Life with La Toya just got more interesting! La Toya Jackson, singer and sister to the late Michael Jackson, has announced that she is engaged to long time business partner Jeffré Phillips.
Phillips popped the question to the 58 year old while they were vacationing in Hawaii last August. Jackson admits that she was caught off guard, so her acceptance was not immediate.
According to Jackson, she followed a path of white rose petals and gardenias out to their hotel balcony, where Phillips, 46, arranged a romantic dinner of her favorite foods, including chicken soup. Chicken soup — is that really someone’s favorite food?
He then surprised her with a 17.5 carat diamond ring, hidden under her dessert tray. I guess that’s better than hiding it under the soup, good grief.
Jackson says she was in total shock, adding, “We’re best friends and we’ve been business partners forever. It was always professional – no one really crossed those boundaries.”
That is just crazy to me that he would propose when they had never EVER been romantic.
Jackson is staying quiet on when she’ll head to the altar saying, “You’ll have to watch the show.”
Life with La Toya premieres June 7 on OWN.