Pastor DeVon Franklin, 46, is headed to the altar once more. The Seventh-day Adventist has proposed to his girlfriend, health influencer Maria Castillo, two years after divorcing his first spouse, Meagan Good.
Castillo, 29, reportedly stated sure to Franklin’s proposal throughout a vacation trip on Dec. 27, 2024, which was revealed in an interview with Individuals journal.
The couple wore matching white outfits of their Hawaii-set pictures as his wife-to-be appeared to be beneath the impression they had been posing for pictures at a scenic spot.
“Discovering Maria has been one in all God’s biggest blessings in my life, so I needed the proposal to be as particular as our love,” Franklin instructed Individuals.
Franklin took her to a cliff overlooking the ocean, the place he proposed with the Carlotta Sarenas-designed ring on one knee.
“We went to Maui for trip, I instructed her we had been gonna do a photograph shoot and in the course of the picture shoot I shocked her with the proposal!” he continued. “It was really a magical second and I can’t wait to spend a magical life with Maria!”
After accepting the proposal, Castillo reportedly jumped up and down in pleasure earlier than kissing her now-fiancé and telling him, “You’re an exquisite human.” Franklin replied, “We’re lovely collectively.”
After being collectively for almost a 12 months, the 2 appear be having fun with their whirlwind romance after going public with their relationship final October.
They had been reportedly arrange by her then-business associate, Mike “T” Trusdale, a fellow health teacher. Trusdale, the identical one who has educated Franklin and his ex-wife for over 5 years, organized a brunch date with Franklin and Castillo within the spring of 2024.
He and Castillo beforehand hosted a present referred to as “TRAINER TALK,” the place they focus on all issues health and gymnasium associated.
Previous to relationship Castillo, Franklin was married to Good, 43, for near a decade between June 2012 to June 2022, citing “irreconcilable variations” because the trigger for the breakup.
“We have a good time virtually a decade of marriage collectively and a love that’s everlasting. There’s nobody at fault, we imagine that is the subsequent finest chapter within the evolution of our love,” the ex-couple stated in a joint assertion to Individuals in 2021.
Like her ex-husband, the “Assume Like a Man” actress has moved on. She has been relationship “Creed III” actor Jonathan Majors, 35, since Might 2023.
The pair’s relationship went public throughout Majors trial for his home violence case, however they didn’t reveal their engagement till November 2024.
Good and Franklin revealing their marital bulletins simply three months aside induced some commotion on-line, with many forming opinions about their respective plans to wed for a second time to different individuals.
It’s official! Johnathan Majors and @meagangood announce their engagement on #EBONYPower100 purple carpet. pic.twitter.com/9MbrykISRA
— EBONY MAGAZINE (@EBONY) November 18, 2024
“Good to see him and Meagan have each moved on to new engagements and located love once more. Congrats to them each,” a Shade Room follower posted within the gossip weblog’s remark part.
Franklin additionally caught flak as some questioned the Franklin Leisure founder’s motives, writing, “I FEEL like he’s doing this out of spite. Lmfao.”
As well as, quite a few individuals urged Franklin’s fiancée has an unavoidable resemblance to Good. One particular person requested, “Is it me or [does] he have a sort?” One other particular person joked, “I believed that was Meg… he positively has a sort.”
A extra supportive remark learn, “Stunning couple. Simply hope the church approves [of] her since they gave [Meagan] hell.”
Franklin and Good’s relationship confronted fixed scrutiny with Good being focused by fellow Christians for dressing too provocatively for a preacher’s spouse.
“The loopy factor is how backwards a few of us may be as Christians,” she stated in a 2016 interview with Essence. She went on to say that her wardrobe selections would stay between her and God.
The dialog about Franklin’s new engagement additionally performed on Individuals’s Instagram web page, the place one commenter puzzled, “Hopefully the church women don’t run this one off.”
One other puzzled, “That is the primary preacher who doesn’t date or marry throughout the church. Private coach is a Christian?”
One particular person even questioned the timing, writing, “Umm yall didn’t be taught the final time. Relationship somebody for a yr will not be sufficient time to really get to know somebody however I’m completely happy for them.”
Franklin started relationship Good in 2011 and proposed in 2012. They divorced in 2022 after virtually a decade of marriage.
It’s unclear precisely how lengthy he’s been with Castillo, however they had been first noticed collectively in March 2024. They formally went public with their relationship one month earlier than Good revealed her engagement to Majors.
Franklin and Castillo began to obtain vital press protection as a pair in November 2024 after attending business occasions such because the Merge Awards.
“I’m nonetheless in awe of the way it all occurred! It was such an exquisite shock, and I can’t even put into phrases how completely happy I’m!” Castillo recalled to Individuals about Franklin proposing.
The superstar coach continued, “To know I’ll be spending the remainder of my life with this unimaginable man is a dream come true. Right here’s to without end with the love of my life!”
