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Jay Glazer and his new fiancee Rosie Tenison. Photo credit: Courtesy of Jay Glaser.
Courtesy of Jay Glaser.
Jay Glazer has a ring on it!
The Fox NFL reporter, 53, is engaged to girlfriend Rosie Tenison, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal.
Glazer proposed to Tenison in California earlier this week, a source told PEOPLE. “Jay got engaged to Rosie at the site of his first date in Santa Monica when they first started dating,” says the insider.
Noting how Glazer and Tenison “broke up before Jay embarked on his mental health journey,” which he documented in his book, Unbreakable: How I Turned My Depression and Anxiety Into Motivation and You Can Toothe source continues that “he just didn’t feel worthy of love.”
“He broke up with Rosie even though he knew she was his soulmate and the love of his life,” the insider adds.
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Jay Glazer and his new fiancee Rosie Tenison. Photo credit: Courtesy of Jay Glaser.
Courtesy of Jay Glaser
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Glazer announced his exciting engagement news in an Instagram post on Sunday. “Sooooo, that happened! It only took me 53 years to find true love. For everyone out there…it’s never too late,” he began his caption.
“My gray has made me feel unlovable for 53 years! As a result, I have sabotaged and pushed others away – that’s what the gray makes you. But it takes a special spirit to stand by me, to help me grow and feel worthy of being loved,” Glazer continued. “That’s what this woman is!! This amazing, incredible soul, Rosie Tenison, saw my pain, but even more so my heart and said, ‘This man takes care of so many people, but who takes care of him? I want to be the one to take care of him!’ “
Jay Glazer and his new fiancee Rosie Tenison. Photo credit: Courtesy of Jay Glaser.
Courtesy of Jay Glaser
“However, I could not have received that love if I hadn’t walked this mental health journey with you all,” he added. “It took me 53 years to work on myself to see that I’m worth it, I can beat the grey… I can live in the blue. Thank you Rosie for what will be a life of blue and love.”
The story goes on
Glazer ended his post with a series of hashtags, including “#MazelFreakingTov.”
#DreamComeTrue and #AboutTime.
Jay Glazer and his new fiancee Rosie Tenison. Photo credit: Courtesy of Jay Glaser.
Courtesy of Jay Glaser
Glazer celebrated life with Tenison, a former model and clothing designer who owns Los Angeles boutique Varga, in an Instagram post last month.
Sharing a photo of the pair on a boat in a scenic setting in Thailand, the TV journalist wrote, “I’m GREAT!!!”
“I raise a glass (water with lemon) for all of you and this beautiful place. Rosie and I came here together for two weeks to work on the mind, body and spirit,” he continued.
“We only ate anti-inflammatory foods (we lost 10 pounds in a week just by cutting out alcohol and eating the right foods), exercised Muy Thai, learned more meditation and breathing techniques to calm anxiety, and again worked with depression and mental health monks and did a digital detox (the hardest part of it) but once we got used to the break from our phones and computers the fear melted away and we connected on a deeper level to each other and to everyone around us,” added Glazer.
The NFL insider then noted that he can’t wait “to share with you in the coming weeks what we’ve learned to hopefully help you too,” saying, “I know not everyone goes to Thailand can, but I can bring what I learned back to you. We can use these lessons anywhere. Team Unbreakable. I love you all. “