90 Day Fiancé’s Big Ed Brown Engaged After 24-Hour Courtship: Report

Fourth time’s a charm for 90 Day Fiancé’s Big Ed Brown. 

The TLC reality star, 59, has found love once again in record time — 24 hours to be exact — after meeting 29-year-old Porscha Raemond at a fan meet and greet event at the Plantation, Fla., sandwich shop Capriotti’s. TMZ was the first to report the proposal.

According to the outlet, the proposal, which happened while the future newlyweds were enjoying a meal, was so impromptu that Big Ed reportedly did not have a ring ready for the special occasion. He used a paper clip instead. 

Sources close to the reality star tell TMZ the engagement is “definitely real.”

PEOPLE reached out to TLC for comment.

Big Ed first gained fame on season 4 of 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days in 2020. The season chronicled his travels to the Philippines to make his relationship with Rose Vega work.

However, their romance was short-lived and the pair never ended up tying the knot. 

Next came 90 Day: The Single Life, in which Big Ed became engaged to Elizabeth “Liz” Woods during season 1 of the spinoff series. 

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The former couple, who became known for their tumultuous romance, did not make it down the aisle.

In February, Liz confirmed their split by posting herself with a new man after the two had broken up with one another more than a dozen times. 

“Why does Ed still keep saying you guys are together??” a commenter asked Liz at the time.

“Must be something in his wine,” his former fiancé replied with a shrug emoji.

During PEOPLE’s “Reality Rewatch” in June, Big Ed shared what he missed most about Liz. 

“Liz would always do my hair, which was really awesome. It’s moments like this that I’m glad they showed because there was definitely a very loving side of Liz, that I’ll always miss,” he said.

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Big Ed continued, “Liz was always the more sexually aggressive one in the relationship, which I very much appreciated, often. Liz is gonna be somebody pretty tough to beat in the bedroom, I’ll say that.”

The TLC star was also previously married decades before he was ever featured on a television screen. He was previously married to Sandra Heckman. The former husband and wife share a daughter named Tiffany. However, according to TMZ, Big Ed and Heckman got divorced in 1992 due to his alleged infidelity.