The Real Housewives of Miami’s Lenny Hochstein and Katharina Mazepa are engaged once again!
“I am beyond grateful for this second chance at love with the woman of my dreams. Love has a way of finding its way back to where it belongs and if I have learned anything it is that Katharina belongs in my arms forever,” Hochstein, 58, exclusively told Luxury Handbag Shopping. “This is why this past weekend, in our home and in front of her best friends, I asked for her hand in marriage.”
Hochstein gushed that the pair “continued to celebrate and dance all night here at the house with her loved ones.” Hochstein, who proposed with the same ring, explained why this time will last.
“The thing that makes this time different is that during our time apart I was able to realize just how important Katharina is to me,” he told Us. “She is not only the person that I need to be with, but she is also the only person I want to be with.”
Hochstein shared a photo via social media on Wednesday, December 11, of him getting down on one knee and popping the question to Mazepa. “Sometimes life gives you a second chance and you realize what truly matters,” he captioned the Instagram photo.
“After everything we’ve been through, I knew I would never let her go again. Here’s to a love that’s worth fighting for, stronger than ever, and a future we’ll build together. ❤️💍,” he continued.
In the first pic shared with his followers, Hochstein can be seen bending down on one knee proposing to Mazepa. In another picture taken just moments after, the happy couple can be seen gazing into each other’s eyes.
“Love has a way of finding its way back to where it belongs. ❤️🏴☠️♾️,” Mazepa commented under Hochstein’s post.
Model Mazepa also shared video footage of the proposal via her own Instagram, captioning the video, “♾️ stolen by @lennyhochstein.”
The couple’s engagement comes just three months after they ended their first engagement in September.
“We recently ended our engagement,” Hochstein told Us in a statement at the time. “I have decided to move forward with my life.”
Hochstein said he wished Mazepa “nothing but the best moving forward.”
“I have nothing but love and admiration for Katharina and her family,” he wrote in his statement. “I am proud of her growth as a woman and will be forever grateful for the time we spent together.”
Days after their separation, the couple issued a joint statement to clear up speculation about the reason for their split.
“Lenny and I want to issue a joint statement to provide more clarity and hopefully end any and all speculation once and for all in regard to recent baseless rumors,” the pair exclusively told Luxury Handbag Shopping in a joint statement in September. “While we have mutually and amicably decided to end our relationship last month, we want to make it absolutely clear that this was not due to infidelity on either side.”
The statement concluded, “We both only hold gratitude and respect for one another in our hearts.”
Hochstein was previously wed to RHOM’s Lisa Hochstein, 42, with whom he shares two children, son Logan, 9, and daughter Elle Marie, 5. The couple finalized their divorce last month.
The exes were spotted having a heated exchange over custody arrangements during Art Basel in Miami last week.
“I saw Lenny Hochstein step outside of Sinan Tuna’s annual Art Basel party in Miami Beach, clearly arguing on the phone with Lisa,” an eyewitness exclusively told Luxury Handbag Shopping on Friday, December 6. “It was around 10:15 PM and he was shouting, ‘Bring me my children! They are my children!’”
