Brooks Laich (left) and Katrín Tanja Davíðsdóttir.Photo:Katrin Tanja/Instagram
Katrin Tanja/Instagram
Brooks Laichand his girlfriend, Katrín Tanja Davíðsdóttir, are getting married!
The couple got engaged on Dec. 16, they announced in ajoint Instagram postpublished on Friday, Dec. 27. The gallery post included four photos of the two locked in an embrace, smiling even as Laich, 41, dipped Davíðsdóttir, 31.
“Forever feels just right with you,” the couple captioned the post.
The former NHL player also shared the post in his Instagram Stories. “I love you,” he wrote, adding a heart emoji.
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“So proud of the way she competed this weekend, which was the expression of the hard work she put in to be here,” Laichwrote in part. “Rest assured the next time she takes the field, I will be there watching — bearing witness to one of the greatest competitors I have ever met!"
Brooks Laich and Katrín Tanja Davíðsdóttir.Katrin Tanja/Instagram
Days later, Laich shared a picture of Davíðsdóttir walking towards him at the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai in Hawaii. “I’ll start walking your way, you start walking mine,”he wrote, quoting Diamond Rio’s 1991 song “Meet in the Middle.”
Laich was previously married toJulianne Hough. The hockey player and dancer, 36,were married from 2017 to 2020andfinalized their divorcein 2022.
“We have lovingly and carefully taken the time we have needed to arrive at our decision to separate,” Hough and Laichwrotewhen announcing their separation in 2020. “We share an abundance of love and respect for one another and will continue to lead with our hearts from that place. We kindly request your compassion and respect for our privacy moving forward.”
Brooks Laich (left) and Katrín Tanja Davíðsdóttir.Katrin Tanja/Instagram
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Although Hough said they both had some regrets, she told Dax Shepard onArmchair Expertin August that she felt their marriage was “exactly right.”
“I feel like our relationship and our marriage was exactly right, and the end of it is right too,” Hough said. “We both have regrets that it didn’t work out because I don’t think we had the maturity to come together.”
source: people.com
