Overview

• On August 16, Thorne posted an Instagram video showing her kneeling before fiancé Mark Emms surrounded by candles, flowers and red heart-shaped balloons and captioned it with their three-year timeline.
• The reverse proposal follows Emms’s May 2023 engagement to Thorne at her California home, where he gifted her an emerald-cut diamond ring.
• Social media reactions split sharply between supporters praising the gesture as empowering and detractors questioning the reversal of traditional roles.
• Thorne addressed criticism on her Instagram Stories, calling the comments “hilarious” and saying opinions were “totally split down the middle.”
• Despite minor discrepancies in ring descriptions across outlets, the couple’s engagement remains on track as they move forward with wedding plans in the UK countryside.