Reigning Mr. Olympia Classic Physique champion, Chris Bumstead recalled the first meeting with his would-be wife Courtney King. Recently, Bumstead posted a Q&A video where he talked about his relationship, his fitness regime, and future plans. On 4 years of their togetherness, the power couple also reminisced about their first encounter, explaining how Courtney took the first step and slid into his messenger at that time.

In 2018, when their relationship started, Bumstead could not win the Mr. Olympia contest. And then, King texted him on Instagram.

Chris Bumstead got a proposal at his worst time?

Like 2022, 2018 too was a very important year in Bumstead’s life. He lost Mr. Olympia that year due to some health reasons. Among other bad experiences, he got the chance to know about IFBB bikini competitor Courtney King, who formerly tried to get in touch with Mr. O. As she said,” I slid in his dms“. Bumstead laughs and adds, “Thats all you need to know, she hit me up in the dms and I ignored her for a while.”

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Can you believe it? His future wife hit him up three times but he resisted despite having a crush on her. His being honest on social media about the failure is what attracted King the most, “He was very like vulnerable and open on his social media. He put up a video on YouTube of him crying and explaining kind of like what he went through. And, umm, I was like Oh my gosh this guy is like so freakin’ like sweet and like, humble.”

Bumstead was nostalgic and made fun when he said, “It was right after the Olympia so like I was bombarded by sh*t .. she hit me up and I lost, that’s the true queen thing”.

When CBum proposed Courtney king

Earlier this year, the 4-times Mr. Olympia and his girlfriend got engaged in the rocky part of Arizona and even shared their engagement stories on social media. The whole setup looked like a fairytale. From their first meeting in Arnold classic and King taking the first step to their engagement and living together their love story becomes successful. Bumstead posted on his Instagram profile, captioning it to “She said yes”.

Their engagement overjoyed fans and the bodybuilding community. Fans jostled into the comment section to congratulate the couple. They have been through ups and downs and overcame hostilities, so the big decision was well deserved.

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Being in the same profession, it is no accident that the couple is together. One day or another they had to know each other, their compatibility is such that made them connected even when ignored.