Indeed, his loved ones were close to his heart that night, with Saget reminiscing about his proposal to Kelly Rizzo and raving, per Nickels, about just “how much he loves his wife.”
“He tells a story and goes, ‘I fumbled. I was nervous to ask this woman to marry me. She’s a lot younger than me.’ And he goes, ‘I hope I can spend the rest of my time on this earth with you,'” Nickels said. “She of course tells him to get on with it. He finishes the story and she says yes, and she’s crying.”
Next, came alerting their families, which Saget joked may have ruined the moment. “He’s going, ‘In my mind I’m thinking we’re in Big Sur, there’s animals outside, and the fires going, and it’s nice, and we’re in bathrobes, and I’m gonna say this, and it’ll be a great moment, and she’s gonna come into my arms, and then we’re gonna go have intimate relations,'” recalled Nickels. “He goes on, ‘It was three hours later,’ and he says that two of her friends he still can’t stand because they spent so much time on the phone with her.”
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