Kevin-Prince Boateng and Valentina Fradegrada: “And now we’re getting married”

They kept it secret for over three months. And now they have decided to share it with Vanity Fair. Kevin-Prince Boateng – “Only Prince, please” – e Valentina Fradegrada they get married. June 11th. The Hertha Berlin footballer, born in 1987, made the proposal to the five-time Italian champion of martial arts, 30 years old, on 6 December last. She booked an entire hotel, organized an evening that not even the last of the romantics and, on her knees, asked her to be her “wow her forever”. The story and the exclusive photos of that unforgettable moment I am here. They, Prince and Valentina, are on the other side of the screen, in the house they share in Germany, both dressed in white: a post-workout t-shirt for him, a silk shirt for her, for a chromatic choice suited to the message. “Yes, we’re getting married”, begins one o’clock. “June 11,” continues the other. And the dynamic couple symbiotic well described by Carole Lombard as Maria Tura in the masterpiece occurs We want to live! by Ernst Lubitsch from 1942: «Am I starting a story? You finish it. Am I on a diet? You lose weight. Am I cold? You cough ».

The more attentive, who also follow the two on social networks, where both have a fanbase of pro influencers, will observe that they have not been together for long. “We met in August 2021”confirms Valentina. “A few messages and an eight hour videocall, during which we talked about everything ». Prince continues: “In November I had already asked her to marry me for the first time”. He is up to her: «He is one with little patience». He takes the ball: «On that occasion I didn’t have the ring, I didn’t have anything. Just the kebab we were eating (laughs, ed) “. Valentina resumes her: «But you improvised a beautiful speech, long and profound. Which ended like this: “Do you want to be my wow forever?” ». She explains about the player: «When we see each other, we say to each other: ‘Wow’».

Therefore, the first (proposal) was not good.
Prince: «The second time I organized it properly. Thanks to the absence of Valentina, who she was moving from Como. In six days I called the owner of a hotel, who is a friend, and we arranged the setting: from the roses to the balloons to the lights for the words “Marry Me” ».
Valentina: «And I didn’t suspect anything. On the fateful evening she asked me if I wanted to get pretty and go out to dinner. She made the scene of calling the hotel restaurant, there seemed to be no room except early. At one point I asked him to cancel, because I didn’t feel well ».

Panic?
P: «As a good poker player I bluffed!».
V: “I’ve never seen you play poker since we’ve met… Anyway, in the end we went out for dinner.”

Out of the ring, future Ms. Boateng?
V: “He chose a model that I had spotted before he and I even knew each other and that I never told him about.”
P: “We are telepathic for real.”

If Prince hadn’t asked her, would she have done it, Valentina?
V: «No, it’s a man’s thing. Perhaps, if we had been together for many years, I would have shared this desire with him and then I would have awaited his proposal ».
P. “I am impatient and also old school in big and small things: I always open and close the door for you”.
V. “I confirm”.
P. “It is I who must get on my knees to ask for your hand.”

What impressed each other?
V. «We immediately found ourselves similar and accomplices. For the first time in my life, I don’t feel wrong with my principles and thoughts. Besides, he is a good absurd”.
P. «I too can be 100 percent myself. With her I found what I have been looking for for years: peace. We stay at home for days and we are fine ».

Was it difficult to keep the news of the engagement secret?
V. «On Instagram they wrote about everything when they saw the ring. At Christmas we allowed ourselves a holiday in the Maldives and there are those who thought it was our honeymoon ».

Has the organizational machine already started?
V. «Yes! And Prince participates in every decision ».

Most important take so far?
V. “In addition to the location, which we do not want to reveal yet, there are two: rely on the precious help of Enzo Miccio, wedding designer, who is supporting us in every choice we make, and get married not only in reality but also in the Metaverse”.

Or?
P. «I leave the floor to you, because I am not very technological: I am still amazed when you copy and paste on your computer! It is enough for me to have a smartphone with WhatsApp, FaceTime and Instagram. End”.
V. «He doesn’t have a PC at all … However, among my various activities there is also a very large project in the Metaverse of OVR, the platform that I think is most suitable for hosting events. So, I thought it might be nice, current and interesting to share the wedding day online with our “fans” ».

So are we all invited?
V. “We are preparing a limited collection of NFTs that will allow exclusive access.”

Are your avatars ready?
P. “There is a problem: to prevent mine from seeing the dress of Valentina’s.”

Other traditions that you wish to respect?
V. “As for the launch of the bouquet.”
P. “But we will not sleep separately the night before the yes”.
V. “We will not get married in church, therefore we will not take the premarital course. So we decided to do couples therapy once a week: to ensure a neutral context in which to talk about everything, improve our way of communicating, put ourselves to the test “.

Will you seal that day with an additional couple tattoo?
V. “Do you see this drop of blood that Prince has in the center of his neck and I on his hand? Here, it is a taste of what will happen on June 11th. It will sound a little creepyhowever we asked a designer from Los Angeles… ».
P. “The designer is from New York.”
V. «True. We asked a New York designer to make a necklace to wear on the day of the wedding, which will host a drop of my blood and a drop of his ».
P. «To tell us ‘I love you’ is too little».

Valentina, does your partner look like your dad?
V. «No, but they get along very well. For Prince’s birthday my family gave him a puzzle-shaped pendant; the subtext: you are the last missing piece of the group ».
P. “Both the mother-in-law and the father-in-law have written to me that they have never seen their daughter so happy.”

Do you have other projects together?
P. «During my vacation in the Maldives, my first trip in 35 years of life alone with my partner, we decided to open our own label and produce wine. Fradegrada, like Valentina’s surname, which sounds good: “A bottle of Fradegrada, please”. You have already filed the trademark and we will offer it at the wedding ».
V. «I am like this: I proceed by objectives. And once they are there, forward the next ones! From ballet to graduation, from martial arts to work ».
P. “You are like this: you also inaugurated a foundation, the VF Foundation (based in Umbria, ed), to raise funds and help families in difficulty due to Covid ».
V. “We started by selling used and unused clothes.”
P. “I am very proud and I want to help you as much as possible in this initiative”.
What is the goal that will follow the marriage? In an interview you, Prince, said that she has always wanted five or six children and that Valentina also wants some …
V. “Here, the next ones come forward.”