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Harper Grace isn’t marrying anyone without her father’s blessing.
After the country star faked an engagement to promote her new single, “if daddy says no,” she revealed the song and the stunt helped her work through something very real: when her father didn’t approve of the man she was dating.
“I’ve always been really close with my dad, and this certain relationship just did not honor me, and it really didn’t honor my dad,” Harper told Country Now in a recent interview. “They had zero respect for my father and his upbringing with me and him, literally just let alone being my dad. He was a wonderful dad, and this guy just was so disrespectful, and I was caught up in all of it.”
And when the concept of showing the experience to her fans by faking an engagement came to her, Harper couldn’t resist.
“Some people are probably going to think I’m crazy for faking my own engagement,” she admitted “I got so into just the artistic take on it because the song means so much to me.”
Indeed, for Harper, the song is somewhat of a retelling of Taylor Swift’s hit “Love Story,” in which the singer is also amid a romance her parents don’t approve of.
“It’s like the version of ‘Love Story’ instead of the romance of like, he’s going to get down on one knee and all this stuff is going to happen,” she explained. “It’s like the traumatic sad side.”
The experience was certainly cathartic for Harper, but she had her fans fooled for quite a while, announcing her “engagement” on Jan. 15, a month before revealing the truth.
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As she wrote in a post at the time, sporting a massive diamond ring with a man, whose face was not in the shot, “Big news.”
Fans wasted no time wishing her congratulations.
“I cannot believe my other favorite girly is engaged!!!” one fan wrote. “I am so, so very happy for you! The ring is absolutely beautiful.”
And when Harper revealed the truth, another fan lamented, “Can't believe you did this to us!!”
For more stars who actually got engaged this year, keep reading…
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Allison Holker and Adam Edmunds
The tech exec surprised the dancer at her 38th birthday party.
"It was the most romantic night of my life!" she wrote on Instagram. "I am so in love with you Adam. Baby, I am forever grateful for you and the impact you have had in my life and my kids lives. I am a better person because of you. You helped me find me again and showed me how to love. Every morning I wake up I feel safe knowing you are My person at my side. You and your kids coming into our lives has been the biggest blessing."
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Aryna Sabalenka and Georgios Frangulis
The entrepreneur proposed to the tennis star in romantic, rose-laden proposal in March.
Aryna captioned the joint announcement, “You & me, forever. 3.3.26.”
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Jena Malone and Jack Buckley
The Hunger Games actress announced her engagement to the fellow actor, who she described as “a dream come true.”
“My soulmate asked me to marry him,” she wrote on Instagram Feb. 11. “With every lifetime, every moment I have in front of me I said yes.”
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Halle Berry and Van Hunt
The Oscar winner revealed she recently got engaged to her longtime boyfriend during a February appearance on The Tonight Show.
“There’s some confusion,” she said. “It's going around that I, that my guy Van Hunt—I've been dating him now for almost six years—well, there's some confusion that he asked to marry me and I said no.”
However, “I did not say no,” Halle affirmed. “We just don't have a date, but of course I said yes, I would marry him!”
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Dove Cameron and Damiano David
The Liv and Maddie alum revealed her ring on Jan. 3, captioning their news, "my favourite part of being alive [ring emoji] happy new year."
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Gina Kirschenheiter and Travis Mullen
The Real Housewives of Orange County star got engaged to her fiancé during a New Year's Eve trip to Big Bear, Calif.
"I was in complete shock!" she told People in a Jan. 7 interview. "My nervous system was trying to catch up to what just happened in this magical moment and I was also trying to process the iceberg that was being presented to me as well! I of course said 'yes,' and melted into what was the sweetest kiss I’ve ever felt!"
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