Fox News star Jacqui Heinrich engaged to 15 years older congressman Brian Fitzpatrick: 'He got it spot on'
VALENSOLE, FRANCE: Fox News star Jacqui Heinrich has reportedly said yes to her longtime boyfriend, Republican Representative Brian Fitzpatrick recently.
The senior White House correspondent confirmed the news on X as she wrote, “Fact check: true 🥰❤️,” below a PEOPLE article that exclusively reported their engagement.
Fact check: true 🥰❤️https://t.co/D2PofWg2kL Fox News' Jacqui Henrich Engaged to Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (Exclusive)
— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) July 8, 2025
The big moment happened in France on June 29 when the congressman, who’s 15 years senior to Heinrich, proposed to her at sunrise in the middle of a lavender field in Valensole.
Jacqui Heinrich 'had a feeling' Brian Fitzpatrick would propose
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The 36-year-old journalist revealed that Fitzpatrick planned everything after hearing her saying in an interview that she wants to go to the French Riviera “to eat the baguettes, see the lavender fields, drink the wine and eat the butter.”
“He said, ‘I'm going to take you this summer to the South of France,’” she recounted.
Despite knowing that their trip may end abruptly because the 51-year-old politician needed to be in Washington, DC for 'The One Big Beautiful Bill', he insisted on going.
“He was like, 'We are going. We’re going to the lavender fields. All I want is to see the lavender fields at sunrise.’ All the time I've known this man, he has never been desperate to see a field of flowers at dawn. So I had a feeling that [a proposal] was the goal,” Heinrich recalled.
Jacqui Heinrich ‘impressed with’ Brian Fitzpatrick’s proposal
Later, when they reached their desired location, Fitzpatrick asked Heinrich to “walk out into that field.”
But soon she understood that it was all his now-fiance’s plan to propose to her.
Heinrich shared, “He didn't ask for any help from me or anyone I know. So I was really surprised he got it spot-on. What I could have asked for, dreamed up myself, he did without even asking.”
“It's really beautiful. Brian did such an amazing job. I’m so impressed with him,” she added.
Jacqui Heinrich calls Brian Fitzpatrick ‘sweet and gentle and kind’
The news anchor also disclosed what she loves most about Fitzpatrick.
“I love his brain. I love the way he approaches problem-solving and solving complex issues. He's strong and a man of faith, who brings me closer to God. He's sweet and gentle and kind,” she asserted.
Heinrich also noted, “All of the easy qualities in a person that just make him a joy to be around and life brighter.”
