Tones and I has announced her engagement to her ‘secret boyfriend’ – footballer Jimmy Bedford.
The fiercely private singer, whose real name is Toni Watson, revealed the happy news in an Instagram post on New Year’s Day.
The 26-year-old shared a photo of the pair kissing as she held up her hand to show off her diamond ring.
Ready to wed! Tones and I has announced her engagement to her ‘secret boyfriend’ – footballer Jimmy Bedford (left). The fiercely private singer, whose real name is Toni Watson (right), revealed the happy news in an Instagram post on New Year’s Day
In her caption, Tones simply added a ring emoji, as well as tagging Jimmy, who she has been dating for two years.
The Melbourne-born pop star is currently touring around Victoria and NSW, busking to large groups of fans.
She shared several videos on New Year’s Day showing a concert in a park in Albury, with Jimmy in tow.
On tour: The pop star is currently touring around Victoria and NSW, busking to large groups of fans. She shared several videos on New Year’s Day showing a concert in a park in Albury, with Jimmy in tow
Love: Jimmy – nicknamed ‘Bedders’ – is a former brickie and player for the Victorian AFL team, the Frankston Bombers, who now follows the Dance Monkey hitmaker around the world on tour, as her stage technician
Tones also posted clips in which Jimmy joined her and a group of friends as they camped and made videos on their way to the gig.
Jimmy – nicknamed ‘Bedders’ – is a former brickie and player for the Victorian AFL team, the Frankston Bombers, who now follows the Dance Monkey hitmaker around the world on tour, as her stage technician.
In July, while appearing on The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Friday, the singer confessed the pair have been dating for 18 months.
Together: In July, while appearing on The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Friday, the singer confessed the pair have been dating for 18 months
‘I have actually been with my partner for a year and a half now. It’s going so well. He’s just the perfect person for me,’ she told hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson on the show.
‘He was a brickie [bricklayer], and now he’s my stage tech. In the last year and a half, he’s gone to university, studied, got his Bachelors.
‘He comes on tour with me as my stage tech. He lives with us. He plays footy for Frankston Bombers. He’s my best friend, he’s hilarious,’ she said.
Romance: ‘I have actually been with my partner for a year and a half now. It’s going so well. He’s just the perfect person for me,’ she told hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson
Baller: He is also player for the Victorian AFL team, the Frankston Bombers. Jimmy is pictured on the field
Tones then explained that Jimmy appeared in a recent promotional video for her new album, which she shared to Instagram.
In the clip, Jimmy, who bears a striking resemblance to Thor actor Chris Hemsworth, plays a bartender who comedically praises the singer’s ‘tunes’.
That same month, Jimmy plugged the new album from Tones and I, Welcome To The Madhouse, in a Facebook post.
Love: ‘He was a brickie, and now he’s my stage tech. In the last year and a half, he’s gone to university, studied, got his Bachelors,’ she said
Sweet: ‘He comes on tour with me as my stage tech. He lives with us. He plays footy for Frankston Bombers. He’s my best friend, he’s hilarious,’ she said
He wrote that Tones is an, ‘absolute musical genius and the greatest person I know!’
The pair have appeared together in a small handful of Instagram posts, including one which tones shared in August last year, that was captioned: ‘I love you’.
Elsewhere in the interview, Tones addressed questions about her sexuality, and says that she does not consider gender when it comes to romance.
That’s him! Tones then explained that Jimmy appeared in a recent promotional video for her new album, which she shared to Instagram (pictured)
Same same! In the comedic clip Jimmy, who bears a striking resemblance to Thor actor Chris Hemsworth (right), plays a bartender
‘Who you like is who you like, and I have never said I wouldn’t like this person because they’re a girl, and I wouldn’t like this person because they are a boy.
‘It’s who you have a connection with,’ The Kids Are Coming singer said.
Tones became an overnight smash success thanks to her 2019 number one hit song, Dance Monkey, and released her debut studio album, Welcome To The Madhouse, earlier this year.
Open: Elsewhere in the interview, Tones addressed questions about her sexuality. ‘Who you like is who you like, and I have never said I wouldn’t like this person because they’re a girl, and I wouldn’t like this person because they are a boy’ she said
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