Norman Reedus reveals how his daughter Nova, 3, helped him propose to Diane Kruger
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The Walking Dead action star Norman Reedus shared the story of how he proposed to his baby mom – Cannes Best Actress winner Diane Kruger – after a motorcycle trip to Savannah, GA in August 2021.
The Florida-born 53-year-old said on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday: ‘Well, I’ve had the ring in my pocket for a very long time, just burned a hole in my pocket. Yes. Trying to find the right way to do it.’
Norman decided he would find a “really nice place” to ask the question during the 236-mile drive back from Savannah to his home in Senoia.
The Walking Dead action star Norman Reedus told the story of how he proposed to his baby mama – Cannes Best Actress winner Diane Kruger – after a motorcycle trip to Savannah, GA in August 2021 (pictured)
The Florida-born 53-year-old said on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday: ‘Well, I’ve had the ring in my pocket for a very long time, just burned a hole in my pocket. Yes. Trying to find the right way to do it’
“But there was a huge thunderstorm that hit us,” Reedus explained.
“So I could see, you know, the clouds had a little bit of sunshine up there. So I shot him down the highway, trying to beat him. Then we finally arrived at the house. It was the next morning. I felt bad I didn’t.’
The Ride with Norman Reedus producer-host put their then two-year-old daughter Nova Tennessee on his lap so he could ask the German 46-year-old to pick up his boot with the estimated $500K eight-carat ring secretly hidden used to be .
“I thought, ‘Can you get my boot? It’s in the closet.” She says, “Why?” Norman recalls.
‘But there was a huge thunderstorm that hit us’: Norman decided he would find a ‘really nice place’ to ask the question during the 236-mile drive back from Savannah to his home in Senoia
Reedus explained, “So I could see, you know, the clouds had a little bit of sunshine up there. So I shot him down the highway, trying to beat him. Then we finally arrived at the house. It was the next morning. I felt bad that I didn’t’
‘She says, ‘Why?” The Ride with Norman Reedus producer-host seated their then-two-year-old daughter Nova Tennessee (M, pictured June 20) in his lap so he could ask the German 46-year-old for his boot with the estimated $500K eight-carat ring hidden in secret
Norman continued, “I’m like, ‘I want to look at the suitcase,’ because I pushed it into the suitcase. Then I proposed. She started to cry, then Nova started to cry – everyone is crying. It was a waterworks town. And then Nova says, “Why are we crying?!” And then Diane says, “They’re happy tears.” She says, “Yeah, they’re happy tears!”
“I’m like, ‘I want to look at the suitcase’ because I pushed it in the suitcase. Then I proposed. She started to cry, then Nova started to cry – everyone is crying. It was a waterworks town. And then Nova says, “Why are we crying?!” And then Diane says, “They’re happy tears.” She says, “Yeah, they’re happy tears!”
The models-turned-actors – who made their romance official in March 2017 – originally met in December 2015 while portraying lovers on the set of their movie Sky.
At the time, Diane was still in a ten-year relationship with Dawson’s Creek alum Joshua Jackson.
Reedus will mark Kruger’s (née Heidkrüger) second marriage after divorcing Mon idole castmate Guillaume Canet in 2006 after five years of marriage.
Castmates: The models-turned-actors – who officially made their romance public in March 2017 – originally met in December 2015 while portraying lovers on the set of their movie Sky
Her ex: Reedus marks Diane’s second marriage after divorcing Mon idole castmate Guillaume Canet (L, pictured in 2005) in 2006 after five years of marriage
Brush up on the law: Oct. 13 marks the 23rd birthday of Mingus Lucien, the son of the author of The Ravaged (R, photo Sept. 27), who pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct on March 16 after he “accidentally got a” intoxicated’ woman had punched in the face
His ex: Norman fathered Mingus during his five-year romance with Danish model Helena Christensen (R, pictured May 8), which ended amicably in 2003
October 13th marks the 23rd birthday of Mingus Lucien, the son of the author of The Ravaged pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct on March 16 after “accidentally” punching an “intoxicated” woman in the face last year.
Norman fathered Mingus during his five-year romance with Danish model Helena Christensen, which ended amicably in 2003.
Reedus ends his role as crossbow-wielding tracker Daryl Dixon in the 11th and final season of the post-apocalyptic zombie drama, which airs Sundays on AMC.
And on October 25, mineditionUS will publish the 48-page children’s book by the Out of the Blue actress A Name from the Sky, inspired by her West German upbringing.
‘Lockdown’: Reedus completes his role as crossbow-wielding tracker Daryl Dixon in the 11th and final season of the post-apocalyptic zombie drama, which airs Sunday on AMC
‘Nova didn’t like the red shoes in the end’: and on October 25, mineditionUS will publish Kruger’s 48-page children’s book A Name from the Sky, inspired by her West German upbringing (pictured September 17)