Joaquin Phoenix Announces Joke Engagement To Yoga Instructor

We thought we heard the sound of very tranquil wedding bells for Joaquin Phoenix, but it turns out the actor was joking!

The 40-year-old actor announced that he was engaged to his yoga instructor on Monday’s “The Late Show with David Letterman.”

The “Inherent Vice” star explained that calming sparks flew while she taught him to “harness his hog” (his words, not ours!), a move which he showed Letterman.

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“This is the crazy part of the story, we started dating,” he explained. “And I think she’s the one. I proposed to her and she said yes.”

But on Tuesday’s “Good Morning America,” he revealed the engagement is not legit and he was just playing.

“No. I think like my life’s so boring, and it seemed like something exciting to talk about, and I wanted the audience to like me,” he explained. “They really like people getting married.”

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He then added, “I can get engaged again, if you like.”

The actor previously dated Liv Tyler and recently 20-year-old DJ Allie Teilz.

— Jesse Spero

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