Greg James reveals he’s engaged one day after landing Radio 1 Breakfast Show job – and girlfriend Bella proposed to him
GREG James has a second reason to celebrate this week - after revealing his he's engaged.
The DJ - who yesterday announced he's replacing Nick Grimshaw on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show - is set to marry his girlfriend Bella.
And Greg, 32, says the proposal was non-traditional - because it was Bella who went down on one knee and popped the question.
He says the proposal took place in February this year.
Greg made the announcement on Instagram on Friday morning, and accompanied his post with an adorable picture of himself and his bride-to-be.
He wrote: "Oh while we’re doing announcements, here’s something else... I’m having the time of my life and enjoying my work more than ever.
"I feel really content and it’s nice to have my s*** together before I undertake a huge new work challenge.
"One of the main reasons for this happiness is because I met this person.
"This is Bella and in February she asked me to marry her.
"I said yes immediately because she is the smartest, funniest and most beautiful person I’ve ever met.
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"The only problem is she loves staying up into the early hours drinking as much as I do and this is not conducive with 5am alarms. That said, it’s been quite a year."
Greg dated singer Ellie Goulding in 2010, but they split in 2012.
He announced Thursday that he'd be taking over Nick's show.
He said: "I didn't sleep one hour [last night], it's too much.
"We've been holding on to this secret for a while."
Nick added: "Greg and I wanted to tell you ourselves."
The pair then joked that they had been worried about getting drunk and spilling the beans at last week's Radio 1's Big Weekend.
Congratulating his pal on his Breakfast Show, Greg then told Nick: "Doing the show for six years is an amazing effort, congratulations.
"It's so cool we get to swap and I get a go at the most famous show in the world."
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