She's engaged! The View's Star Jones, 55, reveals she's set to wed Ricardo Lugo as she flashes diamond ring... nine years after divorcing Al Reynolds
- Star confirmed on Monday evening at the Angel Ball in NYC she is engaged
- The talk show vet, 55, flashed a large diamond engagement ring
- It seems as if the two have been engaged for months, however, as she wore the ring in July as well
- Lugo is an assistant state attorney in Illinois, according to the Chicago Tribune
Star Jones is an engaged woman.
The View vet confirmed the news to UsWeekly on Monday evening while at the Angel Ball in New York City where she flashed a diamond engagement ring.
'We’re engaged,' the 55-year-old TV star said. The lucky man is her beau of several years, Ricardo Lugo.
Ready to wed again: Star Jones told UsWeekly on Monday she is engaged to Ricardo Lugo; here they are seen on Monday at the Angel Ball in NYC
Her diamond engagement ring
She has actually been wearing the ring for several months.
The looker had it on her wedding finger in July.
Star also gushed about her future husband.
'He’s wonderful. I’m happy and that’s all anybody outside of my family needs to know,' snipped the funny lady.
Lugo is an assistant state attorney who works for State Attorney Kim Foxx in Illinois, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Star power: The talk-show vet looked pretty in an emerald green gown with a white fur shawl. She added gold heels and a matching clutch purse
Jones and Lugo must have a lot to talk about as she has a law degree from the University Of Houston Law Center. She also passed the NYC bar in 1987.
On Monday the talk-show vet looked pretty in an emerald green gown with a white fur shawl.
She added gold heels and a matching clutch purse.
On CNN: She has actually been wearing the ring for several months. The looker had it on her wedding finger in July
Her husband-to-be looked dapper in a grey jacket and black bow tie with white shirt and dark slacks.
In July Lugo shared an image of Jones and Vanessa Williams at the National Urban League Conference in St. Louis, Missouri.
'Intelligent, talented, beautiful, and strong women!' he wrote at the time.
So close: Here they are seen at the American Ballet Theatre 2016 Fall Gala in NYC
She is best known as one of the original co-hosts on the ABC morning talk show The View, on which she appeared from 1997 to 2006.
The TV personality has since been on the show as a guest star.
She was one of the originals with Barbara Walters and Whoopi Goldberg.
Then romance came. In 2004 she wed investment banker Al Reynolds.
The first husband: In 2004 she wed investment banker Al Reynolds. They split after four years. They are pictured here in 2007
But when she plugged her wedding products too much on The View, she was let go.
From September 2004 to September 2005, Jones was a red-carpet host for the E! television network, conducting interviews at awards shows.
E! declined to renew her contract after one year.
In 2008 she divorced Al.
In 2011 she had a bit of a comeback when she was cast in the fourth installment of The Celebrity Apprentice; she came in fifth place.
Big gig: She is best known as one of the original co-hosts on the ABC morning talk show The View, on which she appeared from 1997 to 2006. Here she is seen in June as a guest star
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