Kate Beckinsale's ex-husband Len Wiseman, 50, gets engaged to girlfriend CJ Franco, 32, after romantic proposal in Mexico
Kate Beckinsale's ex-husband Len Wiseman has got engaged to his girlfriend CJ Franco.
Film director Len, 50, got down on one knee and asked CJ, 32, for her hand in marriage during a trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on July 4.
Speaking to People magazine, comedian CJ revealed Len proposed during a romantic dinner date at the couple's favourite restaurant Arbol at Las Ventanas.
She said: 'He got down on his knee and said, ''I know we've only know each other for a little while, so this may come as a shock.'
'He proposed as fireworks began, which felt like they were just for us. I didn't hear anything he said but he looked really cute doing it!'
Couple: Kate Beckinsale's ex-husband Len Wiseman has got engaged to his girlfriend CJ Franco (pictured together in March 2023)
Former flame: Len and CJ's relationship began amid his tumultuous separation from Kate, whom he married in 2004 and spilt from in 2015 (pictured in January 2014)
CJ told how the couple ended the evening by going swimming in a pool surrounded by candles and rose petals.
However, they almost suffered a mishap when the beauty's new engagement ring fell off while she was in the pool.
She added: 'It was like a dream until I realized my ring was missing. We put goggles on and spent the next half hour searching the bottom of the pool for lost treasure — as romantically as possible.'
Len and CJ's relationship began amid his tumultuous separation from Kate, whom he married in 2004 and spilt from in 2015.
Kate and Len split in 2015 after 11 years of marriage. Rumors circulated that their marriage was troubled when Len was photographed leaving The Sunset Marquis Bar with CJ, who was 25 at the time.
One month after his split from Kate went public, Len was photographed leaving hot spot The Nice Guy with CJ two nights in a row. Kate was filming Underworld 5 in Prague at the time.
Kate and Len's divorce was finalized in November 2019. While Kate and Len did not have kids together, she has a daughter Lily with her ex, Martin Sheen - who she was with when she met Len on the set of Underworld.
Kate has since been linked to the likes of Pete Davidson and Jack Whitehall, while Len has remained devoted to CJ.
Proposal: Film director Len, 50, got down on one knee and asked CJ, 32, for her hand in marriage during a trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on July 4
CJ said: 'He proposed as fireworks began, which felt like they were just for us. I didn't hear anything he said but he looked really cute doing it!' (pictured in June 2023)
Breakup: Kate and Len split in 2015 after 11 years of marriage. Rumors circulated that their marriage was troubled when Len was photographed leaving The Sunset Marquis Bar with CJ, who was 25 at the time (pictured in January 2015)
CJ - also an actress - just wrapped filming a new reality show called The Goat. Meanwhile, Len just finished directing the first John Wick spinoff, Ballerina.
Their busy schedules likely contributed in their choice to move in together. However, they do not work together, as Len did with Kate.
In 2012, during an interview with Parade Magazine, Kate gushed about the joys of working with her then husband from time to time.
She explained: 'The first time we met each other was when we were filming Underworld, and then we worked together again after we'd been married a short while, and now we've been married seven years, so I've had quite a few different experiences along the way.
'It's different each time. We love it. I think one of the things we like least about our jobs is that it can force separation from each other.'
