Eric Stonestreet and Lindsay Schweitzer at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sep. 17, 2017.Photo:Matt Baron/Shutterstock
Matt Baron/Shutterstock
Eric Stonestreetis dishing on the details of his engagement to fianceé Lindsay Schweitzer!
TheModern Familyalum, 52, joinedTODAY with Hoda and Jennaon Friday where he gave an update on his wedding planning and revealed how the proposal went down. Stonestreet, and Schweitzer got engaged in August 2021 after 5 years of dating.
“I proposed,” he said. “I tricked her pretty good. I convinced her that a company was interested in us working together for an ad campaign. So, we were doing a little test video and I had the camera set up in front of her.”
“And then in the middle of it, I just pulled out the ring,” he continued. “So it was all captured. She was in hair and makeup.”
But Stonestreet explained in the interview that her immediate response wasn’t exactly what he hoped. “At first she said no, and then I talked her into it. It was great. It all turned out great!”
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Eric Stonestreet and Lindsay Schweitzer pose backstage at the musical “Almost Famous” on Broadway based on the 2000 film at The Jacobs Theatre on November 30, 2022 in New York City.Bruce Glikas/WireImage
Bruce Glikas/WireImage
“We’re not in wedding planning now; we’re building a house. I think what we’ve decided we want to do is build a nice house to host a wedding,” the actor told PEOPLE in an interview about theMore to See campaign, for which he’s an ambassador.
“That’s the goal — to have our friends be able to come and enjoy a nice party and a great time,” he added. “You know, I don’t know how often I’m gonna get all my friends to Kansas City. So I would like to do a housewarming and a wedding at the same time. I think that would be great.”
Lindsay Schweitzer and Eric Stonestreet attend the premiere of Universal Pictures' “The Secret Life of Pets 2” at Regency Village Theatre on June 02, 2019 in Westwood, California.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Right now, the couple is keeping a close eye on the construction of the house. He joked to PEOPLE: “I enjoy waking up and going and checking on the progress and working on the property and mowing grass. I mean, I’ve mowed a tremendous amount of grass.”
source: people.com
