Delta Goodrem has given fans a rare insight into her relationship with her musician fiancé Matthew Copley.
As she graces Stellar magazine for Sunday’s The Daily Telegraph, the 40-year-old singer shared details from Matthew’s proposal.
Delta said the musician proposed to her before they were set to begin the Innocent Eyes Anniversary Tour in September 2023.
She admitted she was hesitant about sharing the exciting news on social media but eventually decided to make the announcement.
‘I was tussling so bad in that moment. But I was like, “just share it.” Then during that tour, it felt like we had done an engagement party in every city,’ she said.
‘I thought that was beautiful that we got to share that in our own way. We’re on stage together. It’s a love language for us being up there, but I love keeping us as a sacred house, too.’
Delta Goodrem has given fans a rare insight into her relationship with her musician fiancé Matthew Copley
Delta told this week’s Stellar magazine she was hesitant about sharing the exciting news of their engagement on social media but eventually decided to make the announcement
Elsewhere in the interview, Delta spoke about her battle with cancer back in 2003.
The Australian singer was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma on July 8, 2003, when she was only 18 years old.
The same week Delta received her diagnosis, her debut album Innocent Eyes topped the music charts.
‘There’s so much in that chapter. We’d just broken in the UK. Elton John called me on the first day of chemo. Then I was back out in the world as a teenager, trying to navigate [things],’ she began.
‘You go from the long-haired, no-shoed piano playing to, all of a sudden, a totally different identity… and you’re questioning everything. There was a lot of pressure.’
Delta admitted it was an ’emotional and intense’ chapter of her life but she’s ‘thankful to be a survivor’.
Delta and Matthew, who have been dating since 2017, got engaged during a romantic getaway to Malta in 2023.
Matthew popped the question as the sun set over the Mediterranean, and Delta shared the joyous moment with her fans by posting a heartwarming snap of the couple toasting with a kiss and a glass of bubbly.
‘I was tussling so bad in that moment. But I was like, ‘just share it.’ Then during that tour, it felt like we had done an engagement party in every city,’ she said
‘My best friend asked me to marry him,’ she wrote on Instagram at the time, capturing the blissful moment.
Matthew echoed her sentiments with a simple yet heartfelt comment: ‘My forever love!’
At the time, the singer told 9Honey that she’s delighted she can work and travel with her beau.
‘I’m extremely thankful and lucky that my partner and I get to travel together,’ Delta said.
‘We are both on tour right now, and it is extraordinary to be on stage and also be travelling all around Europe and the UK together.’
The singer shared a loved-up photo to Instagram of the couple on holiday before showing off her stunning diamond ring.
While Matthew is best known for working as his partner’s guitarist, he’s also worked with some other big names in the industry, including Conrad Sewell.
The couple have even gone into business together with their own independent record label called ATLED Records (ATLED is Delta spelled backwards).
