Radio host and comedian Joel Creasey announces huge personal news on air

Joel Creasey left his Nova co-host stunned with his major announcement during their Drive show on Monday.

Nova presenter Joel Creasey is engaged to his partner of more than seven years following a romantic proposal in Italy.

The comedian, 34, announced on his Ricki-Lee, Tim and Joel radio show on Nova that his boyfriend, Jack Stratton-Smith, 30, had surprised him with the proposal on their final night in Monopoli, southern Italy.

The radio host announced his engagement on air. Picture: Nova/Supplied

The pair had been dating for more than seven years. Picture: Instagram

“Well, you asked what happened on my trip to Italy … I did get engaged to the love of my life after seven and a half years,” Creasey told his co-hosts and listeners on Monday.

“He finally popped the question! It was very last-minute, it was the day before we left, actually … It was just on a little rooftop and we had a couple of friends there, and I had no idea. I genuinely had no idea.”

He added: “We had many a drink that night and it was very special.”

The ring, reportedly a year and a half in the making, was inspired by Wicked, Creasey’s favourite musical.

He said he’d had “no idea” the proposal was coming. Picture: Instagram

The ring was inspired by Creasey’s favourite musical. Picture: Instagram

Creasey explained that the news of his engagement had surprised many people … for an unexpected reason.

“We’ve been together for ages, a lot of people were like, ‘I thought you were already married!’”

The radio host started dating Stratton-Smith in early 2017 after meeting him at an Adele concert.

He previously joked during an interview on Today Extra that he’d “stalked” Stratton-Smith for four years before they even met.

“I stalked him for four years on Instagram. Wore him down,” he told the hosts.

“I saw he had tickets to the Adele concert and I was like, ‘I guess I like Adele too’ … My stalking knows no bounds, I lasered in on him.”