Zooey Deschanel took time to commemorate an anniversary with fiance Jonathan Scott in an Instagram post that missed the mark. The “500 Days of Summer” star uploaded a carousel of goofy snaps in honor of the five-year anniversary of the first date with her partner. “5 years ago today I was lucky enough to go on a first date with this total dreamboat person,” she wrote in the caption alongside snaps that appeared to be an attempt to show the couple’s silly side. The first slide shows the “Property Brothers” host flashing a quirky grin while sitting at a restaurant. Deschanel included a couple fun photos of her future husband playing with her kids, but also added a few rather unflattering pictures of him. The second-to-last slide had Scott looking faux-surprised to be photographed eating from candy jars. Deschanel uploaded a selfie of the pair for the last slide as she flashed a peace symbol while Scott had an odd half-smile on his face.
As with most anniversary posts, the replies were mostly filled with congratulatory messages, but some fans pointed out the weird things about Deschanel and Scott’s relationship. “Sorry but this whole thing seems Suspicious to me and Everyone else!” one Instagram user wrote regarding the contrived post.
This was the first Instagram post the “New Girl” star had posted about her beau in over two months, which had led to speculation about possible wedding drama between Deschanel and Scott.
Why they have not planned their wedding yet
A common question from fans on Zooey Deschanel’s date anniversary post with Jonathan Scott was when the couple were planning to tie the knot. Just a couple of days before his fiancee’s quirky post, the HGTV star (sort of) gave an update about their wedding plans. “I have no updates. I wish I had more exciting news,” Scott told ET on August 9. He cited their recent trip to Europe as a contributing factor for the delayed nuptials. “We don’t even feel settled in yet, but we have determined that we are gonna figure it out soon,” Scott added. A few weeks earlier, the “Celebrity IOU” host had uploaded an Instagram pic carousel from their European vacation. Those photos were decidedly more flattering than the date anniversary snaps Deschanel uploaded.
Citing a vacation and other obligations as the reasons for not having their wedding planned was peculiar because the couple had previously hinted that not much planning would be necessary. “And we’re not planning to do a crazy, extravagant wedding. It’s going to be pretty intimate,” Scott told People in May.
Just a month before saying their nuptials would be low-key, Scott playfully expressed his wedding worries. It came up while discussing how he proposed to Deschanel. “She cried and she said ‘yes.’ And I’m a blubbering mess. Like the wedding is going to be a disaster because I will not be able to get through,” he told Page Six in April.
