Colton Underwoodis ready to put a ring on it — he just needs the jewelry first.
“After I buy a ring,” he said, responding to an Instagram user’s proposal question. “I never actually got a ring. But when the time is right, I’ll buy a nice ring with no strings on it.”
The comment seemingly refers to thering he was givenback in March during a post-season appearance onJimmy Kimmel Live!The host presented Underwood with a shiny Neil Lane rock and explained that Lane requested the ring be given to the couple even though there wasn’t a proposal on finale night.
“I do feel like you guys kind of got cheated a little bit because of the way you went about this,” Kimmel, 52, said during the episode. “Because they love to have you get engaged on television and part of the deal is you get the ring fromNeil Lane. So this afternoon I was like, ‘This kind of sucks, they don’t get the ring from Neil Lane.’ So we called Neil Lane and so here, he sent the ring.”
Upon receiving the sparkler, Underwood asked Randolph to stand up, but quickly told her he was just joking as a reluctant look crossed her face.
The couple left the show as “confidently boyfriend and girlfriend,” Underwood told Kimmel and said the possibility of an engagement was on the horizon.
“You know we’ve talked about it,” the grinning reality star said at the time, after referring to Randolph as his “future wife.”
Representatives from ABC did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Matt Baron/Shutterstock
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories
“I know there’s a certain format that comes along with being the Bachelor,” Underwoodpreviously told PEOPLEin March. “But this was about the rest of my life. And I couldn’t risk giving Cassie up.”
He added at the time, “She doesn’t have a ring on her finger yet. But she will, one day.”
This wouldn’t be the first time aBachelorNation member proposed with a ring chosen on their own outside of their respective show. In August,Jordan Rodgersre-proposedtoJoJo Fletcherwith anew ringthree years after theirBacheloretteengagement.
source: people.com
