Zoe Saldaña and Marco Perego recounted the dramatic anecdote about their engagement

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Zoe Saldaña and her husband, Marco Perego, have been giving fans a peek behind the curtain of their relationship, revealing a charming yet dramatic anecdote about their engagement.

During a recent appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show, the couple shared the heartfelt story of how Perego proposed to the Avatar actress – a tale marked by a “dramatic” communication mishap.As Perego recounted on the show, the proposal adventure began with a trip to the Dominican Republic, where a significant portion of Saldaña’s family resides.

Perego had a special mission: to visit the grave of Saldaña’s late father, Aridio Saldaña, who passed away in 1987 and seek his blessing for the marriage.However, Perego’s plan took an unexpected turn when he returned to London, where the couple resided at the time.

In an attempt to keep the proposal a surprise, Perego told Saldaña that he had been away for work in New York. But the situation quickly escalated when Saldaña questioned his whereabouts upon his return.“[He went to see] my father’s grave,” Saldaña interjected, shedding light on Perego’s clandestine trip to seek her late father’s blessing.Millie Bobby Brown reveals how Jake Bongiovi proposed to herRomantic places to pop the question on Valentine’s DayFrom Megan Fox to Jennifer Lopez: Which celebrity has the most Googled ring?Perego faced a difficult situation when he tried to balance the need to keep the surprise a secret and explain his sudden absence.