{"id":196611,"date":"2025-10-02T00:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T00:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/finneas-oconnell-learned-surprising-lesson-from-proposal\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T00:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T00:01:12","slug":"finneas-oconnell-learned-surprising-lesson-from-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/finneas-oconnell-learned-surprising-lesson-from-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Finneas O&#8217;Connell learned surprising lesson from proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-10-02\" datetime=\"1759363272\" pubdate=\"\">2 October 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Finneas O&#8217;Connell&#8217;s marriage proposal taught him he isn&#8217;t cut out for a life of crime.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Finneas O&#8217;Connell isn&#8217;t cut out for a life of crime<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old musician popped the question to Claudia Sulewski earlier this month after seven years of dating, and he admitted keeping his plans a secret for so long &#8220;ate [him] alive&#8221; and riddled with concern that she&#8217;d find the engagement ring before he&#8217;d have the chance to present it to her.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Finneas said: \u201cI mean, I\u2019m very relieved that it happened. I feel like it really taught me that I\u2019m not cut out to rob banks or steal cars or something because I was keeping a joyous, happy secret for several weeks, and it ate me alive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I was lying in bed at night thinking about where the ring was and her not finding \u2026 whatever it was. And this is a nice thing that I\u2019m keeping secret.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finneas and Claudia announced their engagement by sharing a number of photographs from his romantic sunset proposal.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn a joint Instagram post last week, they wrote: &#8220;forever and ever 9.22 (sic).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nThe photo carousel featured images of the couple sharing a smooch on a mountain hilltop, as well as Finneas &#8211; who makes music under his first name &#8211; and Claudia riding in a helicopter, and his fiancee showing off her sparkly engagement ring.<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd the upload sparked thousands of congratulatory messages in the post&#8217;s comments section, including from their famous friends.<\/p>\n<p>\nTV personality Amanda Kloots, 43, wrote: &#8220;Omg YOU GUYS!!!!! Congratulations!!!! (sic)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nSinger Renee Rapp, 25, penned: &#8220;Holy s*** congratulations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd Influencer-and-entrepreneur Paige Lorenze, 27, penned: &#8220;Omg!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nFinneas &#8211; whose sister is 23-year-old singer Billie Eilish &#8211; met Claudia on a dating app in 2018, and they quickly fell for one another.<\/p>\n<p>\nA year later, the 10-time Grammy award-winning artist revealed he penned the song Claudia just hours after meeting his now-fiancee.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe told Buzzfeed at the time: &#8220;I wrote the song Claudia about Claudia the day that I met Claudia, and I sent it to her the night that I met Claudia.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I sent her the first part, and she texted me back, &#8216;You&#8217;re trouble,&#8217; and then the chorus, which is the, &#8216;I&#8217;m in trouble now,&#8217; part.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I was like, &#8216;Oh, that&#8217;s &#8211; cheers!'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nAlso in 2019, Finneas and Claudia bought a house together and rescued a dog, a pitbull named Peaches.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe singer&#8217;s 2022 song Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa was also about Claudia, and she starred-and-directed the music video for the track.<\/p>\n<p>\nSpeaking about the scene where the couple kiss, cuddle, and pose for a photo together in Paris, France, she told Vogue in July that year: &#8220;It\u2019s a gushy video, for sure!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\nFinneas added: &#8220;We\u2019re pretty deep in it at this point\u2014we\u2019ve been dating for almost four years, so I think the cat\u2019s out of the bag.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nFinneas O&#8217;Connell&#8217;s marriage proposal taught him he isn&#8217;t cut out for a life of crime.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe 28-year-old musician popped the question to Claudia Sulewski earlier this month after seven years of dating, and he admitted keeping his plans a secret for so long &#8220;ate [him] alive&#8221; and riddled with concern that she&#8217;d find the engagement ring before he&#8217;d have the chance to present it to her.<\/p>\n<p>\nSpeaking on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Finneas said: \u201cI mean, I\u2019m very relieved that it happened. I feel like it really taught me that I\u2019m not cut out to rob banks or steal cars or something because I was keeping a joyous, happy secret for several weeks, and it ate me alive.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cAnd I was lying in bed at night thinking about where the ring was and her not finding \u2026 whatever it was. And this is a nice thing that I\u2019m keeping secret.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nFinneas and Claudia announced their engagement by sharing a number of photographs from his romantic sunset proposal.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn a joint Instagram post last week, they wrote: &#8220;forever and ever 9.22 (sic).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nThe photo carousel featured images of the couple sharing a smooch on a mountain hilltop, as well as Finneas &#8211; who makes music under his first name &#8211; and Claudia riding in a helicopter, and his fiancee showing off her sparkly engagement ring.<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd the upload sparked thousands of congratulatory messages in the post&#8217;s comments section, including from their famous friends.<\/p>\n<p>\nTV personality Amanda Kloots, 43, wrote: &#8220;Omg YOU GUYS!!!!! Congratulations!!!! (sic)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nSinger Renee Rapp, 25, penned: &#8220;Holy s*** congratulations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd Influencer-and-entrepreneur Paige Lorenze, 27, penned: &#8220;Omg!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nFinneas &#8211; whose sister is 23-year-old singer Billie Eilish &#8211; met Claudia on a dating app in 2018, and they quickly fell for one another.<\/p>\n<p>\nA year later, the 10-time Grammy award-winning artist revealed he penned the song Claudia just hours after meeting his now-fiancee.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe told Buzzfeed at the time: &#8220;I wrote the song Claudia about Claudia the day that I met Claudia, and I sent it to her the night that I met Claudia.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I sent her the first part, and she texted me back, &#8216;You&#8217;re trouble,&#8217; and then the chorus, which is the, &#8216;I&#8217;m in trouble now,&#8217; part.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I was like, &#8216;Oh, that&#8217;s &#8211; cheers!'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nAlso in 2019, Finneas and Claudia bought a house together and rescued a dog, a pitbull named Peaches.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe singer&#8217;s 2022 song Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa was also about Claudia, and she starred-and-directed the music video for the track.<\/p>\n<p>\nSpeaking about the scene where the couple kiss, cuddle, and pose for a photo together in Paris, France, she told Vogue in July that year: &#8220;It\u2019s a gushy video, for sure!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\nFinneas added: &#8220;We\u2019re pretty deep in it at this point\u2014we\u2019ve been dating for almost four years, so I think the cat\u2019s out of the bag.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/finneas-oconnell-learned-surprising-lesson-proposal-1430707.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 October 2025 Finneas O&#8217;Connell&#8217;s marriage proposal taught him he isn&#8217;t cut out for a life of crime. 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