{"id":54875,"date":"2026-05-05T13:49:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=54875"},"modified":"2026-05-08T17:28:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:28:55","slug":"emmerdale-star-mike-parr-admits-his-proposal-didnt-go-to-plan-as-fiancee-issi-nearly-ruined-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/news\/emmerdale-star-mike-parr-admits-his-proposal-didnt-go-to-plan-as-fiancee-issi-nearly-ruined-it\/","title":{"rendered":" Emmerdale star Mike Parr admits his proposal didn’t go to plan as fianc\u00e9e Issi nearly ruined it"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emmerdale star Mike Parr<\/a> has announced he is engaged to partner Isabelle Du Plessis, but things almost went very wrong when he popped the question.<\/p>

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After Issi admitted she unwittingly nearly stopped the whole proposal, Mike also revealed he came out with quite a \u201ccheesy line\u201d when asking her to spend the rest of their lives together.<\/p>\n

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Michael asked Issi to marry him recently (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Emmerdale Mike Parr engaged to Issi Du Plessis<\/h2>\n

Ross Barton star Mike asked Issi to marry him while they were visiting South Africa where Issi is from. He revealed in a new interview with OK! magazine<\/a> that he had a romantic proposal planned, but that Issi inadvertently tried to ruin it!<\/p>\n

Issi confessed: \u201cHe kept asking me to go on this bushwalk and I was like, \u2018I\u2019ve done bushwalks before. I\u2019m not that into it, but I think you should go\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou were literally stopping your own proposal,\u201d Mike added.<\/p>

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