Diary of a CEO and Dragons’ Den star, Steven Bartlett, has popped the question to his girlfriend, Melanie Lopes, who is a French-Portuguese yoga entrepreneur
16:29, 05 Jan 2026Updated 16:42, 05 Jan 2026
Dragons’ Den star, Steven Bartlett, is engaged after proposing to his girlfriend on Christmas Day(Image: BBC Studios)
Dragons’ Den star Steven Bartlett engaged after proposing to his girlfriend on Christmas Day. The Diary of a CEO star, 33, who is reportedly worth a whopping £320million, is said to have presented girlfriend, Melanie Lopes, with a huge diamond sparkler in Morocco during the festive season.
The French-Portuguese yoga entrepreneur, also 33, dated Steven for a year before they briefly split while he focused on his business empire. However, they got back together when the podcast star reportedly hot-footed it to Bali where Melanie runs a yoga and breathwork retreat to win her back. Sources close to the couple say that after living together in both London and Los Angeles, focusing on their successful careers, they have never been happier as they begin to plan their wedding.
Diary of a CEO and Dragons’ Den star, Steven Bartlett, has popped the question to his girlfriend, Melanie Lopes(Image: Instagram/ @meloai)
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Speaking to the Mail, they said: “Steven and Melanie have been together for a long time, but their relationship really went up a notch after they started living together in both London and Los Angeles a couple of years ago.
“The proposal happened on Christmas Day while they were on holiday together in Morocco. Steven asked Melanie to marry him and presented her with a beautiful diamond engagement ring. She was thrilled to say, ‘Yes.’ They really are each other’s soulmates and couldn’t be happier.”
When approached by the outlet, a spokesperson for the couple confirmed: “We can confirm Steven and Melanie are engaged to be married. They are, naturally, both very, very happy.” The Mirror has contacted Steven’s rep for comment.
Melanie and Steven met on Instagram in 2016, but despite their careers being heavily focused on social media, they have chosen to keep their romance largely out of the public eye.
By his own admission, Steven struggled to maintain a healthy relationship with Melanie in their early days while pursuing his business ambitions, a challenge he discussed during one of his live podcast shows in 2022.
He previously said: “The way it is with me, between the hours of say seven in the morning and nine o’ clock at night, I am in the zone, I’ve got total tunnel vision. I honestly do not realise that there’s anyone else outside of my business and rooms I sit in that exists in terms of my personal and private life.
“So if my family or girlfriend text me, or message me during the day, the chances of me engaging in that meaningfully in that period is virtually impossible.”
Admitting he found it ‘hard to engage’, he concluded: “In the evenings I’m often consumed with the day and I find it hard to switch off and engage with other relationships and that also costs those relationships.”
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