John Wayne’s country star granddaughter Jennifer gets engaged to Austin Moody… just TWO MONTHS after going public with their romance
Jennifer Wayne of Runaway June is getting married.
The 38-year-old singer broke the news on her Instagram this Wednesday, flashing her engagement ring as she posed with her fiance Austin Moody.
‘Happy birthday to the man I get to spend the rest of my life with!!!’ gushed Jennifer, who is the granddaughter of the late movie star John Wayne. ‘I love you @theaustinmoody . Can’t wait to celebrate the day with you…’
Sadie, Sadie: Jennifer Wayne announced her engagement on Instagram this Wednesday, flashing her ring as she posed with her fiance Austin Moody
They called him The Duke: John Wayne was an iconic film star who made mostly Westerns such as 1939’s Stagecoach, 1956’s The Searchers and 1969’s True Grit. The Oscar-winning actor lived from 1907 until 1979; seen in 1970’s Chisum
The engagement comes just two months after she went Instagram official with him, posting an album of romantic snapshots of the two of them.
‘You never know what’s just around the corner,’ she had written in the caption of the post where she revealed they were an item.
Austin surprised her with a proposal this Monday outside Ocean Way Nashville Recording Studios in the country music capital, People reports.
The man in her life: ‘Happy birthday to the man I get to spend the rest of my life with!!!’ gushed Jennifer, who is the granddaughter of John Wayne
The smoldering dreamboat got in cahoots with her Runaway June bandmate Natalie Stovall to make sure the plan went off without a hitch.
Natalie asked Jennifer to meet her for work at the recording studio late in the afternoon – and she arrived to the sight of her man popping the question.
She delightedly accepted and they celebrated with some champagne Natalie had brought, posing for People magazine with their plastic cups.
Playful: Naomi herself got engaged just two weeks ago when her beau of over a year, Martin Johnson of Boys Like Girls, asked her to marry him
Jennifer and Natalie also decided to share the moment with their Runaway June third member Naomi Cooke by FaceTimeing her.
Naomi herself got engaged just two weeks ago when her beau of over a year, Martin Johnson of Boys Like Girls, asked her to marry him.
Austin is also a musical artist just like his future wife – he is a bluegrass singer-songwriter from East Tennessee.
John Wayne was an iconic film star who made mostly Westerns such as 1939’s Stagecoach, 1956’s The Searchers and 1969’s True Grit. The Oscar-winning actor lived from 1907 until 1979.