Andy Lee and Rebecca Harding have announced that they are engaged after 10 years together.
The comedian, 42, revealed the exciting news on his podcast on Wednesday, before sharing loved-up snaps of Rebecca flashing her ring to Instagram on Thursday.
The couple first met in 2014 at a Melbourne café where Rebecca, 33, was working as a waitress, with Andy then slyly giving her his email address on a napkin.
They quickly became loved-up, but things were not always smooth-sailing in their romance, as they briefly split up just two years into their relationship.
The couple went their separate ways as Rebecca – better known as Bec – struggled with the ‘immense pressure’ dating someone in the public eye.
Andy Lee and Rebecca Harding have announced that they are engaged after 10 years together, sharing the exciting news to Instagram on Thursday
Andy has previously shared details about their six-month break, sharing the unique way he tried to win Rebecca back during the difficult time.
Speaking on Nova’s radio show Fitzy & Wippa in 2019, Andy told how he took things into his own hands and would drive past his house every week in a bid to see her.
‘On our six-month break, once a week, I drove past your house and your work. Once each per week. Hoping to accidentally bump into you,’ Andy divulged.
He was quickly branded a ‘creep’ by host Fitzy upon his confession, while Bec admitted he wasn’t as subtle as he thought as she was well aware of his actions.
‘Actually I knew about this… people at work saw you at the café, and they were like… why is Andy going to the café next to work?’ she said.
The couple first met in 2014 at a Melbourne café where Rebecca, 33, was working as a waitress, with Andy then slyly giving her his email address on a napkin
‘What a creep!’ Fitzy laughed, adding: ‘Were there any moments where you did run into Bec and were like, ‘Oh, what are you doing here?”
‘No!’ Andy responded. ‘I saw her once. Pretty creepy stuff!’
The couple did later rekindle their romance with Andy joking that he ‘held off’ telling her about his ‘creepy’ antics for ‘a while’ after they got back together.
Andy has also previously reflected on the moment he met Bec while she was working in a café, describing it as love at first sight.
‘I caught her eye and I was attracted to her,’ he revealed on his radio show in 2015. ‘Just the way she was treating other people, she had a lovely demeanor.
But things were not always smooth-sailing as they briefly split up two years into their romance when Bec struggled with the ‘immense pressure’ dating someone in the public eye
‘I was trying to chat to her, so I was ordering a lot. I had like an hour and a half breakfast and you know I don’t really like that because I like getting in and out in food situations.’
Ever the romantic, he ended up leaving his e-mail address on a napkin for her – and the rest is history.
The couple announced their engagement this week, after 10 years of dating, and Andy dished on some of the intimate details of the epic proposal.
He told how he took Bec to their house – which is being renovated in a $5million project – under the guise of filming videos for social media ahead of the big build.
Speaking on his Hamish and Andy podcast, Andy told how he pretended to get something out of the fireplace before producing a napkin in a nod to how they met.
Andy has previously reflected on the moment he met Bec while she was working in a café, describing it as love at first sight
‘I stayed on one knee and I gave her another napkin – because when I first met her at the café, I wrote on a napkin my details – and I gave her another napkin,’ Lee said of the proposal.
Bec said ‘yes’ to the all important question and the couple took to social media to announce their jovial news on Thursday.
In a sweet post, Bec shared an array of photographs of herself beaming from ear-to-ear as she flashed her engagement ring.
‘People keep saying we’ve rushed into this but we don’t care what people say!’ she jokingly captioned her post, referring to their long 10-year romance.
Andy and Bec have been hit with engagement and elopement rumours over the years, and have previously denied claims of a secret marriage.
The couple first went public with their relationship at the 2015 Australian Open, making a loved-up appearance at the event (pictured)
The couple got engaged over the weekend, with Andy taking Bec to their house – which is under renovation – under the guise of taking videos, before getting down on one knee
In 2020, eagle-eyed fans were left questioning whether they were engaged when Bec was seen hiding her left hand in snaps from her 30th birthday.
The couple first went public with their relationship at the 2015 Australian Open, making a loved-up appearance at the event.
Before his romance with Bec, Andy was previously in a relationship with Australian model and actress Megan Gale.
The couple, who met when Megan appeared on Andy’s radio show, went their separate ways in 2010 after four years together.
‘They remain great friends and both think the world of each other,’ they said in a statement at the time.
Before his romance with Bec, Andy was previously in a relationship with Australian model and actress Megan Gale but they went their separate ways in 2010 after four years together
Megan later claimed that her career took a knock after the highly-publicised split as she felt ‘rejected’ by her fans.
‘I went from being really loved to being really rejected,’ she said of the difficult time in 2019.
Megan believed that the public resented her for debuting her relationship with AFL star Shaun Hampson just months after splitting with Andy.
‘That’s really horrible, you feel powerless. I saw [my career] suffer,’ she admitted.
