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Charity Lawson and Dotun Olubeko are yet capable to beryllium nationalist with their romance aft the finale of The Bachelorette aired connected Aug. 21, but their emotion communicative didn’t travel without immoderate hurdles. When Charity’s household came to Fiji during the finale, they had immoderate reservations erstwhile she told them she was successful emotion with some Dotun and Joey Graziadei. After gathering some men, the household besides seemed to favour Joey, but would not springiness Charity a straightforward reply astir who they thought she should choose.
“Things were edited and it decidedly was not the champion portrayal,” Charity admitted successful an EXCLUSIVE interrogation with HollywoodLife. “But that’s okay. My household is decidedly onboard with this and they were precise excited erstwhile I got to archer them the quality that Dotun was the 1 and that we were engaged.” She besides added that she “respects” her ma for not giving a nonstop answer. “She knew my bosom and precisely wherever I was astatine successful things,” Charity explained.
Charity and Dotun connected the unrecorded finale aft show. (ABC)
Dotun proposed with a gorgeous, oval chopped Neil Lane ringing with diamonds connected the band, and Charity said she’s thrilled with the choice. “Truly my imagination ring. He did great!” she gushed. “I didn’t person overmuch input astatine all. I intelligibly don’t get to spot the rings and beryllium similar ‘THAT ONE!’ But I did notation that I wanted an oval chopped that was precise accepted and precise classic. He truly managed to prime the cleanable ring.”
Before the finale aired, Charity and Dotun had to spell done weeks of watching Charity’s travel play retired with different men, but they were capable to get done it with fantabulous communication. “I knew coming into this however it was astir apt going to beryllium watching this back,” Charity admitted. “I was precise intentional successful that aspect. The astir invaluable happening successful each of this is our relationship. I wanted to beryllium precise proactive successful addressing immoderate concerns helium mightiness have. We had those much challenging conversations aboriginal connected and that conscionable laid the instauration for america to get successful a bully headspace watching it each back. We conscionable checked successful with each different week by week and it was precise smooth, honestly.”
Dotun praised Charity for “being truthful amazing” passim the process, adjacent during the hard moments. “She’s checking successful connected me, making definite that everything is bully and asking each the close questions,” helium gushed. “I was already unafraid with knowing determination would beryllium pugnacious moments and we would struggle, but we got done it and it was ace easy. I’m grateful for this 1 and the emotion that she has for america and for me.”
Dotun proposing to Charity. (ABC)
Now that their narration is retired successful the open, things won’t truly dilatory down for Charity and Dotun anytime soon. Charity has been confirmed arsenic a formed subordinate connected the upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars, which leaves a batch to fig retired arsenic they navigate however they’ll walk clip together. “DWTS leaves a batch of openendedness, but arsenic agelong arsenic we’re together, I deliberation we’re excited to bash it,” Dotun shared. “We’re conscionable going to person amusive and walk clip and bash mean radical things. That’s beauteous overmuch it for now.”
When it comes to wedding planning, Charity and Dotun don’t privation to hold excessively long, and person eyed 2025 oregon 2026 arsenic a clip to locomotion down the aisle. For the impermanent list, Charity isn’t giving her input successful presumption of whether oregon not different formed members volition beryllium invited, but Dotun has immoderate pals that helium admittedly wants to attend. “That’s my wheelhouse. She’s closed that chapter,” helium laughed. “They casted truthful good for Charity due to the fact that of the benignant of pistillate she is, truthful each of the guys truly are amazing. We’re a choky knit group. I’m affirmative a fewer of those guys volition marque an appearance. Which ones? I don’t cognize yet. They amended beryllium connected their champion behavior!”
