Katie Couric Confirms Her Daughter Is Engaged. The Ring Is a Nod to Her Late Husband

Journalist Katie Couric shared some exciting news with fans on Sunday.

Her 27-year-old daughter, Ellie Monahan, is engaged! And the ring her fiancé used to propose is extra special to the mom’s heart.

It was the very same engagement ring Couric’s late husband, Ellie’s father Jay Monahan, gave to her, she confirmed.

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OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG ⭐️Ellie and Mark are engaged!🌟 OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG And she’s wearing the ring her Dad gave to me.❤️ #happytears #heaskedmypermission #ikeptasecret #jaywouldbesoproud #mazelmazelgoodthings #takegoodcareofmybaby #ohjesusguessihavetothrowawedding #weloveyoumark #monster-in-law👰🏻 🎩 🥰🕺🏻💃🏻💍🌸🌷☀️🌈🍾💗💋‼️😂🌼🍀💥🤸🏻‍♂️🎹🎤🎈🎀🎉 love you all! ❤️

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The excited mom said she was left in “happy tears” from the news. She wrote:

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG
⭐️Ellie and Mark are engaged!🌟
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG
And she’s wearing the ring her Dad gave to me.❤️ #happytears #heaskedmypermission#ikeptasecret #jaywouldbesoproud#mazelmazelgoodthings#takegoodcareofmybaby#ohjesusguessihavetothrowawedding#weloveyoumark #monster-in-law

Couric added that her future son-in-law asked her permission to propose and that she “kept a secret.”

Jay Monahan passed away in 1998 following a battle with colon cancer. Couric recently honored her late husband with an Instagram post on the 20th anniversary of his passing.

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Jay Monahan January 9, 1956- January 24, 1998 Twenty years ago today. We miss you.

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She wrote:

Jay Monahan
January 9, 1956-
January 24, 1998
Twenty years ago today.
We miss you.

Their two daughters, Ellie, 27, and Caroline, 23, were just young children when he lost his battle with cancer.

But Couric said she knows he’d be happy to see their eldest engaged. The mom captioned the engagement photo, “#jaywouldbesoproud.”

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Couric, who also lost her sister to cancer, has since remarried to John Molner, an investment banker.

Last year, the television host told People that they met after being set up by mutual friends. It was love at first sight, she said:

“He finally asked me out, we met at a restaurant and what can I say? He had me at hello.”

They tied the knot in 2014. And now, the family seems ready to celebrate another joyous union.

Couric did not reveal whether or not her daughter and fiancé have a date picked out for their upcoming nuptials.