Overview

• The clip captures Thorne kneeling amid candles, flowers and red heart-shaped balloons as Emms reacts in surprise when she presents the ring.
• Thorne captioned the footage with “3 years ago we met, 1 year later he proposed, Now 1 year later so did I 🥴❤️,” framing the gesture as a milestone in their timeline.
• Emms first proposed to Thorne in May 2023 at her California home with an emerald-cut diamond ring reported to be around 10 carats.
• Social-media responses were sharply divided, with some commenters questioning the need for a woman to propose and others applauding the act as a symbol of empowerment.
• On August 17, Thorne posted on her Instagram Stories calling the reactions “hilarious” and noting that followers were split between normalizing proposals by women and “girl power” support.