Despite weeks of furious denials, rugby player Braith Anasta and actress Jodi Gordon are, in fact, engaged. And they’re not afraid to put a hefty price tag on the story.
Braith and Jodi were reportedly paid $140,000 to share their engagement news in New Idea’s current issue. They discussed the proposal and their romance in the interview and unveiled Jodi’s custom-made diamond engagement ring for the first time.
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“I just asked Jodi to spend the rest of her life with me and grow old together. I wanted to get it right because it’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing,” Anasta excitedly told the magazine.
“We’ve become best friends who can lean on each other in any situation. And that to me means everything.”
The couple also discussed their first date, claiming it was love at first sight for both of them.
“We knew pretty much straight away that we were meant to be with each other,” the sports star said.
Braith proposed to Jodi in the garden of their new $1.9 million Clovelly home last month. He popped the question with a cheap ring so Jodi could design one she really liked at a later date.
Engagement rumours began in June, when Woman’s Day published a story saying Jodi had been seen leaving a Sydney jewellery store.
Braith and Jodi strenuously denied the claims, saying the article was “total speculation”. Their agent on the other hand, reportedly refused to deny the rumour.
Instead, Woman’s Day editor Fiona Connolly says the agent tried to broker a $100,000 deal for details of the engagement.
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Braith and Jodi aren’t the only high-profile couple to deny rumours about their personal life, only for them to be proven true shortly afterwards. Glenn McGrath and his wife Sara Leonardi publicly rubbished New Idea’s claims they were planning a second wedding earlier this year. Weeks later, the couple confirmed the ceremony on their Twitter pages.
Your say: Do you think Braith Anasta and Jodi Gordon should have sold their engagement story after weeks of strenuously denying the rumours were true?
