"Jersey Shore" star Pauly D is engaged!
The DJ and TV personality, real name Paul DelVecchio Jr., and longtime girlfriend Nikki Hall, announced their engagement in a collaborative post on Instagram on Sunday, Sept. 27.
"We've spent these years choosing each other, growing together, building a life we love, and never rushing a chapter just because the world was ready to read it," the influencer captioned a set of Instagram photos of the pair in front of a crowd on an outdoor club stage in Las Vegas. "No pressure. No timeline. Just ours — and God's. & as always, His timing was perfect."
Hall, 34, added, "The easiest YES I've ever said @djpaulyd."
In a comment, Pauly D, 46, wrote, "She said yesssssss!!!!!"
In response, longtime best friend and "Jersey
Shore" costar Vinny Guadagnino posted an artificial intelligence video of the couple holding a gigantic engagement ring while indoors, leaving Guadagnino outside in the rain, soundtracked by Calum Scott's song "Dancing On My Own."
"I'm not ok. Congratulations @djpaulyd and @nikkisaintclaire," Guadagnino wrote on Instagram.
Pauly D engaged to Las Vegas influencer Nikki Hall
In the photos, Hall is wearing a bright orange swimsuit and matching cover-up while Pauly D, wearing a black button-down shirt and gray shorts, gets down on one knee, immediately shocking Hall. In the other shots, the couple kisses and embraces, Hall flashes her ring and the pair turn around, celebrating with the crowd.
In a video of the moment taken from the crowd and obtained by Us Weekly, Hall walks across the stage before the DJ pulls her around and gets down on one knee, immediately shocking the Vegas-based content creator. Soundtracked by an EDM version of Bruno Mars' "Marry You," Pauly D speaks to Hall, who nods her head yes, as he slips a ring on her finger. "She said yes!" he yelled to the crowd in celebration. A club staff member is seen holding a sign saying, "Congratulations on the engagement. Yeah Buddy!"
The couple's engagement comes after six years of dating. The pair met on Pauly D and Vinny's MTV dating reality series "Double Shot at Love" in 2019, where Hall was a finalist. During the finale, Pauly D didn't choose any of the women, though the pair later reconnected.
Hall's desire to take the next step came up on the final season of the "Jersey Shore" spinoff "Jersey Shore Family Vacation." Hall, at Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola's bridal shower, told Pauly's costars that the pair's friends and families have asked when they are getting married.
"I would love for us to get there, but we haven't had an actual conversation about getting married," she said. "I'm fine waiting but ... it's the time clock thing. I want to have at least one kid."
Pauly D has one child, 13-year-old daughter Amabella, from a previous relationship.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 'Jersey Shore' star Pauly D engaged to influencer Nikki Hall, Vinny reacts
