Alexis Bellino and John Janssen are ready to get married — but maybe not in front of the cameras.
The Real Housewives of Orange County couple attended the DIRECTV Gets Real party hosted by DIRECTV, PEOPLE and Entertainment Weekly on Thursday, Sept. 26, where they revealed if their wedding will be filmed for Bravo.
“Not gonna film it. Not a Bravo special or anything like that. I don’t know that they would want that,” says Janssen, 61, nearly one month after he popped the question during a getaway to the San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Bellino, 47, tells PEOPLE that she and Janssen have let Bravo know what their hopes are for their special day but when asked if there will be cameras filming, she adds, “I don’t know, so stay tuned.”
John Janssen and Alexis Bellino attend the “DIRECTV Gets Real” event on Sept. 26, 2024.
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One thing the bride-to-be is sure of, however, is what makes Janssen “the one.”
“This man has shown every piece of character of who I envisioned that I didn’t know that I needed,” Bellino says during the event hosted by Love Island USA host Ariana Madix.
“He is strong, he is loving, caring, he has brought me out of my darkest moment in a loving way. He is my rock. And he’s funny,” she adds. “He’s funny, which is f—— important.”
While Janssen hilariously quips that “the only person who thinks I’m funny is Alexis,” the two agree that their engagement, which came months after they first started dating in December 2023, has them on “cloud nine” and is something they finally got “right.”
Bellino tells PEOPLE that the most memorable moment has been “the shock” of being proposed to.
“Because I really thought he was going to do it before and then he did it when I wasn’t prepared. So yeah, it was the shock of it. But I love that, because it was just he and I,” she says.
“She knew it was coming, but not the timing,” explains Janssen. Before dating Bellino, Janssen dated her RHOC costar Shannon Beador.
Alexis Bellino and John Janssen.
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Once the moment came, Bellino proudly shared the news online, writing in an Instagram post on Wednesday, Aug. 28: “On Cloud 9 🎉❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️, celebrating 9 months of love and laughter, and looking forward to my forever with you. Every moment together has been a gift. I am so in love with you and the beautiful life we’re building together with our kids. And the answer is 100000000% yes.”
“1 Corinthians 13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.#giftfrommymom,” her caption continued.