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27th Sep 2014

Desperate Housewives Star Announces Engagement On TV Chat Show

The actress showed off her sparkler to shocked host Queen Latifah.

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Actress Vanessa Williams is engaged.

The 51-year-old star showed off her beautiful sparkler during a recording of The Queen Latifah Show.

Williams, who is currently starring in the stage version of The Trip To Bountiful, met her fiancé, New York native Jim Skrip, during a trip to Egypt in 2012.

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Williams with her fiancé Jim.

Latifah jokes: “Vanessa, I have been trying to have a conversation with you ladies and gents, but I am blinded by the light coming from that bling ring on your finger”.

The Desperate Housewives actress was quick to reply, “Oh sorry darling, I got engaged”.

“I have had a lot of good things happen,” she continued, “I turned 50 when we were in rehearsal on Broadway, I just got engaged a couple of weeks ago. It has been a lot of blessings”.

The show is not due to air in the US until Tuesday, however you can watch a teaser clip below:

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