{"id":525300,"date":"2026-01-08T16:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/525300\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:54:13","slug":"knicks-karl-anthony-towns-opens-up-about-jordyn-woods-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/525300\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks&#8217; Karl-Anthony Towns opens up about Jordyn Woods engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns pulled back the curtain on his surprise proposal to his longtime girlfriend, Jordyn Woods, at Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>During a Tuesday appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LV7onz96LX0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u201cLate Night with Seth Meyers,\u201d<\/a> Towns shared the special meaning behind Woods\u2019 massive\u00a0emerald-cut diamond ring, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airesjewelers.com\/blog\/news\/jordyn-woods-debuts-10-carat-emerald-cut-diamond-after-holiday-proposal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">estimated to be at least 10 carats.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a surprise. We\u2019d been dating for five-and-a-half years up to that point,\u201d Towns, 30, said of Woods, 28.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.76953125;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38128516\" width=\"454\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/towns-woods.jpg\" alt=\"Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns and his longtime girlfriend, Jordyn Woods, announced their engagement on December 25, 2025. \" class=\"wp-image-38128516\"  \/>Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns and his longtime girlfriend, Jordyn Woods, announced their engagement on December 25, 2025.  Instagram\/Karl-Anthony Towns<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 I wanted her to have a ring that shows that bond and relationship that we\u2019ve built, and yeah, I want everyone to know she\u2019s mine.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Towns gushed that Woods was \u201cecstatic\u201d over the ring, adding that her mom, Elizabeth Woods, gave her stamp of approval. <\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\">\u201cI think I did well,\u201d Towns said. \u201c\u2026 Her mom approves. I think that\u2019s the most important thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Towns emphasized their strong bond. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found a way, five-and-a-half years, ebbs and flows of the relationship, as anyone would know,\u201d Towns said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the most important thing \u2026 we always chose each other. You know, through the bad and the good, we always found ourselves choosing each other. I think that\u2019s what makes for a strong bond, a strong relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66699219;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38128478\" width=\"394\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photo-dimitrios-kambouris-getty-images-117862077.jpg\" alt=\"Jordyn Woods and Karl-Anthony Towns attend the Michael Rubin REFORM Alliance Casino Night Event on September 13, 2025 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.  \" class=\"wp-image-38128478\"  \/>Jordyn Woods and Karl-Anthony Towns attend the Michael Rubin REFORM Alliance Casino Night Event on September 13, 2025 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.   Getty Images for REFORM Alliance<\/p>\n<p>The five-time NBA All-Star and the fashion entrepreneur announced their engagement\u00a0in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSs5CFLlQON\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">joint\u00a0Instagram\u00a0post <\/a>on Dec. 25 after he proposed at Overstory, a rooftop bar in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarry Christmas \ud83c\udf84\u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\udc8d,\u201d the couple wrote in the caption.<\/p>\n<p>Towns and Woods, who met through mutual friends, celebrated five years together last May.<\/p>\n<p>They were best friends for years before they became romantic\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/10\/19\/how-jordyn-woods-helped-karl-anthony-towns-handle-covid-grief\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">during the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Woods is a staple at Knicks games on celebrity row at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns pulled back the curtain on his surprise proposal to his longtime girlfriend, Jordyn Woods,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525301,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3768],"tags":[7,70251,64897,11494,563,304,6,1136,191,3810,3806,66,2086,6342],"class_list":["post-525300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-knicks","tag-basketball","tag-celebrity-engagements","tag-engagement-rings","tag-jordyn-woods","tag-karl-anthony-towns","tag-knicks","tag-nba","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkknicks","tag-sports","tag-sports-entertainment","tag-wags"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115860528601838810","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}