“Happiness is more important than being on TV all the time”: Vick Hope shares a rare glimpse into her romance with Calvin Harris, including her love of cooking and his thoughtful gifts
Vick Hope has opened up about her low-key life with fiancé Calvin Harris.
The Radio 1 star has been engaged to the superstar DJ for a year, having proposed just five months into their tumultuous romance.
The private couple rarely speaks about their romance, but in a new interview about their daily life with The Sunday Times, Vick has revealed the secrets of their blissful life together back home in London.
The happy couple divided their time between Calvin’s 138-acre Ibiza farm and their London home, and while Vick often follows her fiancé around the world for his DJ gigs, she admits she loves her “peaceful” life in London .
Happiness: Vick Hope has opened up about her low-key life with fiancé Calvin Harris and revealed their shared love of cooking (pictured going public with their romance in May 2022)
Vick reveals the couple loves to cook “nutritious” meals together in the evenings, with both sticking to an organic, vegetable-rich diet.
Although they don’t sit down to dinner until 9:30 p.m. due to their busy schedules, Vick says she loves that they take the time to cook, eat and talk together.
“There’s value in cooking something nutritious together without it seeming rushed.” “I lived alone in a small flat in Hackney, east London, for many years.”
“I liked it, but I kept running out or eating in front of the TV. “Now I’ve found a little more rhythm and respect for how beautiful this time can be.”
Vick also reveals that the considerate Calvin recently bought her a set of watercolors to pursue her love of painting. “I took them everywhere and drew flowers and birds, which makes me so happy,” she enthuses.
Living with Calvin over the past year has changed Vick’s priorities in life, she admits, explaining, “I still have a lot of professional goals, but now I also have big ambitions in my personal life.”
“I want to live a peaceful and happy life surrounded by my loved ones and taking time for them,” she admits, changing her priorities.
“These things have never been high on my priority list, but now they’ve taken over.” It’s more important than being on TV all the time.”
Romance: The couple split their time between Calvin’s farm in Ibiza and London, and while Vick follows her fiancé to work around the world, she says she loves her “peaceful” life in London
Calvin proposed to Vick with a huge diamond ring under a tree on his 138-acre Ibiza farm, Terra Masia, after a five-month romance.
According to recent reports, the couple are set to marry in an intimate ceremony this year.
A source told The Sun it will be a low-key celebration: “Calvin and Vick have kept their relationship out of the public eye for the most part, so they’re not throwing a big wedding to flaunt their love to the world.”
“Instead, they want it to be a much more intimate and simple day,” the insider added.
The source continued that they hope to make the day special and that it will only be for the couple’s loved ones.
Looking ahead: Living with Calvin has changed Vick’s priorities in life, she admits, explaining, “I still have a lot of professional goals, but now I also have big ambitions in my personal life.”
Vick recently revealed their love story actually dates back to the early noughties, when she was 19 – when the radio host turned down Calvin’s advances when he was an aspiring DJ.
She said Calvin first approached her when he had his first breakout hit in the ’80s in 2007 with his hit “Acceptable” — but she turned him down at the time.
“We laughed about that on our first real date.” “We still laugh about it,” she told You Magazine.
Calvin went on to become one of the highest paid disc jockeys/producers and amassed an estimated fortune of over £200m. Vick previously admitted she was “shallow” and had no idea he was turning into “an hunk”.