she said yes! After six years of dating – and some good-natured nudging by her now-fiancé – small people, big world star matt roloff proposed to Karen Chandler,
“After six wonderful years, I asked Karen to marry me, and she said ‘yes’!” The TLC personality, 61, told People In a statement on Wednesday, April 19. “We plan to enjoy our engagement, and we look forward to a simple yet elegant wedding in 2024.”
However in March 2017, nine months after Farmer finalized his divorce from ex-wife, the couple became Instagram official with their relationship. amy roloffThey had known each other for years because of Chandler’s job at the family farm. (The Roloffs, who share twins zack And jeremy32, son Jacob26, and daughter hooker29, initially separated in 2015 after 28 years of marriage.)
In the August 2021 episode lpbwMatt and Chandler, 55, discussed the status of their relationship when a producer asked if the two were engaged yet.
“We’re not,” she said then, playfully smack Against Tall Odds: Being a David in a Goliath World Author. “He hasn’t asked me, so we’re definitely not there yet.”
For his part, Matt said the two weren’t engaged “yet” — to which the Arizona native replied, “Don’t push it.”
Earlier that year, the Roloff family patriarch teased the possibility of a proposal after a fan asked him to “marry” Chandler.
“maybe I will !!” Matt replied to the viewer in March 2021 via Instagram. “You will have to wait and see. ,
The reality stars previously proved their commitment to each other when they lived together in Arizona (while maintaining separate homes in Oregon).
“Right now our grand plan is to stay committed, stay in love, move to Arizona, and have an amazing time together,” Chandler explained on the August 10, 2021, episode. lpbw, “While we’re here in Portland, we’ll be apart and see a lot of each other.” Matt agreed, calling the move “a new major chapter in life”.
Matt Roloff and Caryn Chandler
Courtesy of Matt Roloff/InstagramOn her part, 60-year-old Amy tied the knot with her husband Chris Marek — who she had been dating since 2016 — that same month. Matt wasn’t invited to the wedding.
“It was nothing against Matt or Carine, but it made it more comfortable for the kids and the guests,” Marek, 60, explained exclusively us weekly in November 2021, noting that having both of them there “would be weird for Amy and Matt’s kids.”
“Who are they going to cheer for?” he asked at the time. “I think there would have been a lot of mixed feelings for them to be there together.”
A year ago, Chandler exclusively told We that there are “no hard feelings” between the two couples.
“Time heals, and so everything is moving in a good trajectory right now,” she said. “Everyone is working hard. We all love their grandchildren. We are together sometimes and we make it enjoyable.
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Amy and Matt share seven grandchildren: Jackson, 5, Leila, 3, Josiah, 17 months (Zack’s children with his wife, Tori Roloff), Amber, 5, Bode, 3, Radley, 17 months (Jeremy’s children with his wife, audrey roloff) and Mateo, 16 months (Jacob’s son with wife isabelle roloff,