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Riverdale actress Vanessa Morgan is engaged to Canadian professional basketball player James Karnik. She said yes to the proposal on Saturday, December 21, at Glow Langley in Canada, news that she confirmed with People on December 24. She recalled the proposal to the outlet, saying:
"James knows how much I love Christmas, especially all the festive lights, so he took me to the Langley Glow Light Festival. We were walking around, and I honestly thought he was going to propose on Christmas morning, so it came as a complete shock when it happened."
She said that they were walking around despite Karnik being on crutches after he injured his foot. Meanwhile, a photographer was following them incognito to capture the moment the pro basketball player dropped his crutches, got on one knee, and asked her to marry him.
The couple's Christmas Eve proposal came around five months after the actress gave birth to her and Karnik's daughter, Kaia. Vanessa Morgan was previously married to American baseball player Michael Kopech, but they parted ways in 2020. They married in January 2020, but news broke that Kopech filed for divorce in July 2020, per multiple sources, days after Morgan announced that she was pregnant with their baby boy.
Vanessa Morgan's relationship timeline explored
July 2019
Vanessa Morgan said yes to Michael Kopech when he proposed to her at the Grand Canyon.
January 2020
Morgan and Kopech married at the Historic Walton House near Miami after years of dating.
July 2020
On July 25, 2020, Morgan shared an "exciting news" on her Instagram page. Alongside a short clip of a gender reveal, the actress announced that she will be welcoming a baby boy in the coming January. She said she found out that she was pregnant on May 20 that year.
However, reports that Kopech had filed for divorce came out days after the baby announcement. Moreover, E! News reported in July 2020 that the documents were filed back on June 19, 2020, weeks before Morgan shared the baby news online.
January 2021
Morgan gave birth to her son with ex-husband Michael Kopech.
2022
While Vanessa Morgan and James Karnik's relationship timeline is unsure, they reportedly started dating in 2022, according to People.
July 6, 2024
People reported that the Riverdale alum is expecting a baby with her boyfriend, James Karnik. Morgan shared an Instagram post sharing the news of the pregnancy and that her baby is due to arrive "this month."
She shared the news to her fans and followers alongside a series of photos from an outdoor photoshoot she did with Karnik.
July 27, 2024
Morgan gave birth to her second baby, her first with Karnik, a daughter they named Kaia. However, she only confirmed their baby daughter's arrival on August 1 via a TikTok video, per People, featuring "the famous hot dad" carrying their baby out of the hospital.
December 2024
James Karnik proposed to Vanessa Morgan with a custom 4.64-carat Secret Butterfly Garden Ring from Brilliant Earth at the Langley Glow Light Festival in Canada. The ring featured an oval-cut lab-grown diamond in a twisted band of 14K rose gold with blue marquise-cut diamond embellishment on the sides that looks like butterflies.
Vanessa Morgan and James Karnik are yet to reveal their plans for the big day.
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