The whole cast and crew were in on Brenton’s secret, writes Clare Rigden, when he planned a proposal, with all the bells and whistles, to his longtime love Cheryl.
She’d been hinting for years that she wanted a ring, and now it turns out The Block star Brenton was just biding his time, waiting for the perfect moment to pop the question to gorgeous girlfriend Cheryl. And what better place to do it than on the hit show – in front of millions of viewers!
“It just seemed like the perfect opportunity,” says Brenton, 27, who proposed to his girlfriend of six years while the cameras were rolling for this week’s episode. “I woke up one morning and got chatting to [fellow The Block renovator] Duncan, and was telling him how I’d been planning to ask Chez to marry me next year. He just said, ‘Well, you’ll never get a better time than right now!’
“I figured he was right, that I’m never going to get an opportunity like this again. And if I did do it, it would be on camera for our future kids to see, and it would be nice for our family.”
Cue a visit to the neighbours! Brenton knew he wanted the day to be extra special for Chez, 28, so he consulted downstairs Block residents John and Neisha and Mark and Duncan to make sure everything ran smoothly.
“Everyone loved being in on the secret,” he says. “They were right into it – especially Duncan. He really helped me out, going off to Freedom to buy candles to put around the apartment to surprise Chez.”
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