arrived on the venue, it was quiet, which made her much more nervous that she missed the cocktail hour. As soon as she opened the door and noticed White and a photographer standing in entrance of an arch of white roses the whole lot began to make sense.

“I went into shock. I simply froze and stared at him,” Dobrev recalled, revealing she simply began to say, “No, no, no!”

White wasn’t deterred by Dobrev’s disbelief, telling the outlet that he “knew she was nervous as a result of when she’s nervous she’ll make jokes.”

“She’s like, ‘So, wait, Anna’s not right here?’” Shaun laughed. When the retired snowboarder obtained down on one knee, Dobrev mentioned she blacked out. “He mentioned all the correct issues,” she mentioned.

The couple, who went public with their romance in early 2020, celebrated their engagement with pals, toasting with champagne and caviar till 1 a.m.

“Finally we realized — aside from the caviar — we hadn’t eaten something. So we ordered Shake Shack and dumplings to the Golden Swan,” Dobrev revealed.

The pair introduced their engagement through social media on Wednesday, sharing pictures of the romantic second. White lined the room in white rose petals that matched the floral arch the place he popped the query. Candles lit the trail to the arch.

“RIP boyfriend, hi there fiancé 💍♾️,” Dobrev captioned a collection of pictures from the night through Instagram. White merely wrote, “She mentioned YES 💍♾️.”

The athlete additionally shared behind-the-scenes snaps of the event through his Instagram Story calling it the “finest night time of my life.”

“I do know this was y’all’s dream come true however let’s be sincere, you made all of our goals come true ❤️❤️❤️ love you,” Dobrev’s longtime bestie Julianne Hough wrote within the feedback part.

Zoey Deutch replied, “MOM AND DAD ARE GETTING MARRIED,” whereas TVD creator Julie Plec wrote, “Holy s—, yay!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.”

Us Weekly beforehand reported that White and Dobrev had been able to take their relationship to the subsequent degree. “They’ve talked about getting married, having youngsters, the entire 9 yards,” a supply solely revealed in February 2023.

White, in the meantime, solely informed Us in January 2022 that his relationship with Dobrev works for a wide range of causes.

“We now have frequent pursuits,” he defined. “The way in which wherein we met actually form of strengthened our relationship. And the issues that we do face, they form of fall away by way of communication. It’s simply been nice.”

White additionally revealed on the time that he would “like to be a dad” when the time comes. “It’s simply one thing that appears so thrilling, you understand?” he defined. “I really like being round folks, and I really like the concept of getting somebody aside from my very own pursuits to take care of.”