Diem Brown passed away Nov. 14 after a long battle with ovarian cancer. Five days before her death MTV star and ex-boyfriend, Chris "CT" Tamburello proposed to her in an attempt to reconcile.
A source close to Brown told Us that Tamburello got down on bended knee in Brown’s hospital room NYU Langone Medical Center. He presented her with a ruby ring and a GoPro video camera.
“He proposed and filmed the entire thing," the source said. "Diem joked that she hated rubies and said no."
But Tamburello was determined, so he returned the next day with a new ring and proposed again. However, Brown’s, 34, decision didn’t change.
"Diem knew she didn't have much longer to live and she didn't want to be engaged under those circumstances,” the source added.
Brown and Tamburello met in 2006 on the 13th season of The Challenge. From there the two fell in love and maintained an on and off relationship.
E! News correspondent and best friend to Brown, Alicia Quarles, said the relationship between the two was complicated and something that everyone might not be able to understand.
"Maybe all of her friends didn't understand it. I know they had a lot of love for each other...They were on and off for so many years. If she had more time on this earth, who knows what would have happened between them?" Quarles said.
Through it all Brown said that she and Tamburello still had "a lot of love for each other."
A day after Brown’s funeral, Tamburrello took to his Instagram to express his love for Brown and all the support he has received during “hardest time of my life.”
Check out his posts below:
Image via Instagram from Chris "CT" Tamburello
Image via Instagram from Chris "CT" Tamburello
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