KymJohnson and Robert Herjavec made their red carpet debut as an engaged couple onSunday night at Elton John's AIDS Foundation Oscars Party. While the former Dancing with the Stars partners just announced their engagement on Saturday, theyare already thinking ahead and planning their first dance as husband and wife.
“I’mdreading that!” Robert told HELLO! of their wedding dance. Though he added, “Wealready know the song.”
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TheShark Tank star, 53, revealed, “When we were on [Dancing with the Stars] last year,the week before we got kicked off they gave us a song and it was Etta James, 'AtLast.'” Kym chimed in, “That was our next dance but then we got voted out so wenever got to do it. That’s going to be our first dance as husband and wife Iguess.”
Theprofessional ballroom dancer, 39, admitted that “people will be expecting a dance” considering theway they met, but she doesn’t feel any pressure. “It’s just going to bereally romantic. [Robert's] a great dancer,” she said.
Robertis also clearly a romantic. While walking the carpet with his fiancée, the businessman spilled on how he popped thequestion. He shared, “We went to the house and I had rose petalsgoing up to the pool and in the pool was a big swan and on the swan was a box.
She pulled the swan in, opened the box and I said actually 'that’s not for you,it’s for me.'"
Hecontinued, “And I opened the box and the ring was inside. And then I said 'willyou marry me?' Then she started crying and doing crazy sounds and then I askedagain and she started crying and doing crazy sounds. And I asked a third timeand I said, ‘Ok this is really uncomfortable.’”
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TheTV star admitted that planning the surprise proposal took “about a month” and it was “a lotof pressure” because he’s not good at keeping secrets. Thankfully, Kym “had noidea” it was coming. “He was acting a little strange all week. I’m not going tolie. He was just stranger than normal,” she confessed.
Whilethe two have already selected their song for the big day, they’ve yet to starthammering out other wedding details. And as for whether the’ll have one ceremony in thestates and another in Australia, the blonde beauty said, “I think we’re just going to doone wedding. We’ll bring everyone here. We might do a party.”
Now I get to have fun and start planning a wedding. It’s great.”
Sheadded, “We might go back to Australia and do a big party there with all myfriends and that one will probably be pretty wild, you know Aussies get crazy.
Reporting by Alex Cramer