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Iowa reporter gets surprise engagement during faux assignment
Kai collaborated with KCCI's team to create a staged event that surprised reporter Pepper Purpura with an on-camera proposal during a routine workday.
- On Monday, KCCI reporter Pepper Purpura arrived at the Asian Garden on Robert D Ray Drive in downtown Des Moines expecting a routine assignment, but Kai dropped to one knee and proposed as the moment was captured on camera.
- Kai coordinated the plan with the KCCI news team for weeks to stage the faux assignment, which Pepper Purpura believed was a real event.
- Photojournalist Mike Simmons was already filming as Kai proposed, and friends and colleagues who assisted made the moment special, executive producer Tisa Tollenaar said everyone was excited it worked out.
- KCCI posted congratulations and visuals, offering huge congratulations to Pepper Purpura and Kai on their engagement and shared the engagement ring.
- For viewers at home, the proposal played as a heartwarming scene, transforming an ordinary workday into a life-changing moment for Pepper Purpura, KCCI reporter, with the proposal footage captured by the station.
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News Reporter's Routine Assignment Turns into Surprise Proposal
KCCI reporter Pepper Purpura said yes to her partner Kai KCCI/YouTube Pepper Purpura and fiancé Kai.NEED TO KNOWA Des Moines news station helped set up a surprise proposal for one of its reportersPepper Purpura believed she was covering an event at a garden in downtown Des Moines, but instead found her partner, Kai, holding a ringThe outlet also shared a snap of Purpura's ring — a black, marquis-cut gemstone surrounded by white gems on a gold ba…
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