Casey Donovan announces engagement to long-time girlfriend Renee Sharples

Beloved Australian singer Casey Donovan announced a heartwarming life update on social media on Friday.

Casey Donovan has announced she is engaged to long-time girlfriend Renee Sharples.

The Aussie star took to Facebook to reveal that they had gotten engaged on last Friday, on June 21.

“21.06.24 on the strawberry moon of the winter solstice the love of my life asked me if I wanted to do this life together forever,” wrote the former Australia Idol winner.

Casey Donovan (right) has become engaged to her partner Renee Sharples (left). Picture: Instagram.

“’The day I met you, home was no longer a place it became a person and yes, you are a gypsy but there’s nobody else I would rather attach my wagon to on this beautiful road trip called life and with that, I said yes!”

Some of the pair’s celebrity friends gushed over the news, with Ricki-Lee writing: “Congratulations gorgeous,” while Angela Bishop wrote: “How beautiful! Congratulations to you both.”

The happy couple first met back in 2020 after they matched on dating app Bumble while on lockdown amid the pandemic.

As a result, their first time meeting was over Zoom where they enjoyed a few virtual dates before getting the chance to meet up in person.

Donovan told Woman’s Day in a July 2021 interview that she had been nervous to start dating again after she was “catfished”.

Donovan previously experienced a difficult period in her love life when she was catfished for years by a female friend who pretended to be a man. Picture: Supplied.

It turns out that for many years she had been convinced she was in a relationship with a man named Campbell, who for it to turn out to have actually been a female friend that she had named “Olga”.

“It’s always nerve-racking because I do have a catfish background and I find it hard to trust people,” she admitted.

However, despite her initial trepidation, she revealed that Sharples had quickly put her mind at ease.

“It was so nice to know that our sense of humour was the same,” she said after their first online date. “We couldn’t wipe the smiles off our faces.”

Earlier this year, Casey confessed that she’s never been happier in her love life.

“I’m in a very happy secure place in my life,” the singer told The Daily Telegraph in March.

“It has taken me [time] to find the love of my life and to kiss a few frogs – and go through a very big part of my life that was challenging – to find confidence and happiness within myself.”

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