90 Day Fiancé icon Big Ed is now engaged for a fourth time — proposing with a paperclip 24 hours after meeting his new fiancée.
Big Ed (real name: Ed Brown), 59, popped the question to Porscha Raemond, 29, after meeting at a sandwich shop in Florida over the weekend, he told Page Six in an interview published on Monday, September 16.
"I met her at Capriotti's in Plantation [Florida] on Friday where I was doing a Big Ed Meet & Greet," he told the outlet, adding: "They serve the most delicious subs I have ever tried and everyone should know you could meet the next love of your life there!"
The following day, Ed — who became a reality TV sensation in 2020 while starring on 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days — got down on one knee while dining with Raemond, who is 30 years his junior, at YOLO in Ft. Lauderdale.
"He was feeling it, so in the moment he took a paperclip from the restaurant manager and fashioned a ring out of it!" a source told Page Six.
Per TMZ's sources, Ed's proposal — and the couple's engagement — is "definitely real."
Video footage of the moment, obtained by TMZ, shows the TLC star, clad in a navy blue button-down, popping the question to Raemond, who wore a cutout black dress. She appeared overjoyed at Ed's public display of affection, proudly showing off the paperclip ring in an image obtained by Page Six. The two kissed as fellow patrons in the restaurant broke out into applause. (The person filming the video, for his part, yelled in surprise, "Oh my God, it's actually happening!")
Ed's whirlwind romance — and quick proposal — marks the fourth time he has been engaged. Though he was introduced to the world during his engagement to Rose Vega during his time on 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days, he was also previously married to Sandra Heckman. (The two divorced in the early '90s and share a daughter together, per TMZ.)
After his failed engagement to Vega ended — following a series of controversial moves by Ed that played out on the show — he didn't waste any time. In 2021, he began dating and quickly became engaged to Liz Woods on 90 Day: The Single Life, another installment of the hit TLC series. After 15 breakups, the on-and-off couple split for good when Liz awoke one morning to find out that Ed was gone — a moment that played out on an April episode of 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?.
"I'm just realizing that we're not meant to be together," Ed shared in a confessional at the time. "I'm at a different stage in my life, and I can see clearly that it's not going to work — that Liz needs to go live her life, and I need to live mine."
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