Exclusive | NYC couple scores epic engagement on top of a cop car as Knicks party rages on: Something well never forget
As Jalen Brunson, OG Anunoby and the rest of the New York Knicks continue basking in the glow of winning the world championship ring, Daniella Philip, too, is reveling in the light of her own Big Apple bling. “We got engaged on top of a police car during the Knicks parade,” Philip, 34, exclusively told The Post.“It was like I was living in a New York City princess fairytale.”With an NYPD vehicle as her temporary throne, the teary-eyed bride-to-be yelped “Yes!” as her Queens fiancé, Klarel Avin, 40, dropped on bended knee and popped the question with a multi-carat diamond ring as an estimated 2 million Knicks fanatics lauded and applauded their love. “I’m from New York, I’ve been a Knicks fan forever, it was their parade, it was Daniella’s 34th birthday, we were on a cop car, the whole city was outside.
It was amazing,” raved Avin, a barber, who, along with Philip, a cranial prosthesis specialist, recently relocated to Tampa, Florida. The hometown honeys, however, drove 18 hours to attend the ticker-tape celebration Thursday, with Philip completely unaware of the fortunate fate that awaited her at the fab fête. Love — much like the more than 1.25 tons of blue, white and orange confetti that shot out of party cannons — is still in the air as NYC continues celebrating the Knicks’ 2026 NBA Championship win after 53 years of grief. While a pair of seasoned sweethearts spilled into city streets, commemorating the victory with a “symbolic” marriage ceremony, young lovers, such as Jillian and Andrew Solomon, embraced the Knicks-sanity by tying the knot at City Hall and partaking in the parade festivities still dressed in their wedding day best. “Walking to the courthouse through thousands of Knicks fans is something we’ll never forget,” Jillian, 27, previously told The Post.“We love this city, and the best people in the world are here.”Philip and Avin agree. The twosome, who met via online dating in 2023, ...