{"id":762717,"date":"2026-07-14T16:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/762717\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T16:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:54:10","slug":"lily-collins-crying-as-brother-nic-announces-his-engagement-to-forever-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/762717\/","title":{"rendered":"Lily Collins \u2018Crying\u2019 as Brother Nic Announces His Engagement to \u2018Forever Love\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lily Collins shared her excitement for her brother, Nic Collins, after he announced his engagement to Isabella Cristina Serralles on Friday, July 10<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nic shared a romantic photo of Serralles placing her hand, which featured her diamond ring, on the side of his face<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;m crying AGAIN. I couldn&#8217;t love you guys more,&#8221; Lily commented<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Lily Collins;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/lily-collins\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Lily Collins<\/a> is celebrating her brother <a data-ylk=\"slk:Nic Collins;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/music\/phil-collins-son-nic-says-genesis-fans-will-enjoy-better-strangers-raincheck\/\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Nic Collins<\/a>&#8216; engagement!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Friday, July 10, the 37-year-old actress&#8217; younger brother, 25, announced that he had popped the question to his longtime girlfriend, Isabella Cristina Serralles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sharing a romantic photo of Serralles placing her hand, which featured her new diamond ring, on the side of the drummer&#8217;s face, the groom-to-be&#8217;s caption read, &#8220;Forever \u2764\ufe0f.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Words will never do justice to express how much I love you,&#8221; Nic continued in the comment section. &#8220;Thank you for making me the happiest man in the world for almost 10 years. I can&#8217;t wait to spend the rest of our lives together and call you my wife. Here&#8217;s to forever my love. \u2764\ufe0f&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Nic Collins and Isabella Cristina SerrallesCredit: Nic Collins\/Instagram\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"664\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/b88bfe19f9a06968cc20a019e566461a.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Nic Collins and Isabella Cristina Serralles<br \/>Credit: Nic Collins\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Serralles then added in another comment, &#8220;I&#8217;ve loved you ever since I was 16 years old. What we have is magical, it&#8217;s always been you. My best friend in the world, let&#8217;s do this forever!! I can&#8217;t wait to marry you baby \u2764\ufe0f.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Commenting under the post, Lily, 37, who married <a data-ylk=\"slk:Charlie McDowell;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/lily-collins-charlie-mcdowell-are-married\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie McDowell<\/a> in 2021, revealed how happy she felt for her brother and his fianc\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Take PEOPLE with you! <a data-ylk=\"slk:Subscribe to PEOPLE magazine;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.magazines.com\/people-magazine.html?utm_source=people.com&amp;utm_medium=owned&amp;utm_campaign=editorialarticlemention\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to PEOPLE magazine<\/a> to get the latest details on celebrity news, exclusive royal updates, how-it-happened true crime stories and more \u2014 right to your mailbox.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;m crying AGAIN,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;I couldn&#8217;t love you guys more and Isabella, you&#8217;ve always been my sister and now it gets to be official. You both are so lucky. We love you beyond \u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lily and Nic&#8217;s brother, soccer player Matthew Collins, 21, also commented his congratulations to the happy couple.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;So proud of you guys \u2764\ufe0fseems I&#8217;m stuck with the both of you but that ain&#8217;t so bad \ud83d\ude18,&#8221; Matthew wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sister Joely Collins, 53, also added, &#8220;YES!! \u2764\ufe0f You two were made for each other and I couldn&#8217;t be happier for you!! Best news ever!! Love you both so much! \ud83e\udd42\ud83d\udc8d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude4c.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Back in March, Nic marked his future bride&#8217;s birthday with a sweet tribute on <a data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWJk3spgB-o\/?img_index=1\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Happy birthday to my other (and better) half <a data-ylk=\"slk:@isabellaserralles;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/isabellaserralles\/\" class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@isabellaserralles<\/a> \u2764\ufe0f I&#8217;m so lucky to live life with you by my side,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Thank you for being the most kind, loving, and beautiful woman I could ask for. You&#8217;re my world. I love you more than you know \ud83d\ude18.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;m not crying you&#8217;re crying. Happy birthday to the best @isabellaserralles \u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f,&#8221; Lily commented at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This came after the couple celebrated nine years together <a data-ylk=\"slk:last November.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQrWYeekc-F\/?img_index=1\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">last November.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;9 years with you by my side. I love sharing my life with you. I love you more than words can say and fall harder for you each day. Happy anniversary @isabellaserralles \u2764\ufe0f,&#8221; Nic wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Love you guys sooo much. This is the sweetest. Happy anniversary!!\u2764\ufe0f,&#8221; Lily commented at the time.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Lily Collins at 'A King's Trust 50th Anniversary Celebration' on May 11, 2026 in LondonCredit: Karwai Tang\/WireImage\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"617\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/dd1a817d7df16c8709b335a49b4e3935.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lily Collins at &#8216;A King&#8217;s Trust 50th Anniversary Celebration&#8217; on May 11, 2026 in London<br \/>Credit: Karwai Tang\/WireImage<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lily, Nic, Matthew and Joely are <a data-ylk=\"slk:siblings through;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/parents\/all-about-phil-collins-kids\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">siblings through<\/a> their legendary father, singer and drummer <a data-ylk=\"slk:Phil Collins;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/phil-collins\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Phil Collins<\/a>, who is also father to son Simon Collins, 49.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While Lily is the only child from her dad and actress Jill Tavelman, Phil, 75, shares Joely and Simon with ex-wife Andrea Bertorelli, and Nicholas and Matthew with his third wife, Orianne Cevey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Back in 2012, Lily told <a data-ylk=\"slk:The Guardian;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2012\/apr\/08\/lily-collins-interview-mirror-mirror\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian<\/a> that she was\u00a0 &#8220;super close&#8221; to all of her half-siblings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/lily-collins-crying-brother-nic-collins-engagement-12018846\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">People<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Lily Collins shared her excitement for her brother, Nic Collins, after he announced his engagement&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88,326350,102523,207097,326349,326351],"class_list":["post-762717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-isabella-cristina-serralles","tag-lily-collins","tag-matthew-collins","tag-nic-collins","tag-serralles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}