Santo Domingo. DR
There are women who are not even crazy to return the engagement ring if they end the relationship. Many celebrities know it. And they even say it shamelessly. Some claim that they do it “as a souvenir”.
Belinda, Sofía Vergara, Marjorie de Sousa, Galilea Montijo, Ilithya Manzanilla, Sara Maldonado and Sherlyn González, among others, have kept it at some point in their lives.
The most recent case is that of the soap opera actor Gabriel Soto and the Russian Irina Baeva, that, after rumors of separation with the Mexican, he has been seen displaying the engagement ring on his Instagram account, creating a stir among fans, since, according to rumors, Soto has asked him for the jewel with which they got engaged at the end of 2020.
The romance that began with the intensity and controversy typical of a soap opera seems to have the same course for its end, since despite the fact that none of the actors has expressed themselves about it, it is believed that the protagonist of “Amor Dividido” still He wears the expensive ring for work reasons and as a “hope for reconciliation.”
This past weekend, Gabriel Soto literally ran to avoid answering the questions of the representatives of the media who were waiting for him outside a location where he was recording, generating even more suspicions around his supposed break with Irina Baeva, because Although he did not want to give any statement, the Russian actress has denied the rumors and even continues to pose with the engagement ring that the actor gave her one day.
In the case of the actress Belinda and the regional Mexican singer Christian Nodalwho ended their relationship in 2022, after getting engaged in 2021, the Spanish kept the ring, with which they promised to seal their love at the altar, valued at more than 3 million dollars.
With all the scandal that arose after the separation after swearing eternal love and “never ending”, the break revealed that not everything was “rose color” for the couple and despite the expensive jewel that Belinda wore on her finger ring on his left hand, money was the trigger for the separation.
Whether or not she kept the ring was the question that fans asked both artists, especially the singer, who was also suggested to sell the ring in order to solve their economic problems and avoid paying taxes in Mexican territory for carry the emerald jewel as it is considered a donation, thanks to its high value.
Controversy is what the actors have caused since their breakup Marjorie de Sousa and Julián Gil, who romantically proposed to the Venezuelan in 2016 and has led a horror story, Gil confessed in 2017 that to date Marjorie had not returned the ring.
Of the jewels that his ex-partners give him and far from considering it scandalous, the Colombian actress Sofía Vergara sees it as “fun”, when people see it and remember the time since it was given to them.
“When you graduate from school or when you turn 15, they always give you a jewel, be it your parents or your grandparents. Your boyfriend also gives you jewelry, it’s something very common. I still have all the pieces that I was given when I was younger. It’s really funny because then people see them and say, ‘My God, I remember when they gave you that 30 years ago!’” Vergara said.
Another example is that of the Mexican actress and presenter Galilea Montijo, who has been engaged on more than one occasion, confessed openly, not having returned one of the rings, due to the hostile way in which her ex-fiancee asked her for it, for which she decided to keep the ring and in fact used it to carry out a new gem.
“There was a ring that I did not return, but I’m not going to tell you who gave it to me. He was not the smallest nor the largest that I had been given. I did not return it the way he asked me to and in fact I turned it into a necklace, ”Montijo declared.
Another Mexican on the list of those who keep the ring is actress Sherlyn Gonzalez, who ended her relationship with the journalist Francisco Zea in 2018, and that despite the fact that she was not wearing it, nor had she turned it into another jewel, she confessed that it was a “very nice” memory, which she still kept because it had “a meaning of love that at some point was very important.”
“So, I have it as a very nice memory of what the relationship was and up to there. When I have a daughter or something, I’ll give it to them so they can give it to the couple,” added González.
Likewise, the actress Sara Maldonado used the ring that her ex-partner Billy Rovzar gave her such a plane ticket and sold it and went on a trip to Asia: “I sold it and went to travel (to Asia), it’s that suddenly, depending on the karma of the ring, so they can guess who”.
while the too actress Ilithya Chamomile, Far from selling her ring and going on a trip, she received threats from her Colombian ex-boyfriend, who threatened her with sharing intimate photos if she did not return the jewel.
The actress chose to report the extortion to the Mexican Attorney General’s Office and the case has still been under investigation since 2018, so the destination of the ring has not yet been determined.