Matt Turner and Megan Belmonte. Courtesy of Megan Belmonte/Instagram
Taking the subsequent step! Practically one month after Matt Turner returned house from the Massive Brother home, he proposed to girlfriend Megan Belmonte.
“You and me until the top 💞,” Turner, 23, captioned a Saturday, October 29, Instagram snap from his Burlington, Vermont, engagement setup, noting Belmonte stated “sure.” He added: “I like you.”
Turner and Belmonte, who met whereas learning at Bridgewater State College, had been congratulated by lots of his former Massive Brother houseguests.
“WOOOO CONGRATULATIONS 🍾🎉🎊,” season 24 winner Taylor Hale commented on Saturday.
Joseph Abdin, for his half, added: “F—Okay YES BROTHER I AM JUMPING THROUGH THE ROUGH RN!! MEGAN BELMONTE TURNER! 💍”
Fellow present alums Kevin Schlehuber, Derek Xiao, Alyssa Lopez, Indy Santos and Hannah Chaddha additionally fortunately reacted to the proposal information. Turner’s Massive Brother teammate Jasmine Davis, after all, shared her personal properly needs.
“Congratulations, Festie Bestie 🔥 We LOVE you, Meagan❤️ [sic],” the 30-year-old Atlanta native — who commemorated her TV friendship with Turner by getting matching muffin tattoos — commented.
Turner’s Massive Brother cohorts had been, in actual fact, the “solely folks” he instructed about his proposal plans, sharing a screenshot of their group chat by way of Instagram Story on Saturday.
Matt Turner and Megan Belmonte. Courtesy of Megan Belmonte/Instagram
“Congratulations @Megan_Belmonte and @Turnurr I like U Each,” Santos, 31, wrote by way of her Instagram Story on the time. “We spent 3 months speaking about this present day and three weeks ready for it.”
The thrift retailer proprietor — who runs the boutique along with his newly minted fiancée — rose to fame as a contestant on Massive Brother season 24, which aired earlier this 12 months. Regardless of racking up a formidable variety of competitors wins, he was ultimately evicted through the finale and got here in third place behind Hale, 27, and Monte Taylor.
“In some way I ended up going so far as my Massive Brother lifespan was meant to be. I’ve no regrets on the finish of the day,” Turner completely recalled to Us of lacking out on making it to the Last Two after the September finale. “On the finish of day, Taylor performed an extremely resilient sport. She went up in opposition to a battle of obstacles each single week. And I feel she truthfully … deserved the win.”
Whereas Turner could not have intercepted the pageant queen and the 27-year-old private coach’s last two association, he discovered his personal partnership with Belmonte.
“Wanna make a last two?” the bride-to-be captioned Instagram snaps along with her man earlier this month. The Massachusetts native, for his half, replied with a nod to one in every of his Massive Brother alliances: “I’m down, we should always name it one thing cool, just like the pound or one thing.”
