No surprise that reality star Whitney Way Thore has some big fat fabulous plans for her wedding to fiancé Jake Beaudoin.
“When we first got engaged, people were asking, like, ‘Oh, so what are you guys planning?'” the star of My Big Fat Fabulous Life (returning to TLC Nov. 10 at 10 p.m.) shared in an exclusive interview with E! News. And though the DJ would tend to respond that they hadn’t begun making plans, “I’m like, ‘We haven’t?'” Way Thore remarked. “Like, ‘You haven’t. I have and I’ve been talking your ear up about it.'”
Because the way she sees it, ain’t no mountain high enough to keep her from getting to have the wedding of her dreams.
“My fantasy is Banff, Canada, or Iceland—those are my top two,” the 42-year-old shared. And while she’s yet to pay a visit to the resort town in the Canadian Rockies, it’s a vision that’s been on ice for quite a while.
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As the North Carolina-based reality star, who’s accepted two previous proposals, explained, “That’s always been my biggest fear about getting married, because I’m so hot-natured. My first thought is, ‘I have to get married outside in the cold and how are people going to function?”
But she remains hopeful that people will be, well, cool with it.
“It’s my wedding, so, whatever,” she reasoned, noting that Beaudoin is happy to rise to the occasion.
“Jake is pretty easygoing,” Way Thore noted. And since she prefers to be in control, she’s grateful that she’s “been met with no resistance so far.”
Though as much as she dreams of that majestic vista, “I’m just so excited for the making official of the partnership,” she shared, “just feeling like, ‘Good, we did it.'”
And, no, she doesn’t anticipate any cold feet.
Sure, she was hesitant when she reconnected with the single dad years after he ghosted her in 2018. “Basically, we met, we only hung out a couple times, but he ghosted,” she explained. “And I think it took me a little bit to entertain the seriousness of our relationship because I was still thinking about that and thinking like, ‘This is going to happen again.'”
But while she acknowledged that she has “very little faith in men”—considering seven months after then-boyfriend Chase Severinoslid a yellow sparkler onto the fourth finger of her left hand in October 2019, she discovered that he was expecting a baby with another woman—Beaudoin continues waving green flags.
“When you go from thinking you’re just in a casual relationship to all of a sudden we’re going to try to have a baby together, things move very quickly,” Way Thore explained. “And that can expose a lot of weaknesses that you might feel. But I continue to be pleasantly surprised at every turn, even though I was really, really, really looking for reasons to believe that it wasn’t right. But, luckily, he proved me wrong.”
Because the two are hardly taking baby steps, Way Thore having already approached Beaudoin about her long-held dreamof becoming a mom.
“He was way more into it than I was,” she revealed. “I was obviously very nervous to tell him that that was my plan, and I hadn’t really expected that it would matter to him because I didn’t expect that we would be in a serious relationship.”
She assumed once she filled him in on her intentions, he would bolt, but “he was so supportive and so excited,” Way Thore detailed. “And he never wavered on that once and still hasn’t.”
While she still gives him crap about ghosting her (“I bring it up constantly!” she cracked), she’s no longer spooked by the idea of forever with him.
“Even when I first met him years ago, one of the very first things I noticed about him is he’s such a wonderful dad and he loves being a dad,” Way Thore shared. “And he specifically was like, ‘I want another child. I want a baby again.’ I don’t really hear men talk like that much.”
But she likes all she’s heard from Beaudoin and the new accessory on her left hand. Of course, she’s not the only star making the whole place shimmer. Check out the other celebs who became bejeweled this year.
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“Last night Darrin proposed, with Lana right by my side, and I seriously couldn’t have asked for anything better,” Pumpkin wrote on TikTok. “I’m so excited for this next chapter, for our future, for our family, and for all the memories we still have ahead of us.”
The engagement was confirmed by pal Marina Hollyer, who posted a photo of the two on her Instagram Story Aug. 19 along with the caption: “My best friend in the world just got engaged.”
“I’d choose you in this life and every life,” she captioned photos of the proposal on Instagram. Here’s to forever, my love.”
“We crossed the country over and over just to find our way back to each other, never knowing that one day there wouldn’t be a return flight waiting,” Michael wrote on Instagram Aug. 6. “And somewhere between all those miles, we built a life. We collected moments, crossed milestones, became a family, and watched two separate places on a map slowly become one home.”
“I organized for a picnic blanket to be waiting for us with a pitcher of margaritas—extra sweet because that’s how Andrew orders them,” he recalled. “After the proposal, we got back on the dinghy—but instead of going back to the mainland, it took us out to a chartered boat. Six of our friends were hiding on it, waiting to surprise Andrew and celebrate with us!”
As she quipped on Instagram Aug. 1, “Fian-say what???”
Alongside pictures of Tartick’s European proposal, the pair wrote on Instagram July 13, “Right where we belong.”
“I love you, adventures with you forever and ever,” Kennedy wrote on Instagram June 30. Thank you for making me the luckiest guy in the world.”
“I’m on cloud 9 she said yes,” Lochte told TMZ. “I’m happy this is my new beginning, and I couldn’t do it without her.”
“SHE SAID YES (again),” he wrote on Instagram May 26. “Proposing again meant taking something that was already extraordinary and making it fully our own. It means the world to be able to reaffirm our promise and love to one another just the two of us.”
“MY BEST FRIEND SAID YES!!!” Josh wrote in an Instagram post. “Sharing this life with you is my happiest place.”
The custom designed Brilliant Earth engagement ring features a 4.04-carat radiant diamond set in platinum, with marquise diamonds that wrap elegantly above and beneath the center stone.
“It was the most romantic night of my life!” she wrote on Instagram. “I am so in love with you Adam. Baby, I am forever grateful for you and the impact you have had in my life and my kids lives. I am a better person because of you. You helped me find me again and showed me how to love. Every morning I wake up I feel safe knowing you are My person at my side. You and your kids coming into our lives has been the biggest blessing.”
Aryna captioned the joint announcement, “You & me, forever. 3.3.26.”
“My soulmate asked me to marry him,” she wrote on Instagram Feb. 11. “With every lifetime, every moment I have in front of me I said yes.”
“There’s some confusion,” she said. “It’s going around that I, that my guy Van Hunt—I’ve been dating him now for almost six years—well, there’s some confusion that he asked to marry me and I said no.”
However, “I did not say no,” Halle affirmed. “We just don’t have a date, but of course I said yes, I would marry him!”
“I was in complete shock!” she told People in a Jan. 7 interview. “My nervous system was trying to catch up to what just happened in this magical moment and I was also trying to process the iceberg that was being presented to me as well! I of course said ‘yes,’ and melted into what was the sweetest kiss I’ve ever felt!”
