[BlindGossip] In a case where one half of a couple makes substantially more than the other, who pays for the engagement ring? Well, in the case of these three engaged couples where the woman has the bigger paycheck, it certainly wasn’t the future groom.
The first couple went directly to the jeweler and cut a deal for a very impressive diamond sparkler. They worked out an arrangement where the couple agreed to make x number of mentions of the jeweler in the press for a 50% discount. Then the female half of the couple paid the balance in cash.
The second couple tried harder than anyone to try to talk multiple jewelers into a free ring. When no one would agree to the freebie, she simply turned to her future fiance and said, “Here’s the money. You know what I like. Now, go get me the biggest f*cking diamond you can.”
The third couple knew ahead of time that they were getting engaged, and she knew exactly what she wanted. Because she likes to control everything, she picked out the ring in a secret private buying session with the jeweler, where they settled on a price. Then she later gave the money to the boyfriend, who went to the store to pay for the ring. Of course she pretended that she had no idea that there was a ring coming, that she was thrilled with her fiance’s taste, and that she was so impressed that he paid for the ring himself.
So, when you see those shining baubles on the ring fingers of these lucky stars, you now know that in all three cases, the future groom didn’t have to lay out his own cash… but that he still gets to look like he’s a generous man with good taste.
Jessica Simpson
Kim Kardashian
Britney Spears
I second this.
Sounds good! Would love to know!!
I don’t think Britney is 2 or 3 maybe number 1?
Jason has his own money doesn’t he?
This would make sense why Kim wouldn’t give the ring back after they so quickly ended things. Wonder if she bought a lot of her own wedding gifts too..
…just naming names – have no idea which is which…
I agree except Britney, but not in your order!
#1- Kardashian (she is friends with Lorraine Schwartz http://kimkardashian.celebuzz.com/tag/lorraine-schwartz/)
#2- Snooki; the profanity & diamond demand gives her away. Plus who would want to give her a freebie?
#3- JSimp. Has to be, because she talked about that ruby / Eric’s taste!
Britney, Jessica and ???
I agree with your order, kittee- Britney, Jess, & KK.
(My KK is Kimmie K-dash, Not Kourt or Khloe)
Oh, maybe the third is Kourtney?
Okay, let’s see …
1) We know this couple can’t be JT & Jessica Biel b/c Jessica makes peanuts compared to JT
2) I’m guessing Madonna and her piece for the 3rd couple consisting of the controlling female.
3) I’m going to guess J. Lo for the 2nd couple b/c she is SO CHEAP & SO TRASHY that it totally sounds like her to me. And she just HAD to have Ben from “Bennifer” buy her the biggest ring at the time. And I despise her for bringing those one couple names into fashion which all started with “Bennifer”.
4) I’m going to venture Xtina & Matt whoever for the 1st couple b/c I just find it hilarious that Xtina would be eating crow considering she mocked Britney for buying her engagement ring the first time around. (Hoping the 1st couple isn’t Britney … hope she actually got her dude to pay for her ring this time around.)
Not to mention the shortened names from “JLo” (“JHud,” “LiLo,” etc.)!
You think of JLo as being trashy? But she seems like a self-obsessed diva who wouldn’t dare have anything she considered less than The Best -unless you’re referring to the men she’s chosen. Maybe it’s her clothing that you find trashy?
I do find J.Lo trashy. Yes, she seems self-obsessed (selfish) but that, for me, doesn’t preclude her from being trashy
JLo doesn’t have the best of anything IMO. She’s obsessed with image & material possessions and whatever costs more. She’s obsessed with Goop and has gone for all of her past BFs. She’s marginally talented. She doesn’t have taste (i.e. trashy) and her engagement bauble from Ben was gross (though I’m sure super $$) & you know she only liked it b/c it was $$ and HUGE. She had to have the biggest one out there.
She’s gaudy and she talks in a very uneducated ghetto way. I’ve seen some of her interviews and she comes off really trashy to me. She’s over-the-top emotion-wise, clothes-wise, etc… and not in an endearing way a la Liza Minelli, Dolly Parton.
I know I’m rambling, but basically … lacking in talent, taste, and doesn’t know how to conduct herself in public. That’s just my take on it though. I thought she fit #2 b/c she needed to have the biggest bauble at the time.
But….
I’m liking other people’s guesses a lot. Especially the snookie creature. She’s not on my radar at all so didn’t even think of her but I think she fits much better than JLo.
Also liking all the other guesses better than mine LOL. I had thought that these engagements didn’t happen yet and would happen in the FUTURE so that’s what my guesses were based on. FUTURE engagements. But I think I misread the blind.
Though I think Britney is NOT on that list. Her man can afford her ring (even if it’s a bit smaller than she likes & I don’t think Brit would complain & Brit is DEFINITELY NOT controlling. Hello, she’s under a conservatorship?)
So my new guesses are:
# 1 —> I agree with the Anne Hathaway guess. I think it’s her.
# 2 —> I would go with the snookie creature over JLo. Much better guess
# 3 —> I still like MDNA for this. As controlling as she is, I can see her for this & I can see her whole engagement as more publicity for her.
Anyway, just my 2 cents
Oops, apparently the engagement in #3 already happened? Geez, gotta read more carefully.
Okay, J.Simpson for #3 then!
I agree with you, Mermaid. You summed her up perfectly. JLo IS ghetto and trashy. I actually get nervous for her when she has to “perform” or “speak” and she does lack taste. She’s all quantity. VERY gaudy and tacky. It’s so sad and embarrassing. I also find her to be extremely insincere. She’s a phony.
Totally. And her over-the-top Idol waterworks? Embarrassing. And so, so disingenuous.
X-tina, Snookie and……??
Wait. I meant Jessica Simpson
1- Kim K
2- ?
3- Britney
One of them is for sure Jessica Simpson, the other one could be Snooki.
Don’t know for the last one.
Britney and Jason Trawick and Jessica Simpson and her fiance for two of the couples? I’m not sure about the third.
#1 Jessica Simpson
#2 Snooki
#3 ??Kim K seems controlling so I’ll go with her
Jessica Simpson, Mariah Carey and Star Jones. Star being the one to beg for a freebie. Her whole wedding was a promo piece. The other two scenarios are interchangeable, IMO.
1. Britney Spears
2. Jessica Simpson
3. Kim KarTRASHian
I feel like #2 is Evelyn Lozada
Do you really think that Evelyn has more money than Chad????? Really????????
And #3 Simpson…not sure on 1
Second couple: Snooki and Jioni.
One of these is Jessica Simpson. I’ll go with the third couple, but it could be either.
First: Britney and Jason.
Third: Jessica and Eric.
My guess for the first – Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson is it?
2 – Definitely sounds like Snooki
3 – I don’t know, maybe Biel and Timberlake? But I’m sure he makes more so I don’t know.
Scratch 3, Britney Spears obviously. TOTALLY forgot about her!
Controlling, really? I would have thought that Britney would be ok with an onion ring
ROFL. I agree that she wouldn’t be number 3, but is one of these…
I actually thought this would be really easy until I see everyone’s guesses. I had no idea there were so many women with less successful men who recently got engaged.
Yeah you’re right, Brit does like her things cheap. Okay well than i switch 1 and 3 so
1. Britney Spears
2. Snooki
3. Jessica Simpson
Second Couple— Snooki and her baby daddy?
#1 Anne Hathaway and her bf – her ring is from Kwiat, they work with celebs quite a bit.
#2 definitely sounds like Snooki and Jionni.
#3 Jessica Simspon – unless these are all recent engagements, then I say Drew Barrymore
don’t know which is which, but, madonna’s little boy child, J Lo’s little boy child and jessica simpson’s little man child.
Don’t know # 1 or 3, but couple #2 is Snooki.
Spears, Simpson and Barrymore?
Couple #2 – Snookie & Jianni
1) Jessica and Justin?
2) Snookie and her man?
3) Halle Barry – since “she likes to control everything”
Halle Berry is a great guess for #3!
Second couple is Snooki and her baby daddy. Not sure about the other two.
(1) Tamra Barney
(2) Snookie
(3) Drew Barrymore
1. Is Xtina enagaged to that tool PA from Burlesque? clue being X (Xtina and X Factor)
2. I’m just guessing Britney Spears, no clues but she seems like she would think she deserves something for free and would use the f word.
3. Jessica Simpson. Family full of control freaks, fake.
I know one is Jessica Simpson but the rest…?
Ah, memories of the night of your engagement. You wake up several times to move your left hand around in the moonlight and see the shiny diamonds!
lol
Not sure about the first one… 2nd one I guess Snooki and for the 3rd I guess Jessica Simpson.
Jessica Simpson
Kim Kardashian
Natalie Portman
First Couple:Anne Hathaway and Adam Shulman (almost every article I read mentions that it is a Kwiat ring http://stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com/2011/12/14/anne-hathaway-engagement-ring-photo/)
Second Couple:Nicole Polizzi aka Snookie and Jionni (Nicole demanded a big ring according this article http://www.celebitchy.com/213145/snooki_shows_off_her_big_engagement_ring_is_it_real_or_fake_as_her_tan/
Also, the second ring in the picture is the same cut of the ring she is wearing in the article I’ve linked)
Third Couple: Britney Spears and Jason Trawick
Britney tweeted how she was surprised with “the one give I’ve been waiting for” http://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/view/43423/Britney-Spears-tweets-excitement-about-surprise-gift-following-rumours-of-engagement-/
And man articles mentioned how great it was that Britney finally had I guy pay for a ring for her after Kevin. This engagement wasn’t really a surprise for any of us, including Britney I suspect. They were reportedly talking marriage for a long time before the proposal http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2011/11/report-jason-trawick-buys-engagement-ring-will-propose-to-britne/
sorry for all the typos peeps. I was guessing in a hurry!
Nicely done!
You convinced me, am on board with this guess
This.
I’m going to have to agree with MrsGosling’s guesses. I originally thought Spears for #1, but Hathaway seems to fit much better!
And I still think Simpson is #3, because Brit’s man did have money before she came along.
Best guess so far for #1 & #2, except I think #3 is Jessica Simpson.
She is desperate for her fiance Eric to viewed as credible and committed to their relationship. Plus, I can see her being very particular about the ring & just buying it herself so that Eric “Broke as a Joke” Johnson could give it to her.
Britney and Jason have been together awhile and are a legit couple, Jason has his own money, and Britney really isn’t the type to be very controlling about anything (she’s cool with no shoes at a gas station!), especially considering she didn’t care if people knew she bought the K-Fed ring.
Britney Spears for the second one
I meant the 3rd one
#2 is snooki
1. Britney Spears (although I think they have a real love, but she makes eons more than he does)
2. Snooki
3. Britney Spears (although I think they have a real love, but she makes eons more than he does)
These are WILD guesses.lol
1. Britney Spears
2. Kim Kartrashian
3. Jessica Simpson
couple 1: quuen latifah and gf
couple 2: jessica simpson and bf
couple 3: britney and bf
If this blind were from a few years ago, #3 would be Mimi!
probably Snooki for at least one couple, she’s about to announce her pregnancy and engagement.
couple 1: Brittney Spears and Jason T.
Couple 2: Snookie and her fiance
Couple 3: Drew Barrymore
Third is Kim Kardashian for sure
Portman
Simpson
Biel?
I have no idea who you are referring to but the rings in the picture are GORGEOUS!
Shannen Doherty + Kurt I.
Britney Spears + Jason
Jessica Simpson + Victim
1) Jessica Simpson
2) Snooki
3) Kartrashian
1. Snooki
2. Tamra Barney from Real Housewives of OC
3. Drew Barrymore
Oooh! Ooh! And I love the rings! I have the first one (albeit smaller….we ain’t the 1% ya know)!
No order here;
Jessica Simp(le)s(t)on
That Jersey cow; Snooki(sl)ee(z)e
&
Maw-Maw-Donna
[J-Low could easily fit in lieu of Maw-Maw-Donna]
One of these has to be Jessica Simpson. What’s interesting is that this is happening more and more with (hetero) non-celeb couples too. Despite wanting equality in every way, many bright and successful women still feel more comfortable acting as if the guy bought the ring himself. It may be hyprocritical but personally I understand that feeling.
I feel like couple #1 or #3 is Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied.. But their new rings are wedding rings and all the news items about these rings since they were spotted wearing them at the Oscars have been name-dropping the jeweller. It’s the same one who designed Nat’s engagement ring because it’s all ethically-sourced diamondzzzz….
Couple #2 could be Jess Simpson and her fiancé wince he was outed as taking her money at Christmas and cheaping out on her gift to pocket the rest of the cash.
Not sure who the third couple is.
Wince = since, but that story did make me wince a little.
Kim k.
Snookie
Jessica S.
I’m feeling pretty fing confident on these.
1. Britney Spears
2. SNOOKI
3. Jessica S.
When I read #1, I thought Jessica Simpson because she likes to mention Neil Lane, Neil Lane (I don’t even follow news about Simpson and I’ve still heard that). But then I got to #3 and realized, THAT’S Jessica Simpson pretending that her leech of a fiance picked out that ring. Poor, silly woman.
#2 screams that awful, tacky Snooki creature. I’m ashamed to know that. LOL.
Leaving #1 I’m not sure about, but I’ll guess the equally awful Kim Kardashian, since her whole wedding was a business venture.
Snooki and her guy have to be one of them, probably #2. E! News even made some stupid random tagline to her engagement story that the couple wanted to make sure everyone knew this wasn’t a freebie and that Gionni paid for it fair and square. It was like their publicist wrote the E! copy. Yeah, where does that idiot have the money for a 4 carat diamond ring? The swearing comment gives it away as Snookster.
Jessica Simpson reportedly paid for her engagement ring cause Eric Johnson is a good for nothing layabout without any income except from her. She’s have to be #3 since it’s a giant ruby and not a diamond for it’s major stone. And she does like to control everything. Everything else fits as well.
Oh and as old as it is, Britney picked out and paid for her engagement ring to K-Fed back in the day. Was like $40K. I’m pretty sure it was Neil Lane and it got a lot of mentions. Don’t know if the blind would go back that far, but Brit did buy that one.
At least Jason Trawick is a successful agent and could actually buy her the ring she has now (which is actually lovely and tasteful).
The middle looks like the one I saw on Snooki’s hand but I may be wrong.
No idea on the first.
Jessica Simpson for the second and Drew Barymore for the third.
Jessica Simpson, Snooki and have no clue for #3
1)Kim Kardashian and what’s his name
3) Jessica Simpson
No clue on #2 though.
1. I’m not thinking of anyone in particular mentioning jewelers. But wasn’t Kim Kardashian’s ring discounted?
2. Kate Hudson. Her ring is huge but really murky.
3. No clue. Doesn’t Jessica Simpson run the finances with her man.
Probably Jessica for one of them.
Jessica Simpson ……. Kim Kardashian……not sure about the third.
First couple..Jessica Simpson and her baby daddy cause she may be blonde but her clothing line at Macy’s tell me she is shrewder than I thought…and knows how to work a dime..
Second couple would be Snooki and her baby daddy (plus spilled on Page Six she couldn’t get a freebie)
Third couple…no idea!
I will Jessica Simpson and snookie. Not sure about the 3rd
One of the couples is definitely Jessica Simpson and her man but I have no idea who the other two are.
I think Snooki and her fiance are the second couple.
First couple: Jessica Simpson and fiance ?
Second couple: Snookie and fiance
Third couple: Kim K and Kris H
Pure guesses, but Snooki for #2 and Jessica Simpson for #3.
One of them has to be Jessica Simpson and her freeloader…
I’m thinking Snooki for #2 and Jessica Simpson for #3… not sure about the first couple!
Second couple-Snooks & Jionnnnnni?
3rd – Drew Barrymore and What is his name?
Well,i’ll try.lol
First couple:I don’t know…Britney spears and Jason?
Second couple:Kate Hudson and Matt Bellamy?
Third couple:Jessica Simpson and her unemployed fiance?
Well,i tried.lol
But the rings from the photo are really gorgeous…sooo beautiful.:)
1-Jay cutler & kristin cavallari (sp)
2-snooki & short guido fiancé
3-Jessica Simpson & Eric Johnston
Just spitballin’ yo 0_0
Second couple must be Snooki… the other ones I have no idea.
One of them could be Maria Sharapova, her ring cost $250k. There have also been rumors that she is actually gay.
the first or third one – jessice simpson
the second one is for sure Snooki – her fiance has no money and no jeweler is looking to get advertising off her and she would totally tell him what to but and throw an F bomb in there
#2 sounds like Snooki
1. Betthany
2. Snooki
3. Kim K
#1 Drew Barrymore
#2 Snookie
#3 maybe Jessica Simpson
Wait wait wait. I could be wrong, the “press” reference sounds like a Kim K thing to me:
1. Kim Kartrashian
2. Britney Spears
3. Jessica Simpson
1) Natalie Portman
2) Snooki
3) Jessica Simpson
1. Natalie Portman
2. Snooki
3. Jessica Simpson or Britney Spears
2nd is definitely snooki
3rd i’m guessing anne hathaway
1st i agree is jessica simpson
1) Snooki, 2) Any Kardashian, 3) Jessica Simpson
1st – Halle and Oliver
2nd – Is JLo engaged?
change my 2nd guess to Snooki and Her baby daddy – http://www.wetpaint.com/jersey-shore/gallery/bling-bling-snooki-wears-a-massive-diamond-ring-is-it-an-engagement-ring-photos#1
I like that Snookie or whoever for the second one, but I’ve got no clue on the others. We already know that Jessica Simpson bought her own ring. Who else is engaged to someone less wealthy?
Sienna Miller, Anne Hathaway, Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson, Drew Barrymore, Evan Rachel Wood, Halle Berry. These are the only celebrity fiances who make more than their prospective husbands.
Explore for that, and tell me if I missed one.
50% off – Britney Spears & Jason Trawick
“Get me the biggest” – Jessica “Don’t screw it up like the handbag” Simpson and Eric the Dingleberry
Control freak – Natalie Portman & Frenchie Thousand Feet
Jessica Simpson
Snookie
Madonna
SNOOKI
DON’T KNOW SECOND
BRITNEY SPEARS
Jessica Simpson
Snooki
Britney Spears
Kim K
Snooki
Jessica Simpson
Isn’t Jason Trawick a H’wood manager? I am sure he could afford a 3ct diamond that he gave Britney. One is Jessica Simpson, how about Anne Hathaway and Snooki as the other two…
mmm Britney’s man actually has his own money… and he has money before he met her. so idk…
Am I the only one who thinks Britney Spears’ ring looks like a totally reasonable size, at least in photos? It does not look like a massive rock, at all.
2nd one is Snooki (however you spell it). Just read about her doing this on another site.
I think the first one is Snooki, she just recently got engaged and the rock looked pretty big in a picture I saw. The others I’m not sure.
One of these couples has to be Snooki and Jionni.
Britney
Snooki
Kim K
1) Kim Kardashian
2) ??? Maybe Britney?
3) Jessica Simpson
Snooki
Britney Spears
Jessica Simpson
First couple is NOT Jessica. She doesn’t have a diamond but a ruby as her centerstone. Jessica for #3. #1 has a huge diamond as their centerstone.
Kim K for sure
britany spears
jessica simpson
Not sure about first,second:Snooki and Jianni, third sound like Kim Kardashian and Kris Humpries.
I like the guesses but is there anyway Natalie Portman can get fit in there or is she officially married???
Kuntrashrian
Snooki
Simpson
OOPSIE, I didnt think reality stars were involved in Blinds. Also, my guesses range from several years back – today. 1)Ann Hathaway, 2)Jessica Simspon
3)Brit or Drew
snookie for the last one!
1-Kim Kardashian (makes tons of mentions of jeweler)
2-Snooki (others have been saying she tried to get it for free)
3-Jessica Simpson (control freak)
Can’t be Jessica Biel bc we’ve barely sern the ring yet. And Britney keeps postponing the wedding so they probably won’t even make it down the aisle. Plus he has money to spend… well maybe not if he’s selling his fiances jeans at Crossroads lol. Drew Barrymore could be #3 but doubtful, he’s got money too.
One of them has to be Madonna – ‘Lucky Star’ – and I would guess the third one.
I don’t think there’d be a problem if the women didn’t require such ridiculous rings. There is no shame in not being able to afford a $40K ring. I wonder if this blind would apply to many couples, even outside the crazy celebrity world. There are many greedy women out there and many men who don’t give a crap about appearances. I am a woman who hates all those manipulative ads about ‘romance’. It’s a shot in a million to find the right guy. What else do you need once you’ve found him?
1 Brit/Jessica it say mention in the “press” not “show”
2 Snooki, no one wants the chupacabra as their spokesgnome
3 Kim Kartrashian because nothing she does is not scripted
I’m not sure about #1 being Brit. When is the last time she gave an interview? It seems to me that couple must be interviewed a lot, either because they’re always in the press or because one or both have projects coming out where they would be in the press.
I know it doesn’t specifically say that they need to be interviewed, but that they make mention “in the press”, and I just don’t think there’s been much press about Brit, at least compared to other recently engaged celebrities.
THERE’S NO WAY JESSICA SIMPSON IS ANY OF THESE, SHE DIDN’T EVEN GET A DIAMOND…SHE GOT A RUBY
#1 – IDK
#2 – Snooki and Jionni
#3 – Natalie Portman and that Millepied guy?
I love this blog and as an avid reader helping to build clicks for ads, I feel it is my right to state my opinion from time to time. Ace seems to be very socially enlightened in his/her views, so I was really sad when I read this.
Today is Intrnational Women’s Day and I thought we had come to a place where this sort of gossip and opinion was over. As a working mother who makes a LOT more money than my husband, we decided he would be Mr. Mom and stay home with the kids. There is NO SHAME in a woman making more than her husband and if she feels she wants a diamond that they as a couple can afford, so be it. The insinuation that this is a shameful thing is unacceptable, in my opinion.
So I guess these women should just allow their future husbands to get a ring they can afford and then be critisized publicly for the lame ring they got? Heck no-if I made the kind of money these 3 women make and can afford the biggest ring money could buy, I certainly would. And I don’t think any of them nor their fiancees should be shamed into feeling otherwise.
Perhaps they should be ashamed for other areas of their lives, but on this count-I cry FOUL!!
Happy International Women’s Day!
It’s that they pretend that their husband bought it, no? So they, themselves, are the ones who are ashamed and they tacitly criticize themselves.
1) Christina A
2) Snookie
3) Madonna-supposedly your boyfriend purposed. For something different.
1)Kim K
2)Snooki
3)Jessica Simpson
1 Kim K
2 Snooki
3 Madonna
This link on Yahoo titled Three celebs, three rings makes me think that Drew Barrymore and Snooki are 2 of the 3. JT makes tons more than Biel, so she’s out of the running.
http://omg.yahoo.com/photos/celebrity-engagements-1331322332-slideshow/
Right.
I think Drew is #1 b/c she said ““It’s beautiful,” Drew told Anderson Cooper of the ring created by London-based jewelry maker Graff and picked out by her fiancé, art consultant Will Koppelman”
PICKED OUT is the language used, not BOUGHT or PURCHASED. Interesting choice of words.
#2 is creature Snooki
#3 ???????? Kim K? Simpson?
&, of course, Graff is mentioned. Totally going with Drew.
this was just on yahoo!, i think.
i’ll go with:
Jessica Biel
Snooki
Drew Barrymore
#2 Gretchen Rossi of RHOC tried to get Bravo to pay for ring and they said no. I think she wants a bigger ring than Tamra’s.
Is #1 Halle Berry?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2113498/Olivier-Martinez-confirms-engagement-Halle-Berry.html
I think Halle Berry is the third – she’s a control freak and just confirmed her engagement to the french actor dude.
1 Halle Berry
2 Snookie
3 Jessica Simpson
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