‘We're taking thing as they come' says RTE star as he lifts lid on long-distance engagement & ‘next chapter' plans
The Irish Olympian and his fiance Dave Stig have been in a relationship since 2021.
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Jack Woolley is engaged to his fiance Dave Stigg
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Jack lifted the lid on their future wedding plans
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He'd planned to propose to Jack live on TV if he won DWTS — but had to hold off after gymnast rival
However, personal trainer Dave couldn't wait until a much-needed post-show holiday in
Instead, he popped the question to his partner of four years at DWTS' after-party — with Larry Bass, the boss of show producers ShinAwil, calling him up on stage.
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Jack's time on Dancing With The Stars also meant that he and David got to spend a lot of time in Dublin together, as usually Jack spends most of his time training in Spain.
And for as long as they are doing long-distance Jack doesn't plan on getting married to Dave.
He told RSVP: "Obviously, I'm over here in Madrid and we're doing long distance. I don't think the best thing for us is to get married and then go back to doing long distance.
'For me, it's kind of when I decide to retire from the sport and things are starting to come to an end, that getting married will be the start of the next chapter, in a way.
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'We're just taking things as they come at the moment.'
Additionally delaying their wedding plans is Dave's sister's upcoming ceremony.
DWTS contestants jet off on holiday together
Jack said: "His little sister is engaged, also, and she's getting married at the start of 2027. It's like, 'do we slip it in beforehand or do we wait until afterwards?' We're trying to figure it out."
Although he has ruled out getting married anytime soon, the pair still have some aspects of their wedding planned out.
He said: 'We have songs and colours and suits that we want picked out. But we don't know when the wedding is going to actually be, or anything like that."
Jack previously told The Irish Sun, that he wants his pro-partner Alex Vladimariov to teach Dave the American Smooth
— so they can perform his
to
Grace as their first dance.
'FIRST DANCE'
Jack said: 'How fantastic would that be, hearing that song and dancing to Grace at a wedding in
'We are definitely going to get married here in this country and then another smaller get-together abroad. If someone wants to pay, they are more than welcome.'
Speaking about Dave's surprise engagament, Jack said: "I thought he was going to wait until we got out to Spain to do it but he jumped the gun.
'And it turned out to be a great idea with all our friends and family there that night at the party. I am so happy.'
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