Shawn Johnson and Andrew East’s Relationship Timeline: A Look at the Athletes’ Romance
usmagazine.comA marriage worthy of a gold medal. Shawn Johnson and Andrew East’s relationship defies even Olympic standards.The athletic couple met through the former NFL player’s brother Guy East when the gymnast was in London to be a sports commentator for the 2012 Olympics. (Guy, for his part, was competing in the cycling events.)“He starts to go on this tangent about this little brother of his and how I have to meet him,” Johnson recalled in a 2018 vlog.
Andrew, who was attending Vanderbilt University in Nashville at the time, was intrigued by the idea that the gold medalist was thinking of going to the same school.“@ShawnJohnson I hear you met my brother Guy!
Hopefully you can come to Vandy and the Easts could show you what its all about,” Andrew tweeted at Johnson following Guy’s encounter.The football player then flew to Los Angeles to meet the highly-decorated athlete, who was filming Dancing With the Stars season 15 after Johnson previously won the mirrorball trophy during season 8).
The couple went on their first date, and three years later, Andrew popped the question.The Indiana native proposed to Johnson at the Chicago Cubs’ Wrigley Field after she threw the ceremonial first pitch.
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