Are these the pictures that prove Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash are already secretly engaged?
Couple pretended to get engaged on Celebrity Juice, but had Joe already popped the question in secret?
CELEBRITY Juice viewers saw Joe Swash 'propose' to girlfriend Stacey Solomon on last night's show - to secure their team a point.
But The Sun Online can reveal exclusive photographs of the Loose Women panellist wearing a ring on her engagement finger LAST WEEK, which suggests the former EastEnders actor has popped the question for real in secret.
Joe and Stacey were pictured together days before the proposal stunt was even filmed for the ITV2 show, and Stacey can be seen with a huge sparkling ring on her left hand.
The bling is a completely different ring to the one host Keith Lemon gave Joe to use at any point during Thursday night's show to gain an extra point for his team, which consisted of him and Stacey.
The 34-year-old decided to whip it out in the closing moments of the programme, getting down on one knee and handing Stacey the ring, who begrudgingly accepted it.
But in the unguarded private moment earlier in the week, Stacey can be seen with a big smile on her face as she hugged friends outside a restaurant, flashing her bejewelled ring finger in the process.
Her other half stood close by sporting a big grin, as he also hugged and kissed friends in a celebratory fashion.
At one point, Stacey, 27, stood enjoying a cigarette, with her left hand hanging at her side showing off her new piece of jewellery in the process.
Both stars were in high spirits as they chatted with their pals, just weeks after talk of marriage first hit the headlines.
It all began when Joe was asked by Rylan Clark-Neal on the Xtra Factor if he would get down on bended knee and ask Stacey to marry him.
In the awkward moment, Joe replied: "I will, yeah, at some point!"
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Since then, both parties have hinted about taking their relationship to the next level, with Stacey hinting she had hoped for a ring on her birthday last week.
Speaking on Loose Women the day after her big day, the star revealed her boyfriend had bought her three pairs of trainers, and by the third identical box she had wished it was something entirely different.
She said: "I kept thinking it was something else.
"I thought the third box, that looked exactly the same as the others, might be a surprise"
";There was so many scenarios going round in my head...but it was another box of trainers."
However during their joint appearance on Celebrity Juice, Joe let slip that he had in fact bought his girlfriend two other presents, one of which was particularly crucial.
He said: "I got her three pairs of trainers, some perfume and a nice ring…”
The revelation prompted Keith to exclaim: “Say that again…”
Joe then replied: “No, not a wedding ring, just a normal ring…It was for the other hand!”
But as our pictures show, the ring Stacey was wearing was in fact for her wedding finger, meaning its quite likely the actor did give his girlfriend the perfect present after all.