Survivor Alum Jonny Fairplay and Jessica Kendrick are Engaged.Photo:Stormy and Jose Mendez
Stormy and Jose Mendez
Jonny Fairplayis ready to walk down the aisle!
The two-timeSurvivorcontestant (whose real name is Jon Dalton) proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Jessica Kendrick, at the Wyndham Grand in Clearwater Beach, Florida on Sept. 19.
Fairplay, 49, got down on one knee in front of Kendrick, 42, on a balcony at the hotel in front of a purple LED sign that spelled out “Marry Me” with a heart in the middle.
The pair have been together for more than two years, and now they are ready to commit to forever.
“When I first met Jessica, she was the medical assistant at CAMI Greensboro and offered me free Botox. I was so afraid of needles, but as soon as I got there she held my hand,” Fairplay says. “Two years later, we never stopped holding hands.”
“Survivor” alum Jonny Fairplay is engaged.Stormy and Jose Mendez
Fairplay competed on two seasons ofSurvivor, first onSurvivor: Pearl Islandsin 2003 and he later had a brief stint onSurvivor: Fans vs. Favoritesin 2008. He finished in third place during his first season, which established him as one of the franchise’s most notorious villains.
While on the show, he infamouslylied about his grandmother’s deathin order to gain an advantage during a reward challenge.
During an episode in which loved ones visited, Fairplay arranged to have a friend pretend to tell him that his grandmother had died.
The lie earned him sympathy from his fellow players and a win in the subsequent reward challenge. In a confessional shortly after, he revealed to audiences that his grandma was not dead, but likely “sitting home watching Jerry Springer right now.”
HostJeff Probstlater called the scheme the “greatest lie ever told onSurvivor.” During the season finale, Probst also said Fairplay’s lie was “a move so low and so evil, it definitely guaranteed Jon a spot in theSurvivorvillain hall of fame.”
“Survivor” alum Jonny Fairplay and Jessica Kendrick are engaged.Stormy and Jose Mendez
In 2020, he got into legal trouble with his mother, Patsy Hall, after they were arrested on larceny charges in Virginia.
Fairplay was previously married toMichelle Deightonfrom 2008 to 2011, and was later linked to Caryn Finkbeiner. He sharesdaughter Madilyn Jane, 6, with Finkbeiner, and is also father toPiper Addison, 15, who he shares with Deighton.
At the time of Madilyn’s birth in 2017, he told PEOPLE, “It’s an unbelievable feeling having another beautiful little girl enter our lives,” he said. “And amazingly she’s already said her first words: ‘Hey Jeff Probst, put my Daddy back on the show!’”
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Jonny Fairplay and Jessica Kendrick are engaged.Stormy and Jose Mendez
source: people.com
