Touched by an Angel actress Roma Downey and Reality television producer Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Apprentice) got engaged over the weekend. According to People magazine, Burnett got down on his knee and proposed to the Irish actress on a moonlit beach in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, where the couple were spending a Thanksgiving vacation. "I have found my angel," Burnett tells People of Downey.
The couple had been Malibu neighbors for years when they started dating in January 2004. "I think we were both deliciously ignorant of each other," Downey said, "and so when we met ... the attraction was very real."
After spending nine years on Touched by an Angel, acting in a series of TV movies and doing worldwide charity work, Downey said, "I thought I really needed to slow down and adjust to my new life, which is life after Touched by an Angel, and it's interesting that I made the choice to slow down when I met the busiest man in show business!"
"We are people with similar backgrounds," Burnett said. "We are both from Great Britain and both living in Malibu and we both have kids. And we laugh all the time. We laugh all the time because we come from blue-collar families, so I tell her things she hasn't heard in years, and then she will tell friends, who won't even get that commonality, so we'll laugh even more."
"He's a super guy and we have a lovely time," Downey said. "We have children the same age so it's a very inclusive relationship. We travel together as a little group."
The happy couple plan to marry in 2007.
