{"id":4525,"date":"2023-11-07T20:17:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T19:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=4525"},"modified":"2023-11-07T20:17:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T19:17:04","slug":"when-paul-walker-was-alive-he-paid-9000-on-a-ring-for-a-couple-he-didnt-know-heres-the-reason-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=4525","title":{"rendered":"When Paul Walker was alive, he paid $9,000 on a ring for a couple he didn\u2019t know, here\u2019s the reason why"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2004, Kyle Upham and his fiancee \u2013 now his wife, Kristen, were searching for a diamond ring in one of Santa Barbara\u2019s jewelry stores. The store had another customer in it, but because they were focused on their search, they didn\u2019t notice him at first.<\/p>\n

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The seller recommended Kyle and Kristen to look at the most expensive items, but they admitted they couldn\u2019t afford such expensive rings. Then they started talking, and the young couple finally realized that the friendly customer was none other than Paul Walker \u2013 the Fast and Furious movie star. Kyle told the actor he was in the military and was soon going to fly to Iraq for the second time. But before that, he wanted to buy an engagement ring for his fiancee.<\/p>\n

Kristen remembers that Paul\u2019s face changed as soon as he heard that Kyle was a soldier. But that day the couple did not address it, leaving the jewelry store without buying anything. The diamonds were too expensive for them.<\/p>\n

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But very soon, a surprise was about to await them: they received a phone call from the store and were asked to come and pick up a $9,000 ring paid by a person who requested to remain anonymous. The young couple tried to find out who gave them such a gift, but the store staff smiled, and refused to reveal his name.<\/p>\n

The truth was only revealed in 2013 when the actor passed away. Irene King, a former employee at the jewelry store, decided there was no sense in keeping the story secret any longer.<\/p>\n

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According to Irene, the actor saw that Kristen loved one of the rings, but her fianc\u00e9 said it was too expensive. Paul then asked the manager to register the ring on his account and insisted that the gift remains anonymous. He was angry that a life-threatening soldier could not afford to buy his fiancee a ring, and he wanted to correct the injustice.<\/p>\n

So Kyle and Kristen finally found out who paid for the ring. \u201cTo this day, it\u2019s the most beautiful thing anyone has ever done for me\u201d, Kristen said. \u201cWhen we pass the ring from generation to generation, there will always be a story to tell.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 2004, Kyle Upham and his fiancee \u2013 now his wife, Kristen, were searching for a diamond ring in one of Santa Barbara\u2019s jewelry stores. The store had another customer in it, but because they were focused on their search, they didn\u2019t notice him at first. The seller recommended Kyle and Kristen to look at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4529,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4525\/revisions\/4529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}