Some days, I’m actually sort of shocked to realize that I still remember so many details about Hugh Hefner’s Girls Next Door. Not only that but I actually still care a little bit about them. Like, I really want Kendra Wilkinson to leave Hank. I want Holly Madison to be happy and make smart life decisions. But honestly, I never gave Bridget Marquardt that much thought. Until now! Bridget is currently 42 (I think she gave up the ghost a while back and admitted her real age) and she just got engaged to director Nick Carpenter. They met at the Playboy Mansion in 2008 and they’ve been together ever since? Maybe. And Nick recently proposed… with a giant spider-shaped diamond ring. Photo evidence from Bridget’s Instagram:
I mean… if that’s what she wants, God bless. I actually don’t hate the ring… if it was being worn as just a cocktail ring. As an engagement ring, I do find it somewhat tacky. Apparently, Nick wanted to get her a traditional engagement ring and she’s the one who asked for something “different & unique.” Bridget is also really into Halloween and ghoulish stuff (obvs, she dated Hugh Hefner), so I guess this ring “suits” her personality. She also wanted people to know that the spider is “not a black widow.” Here’s some other stuff that she told People:
“I wanted something different. The traditional rings were just really, really traditional and I just wanted something different, unique and special. We saw this and I was like, I love that! It’s not that I love spiders — I actually don’t really love spiders that much — but it’s not that and it doesn’t represent that to me. It just represents my personality more and something different for our relationship.”
“He took me up to a waterfall that we always used to hike to in L.A., and he totally faked me out with a fake spider ring in the dirt. I was like, That’s weird,” she says of Carpenter’s ask. “Long story short, I went to put the ring back because it wasn’t mine — I just thought it was cool that it was there — and I turned around and he was on one knee with the real ring. It was really sweet,” says Marquardt.
I don’t understand? They were obviously looking at rings together and she obviously told him that she wanted the spider ring or something non-traditional… and then he “surprised” her with a proposal? Eh. It’s not worth the brain power it takes to unpack that. Congrats to the happy couple and I hope she doesn’t hate the ring in a few months.
Photos courtesy of Bridget’s Instagram, WENN.
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