Karl-Anthony Towns’ fiancée Jordyn Woods reveals why she accepted his proposal, defines ‘real love’

Karl-Anthony Towns' fiancée Jordyn Woods has opened up about her relationship with him, revealing the deeply personal reasons she accepted the proposal from the New York Knicks star ahead of the team’s playoff game.

Woods, 28, got engaged to Towns, 30, on Christmas Day 2025 after dating for five years. Following the announcement, she reflected on their journey in a video for the ‘A Diamond is Forever’ advertisement, sharing her thoughts on love and commitment.

“Love was never meant to be loud. It was meant to be certain. Not rushed, not performative. Just inevitable,” Woods said in the video and shared how they fell in love.

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The model explained that their relationship strengthened while both were grieving the loss of close family members. Woods lost her father to cancer in 2017, when she was 19. Towns lost his mother in 2020 due to complications from COVID-19 at the age of 24.

During a September 2020 interview with Extra about her BET film Trigger, Woods said the pair connected over similar experiences.

Recalling how the Knicks star lost his mother in April that year, Jordyn said, as People quoted, they "connected about losing a parent at a very young age.″

“Karl had a way of arriving quietly in my life, but leaving his impact forever. Some connections aren't made in the light, but in the quiet understanding of loss. Two hearts recognizing the same absence, and choosing to hold each other a little more gently because of it,” she continued in the video.

Woods described their relationship as something built gradually and intentionally.

“Real love doesn't arrive at once. It reveals itself over time, layer by layer. There's a quiet power in that, in something built with intention, something that doesn't need to prove itself. It just is. We created that. Something rare, something enduring. And to me, that's the essence of a desert diamond,” Woods added.

Woods ultimately said the proposal felt like a natural step in their journey.

“So when he asked me to spend forever with him, it wasn't a surprise. It was a reflection of everything we had already become.”

She captioned the video, “Timeless. Intentional. One of one,” while appearing in a white ruffled satin dress and wearing her engagement ring.

Towns earlier shared details about the ring in a joint interview with Town & Country, published on April 15. The Knicks center revealed he collaborated with New York-based jewelry designer Bernard James to create the emerald-cut diamond.

“My goal was to translate Jordyn’s personality and our shared journey into a custom design,” Towns told the magazine. “A ring that stands as a meaningful symbol of the connection we’ve created together.”