A hapless Italian suitor wound up famous for the wrong reasons after footage of the mortifying moment his girlfriend allegedly turned down an elaborate marriage proposal wound up on TikTok.<br /><br />More than 13 million people have already tuned in to a video uploaded to TikTok on Christmas Eve, showing the pitiable paramour — known only as Valerio — and his ladylove, dancing on Rome’s romantic Via Condotti while being serenaded by a local tenor.<br /><br />The soon-to-be-ruined Romeo then gets down on bended knee to present his inamorata with an engagement ring, as crowds of onlookers clap in delight.<br /><br />The romantic public gesture quickly goes awry, as the mortified woman begs her oblivious beau to stand up.<br /><br />“I didn’t expect it. I wasn’t ready. But is this why we came to Rome?” the woman asks in Italian, according to local publication La Stampa, per the Daily Mail.<br /><br />“Good @Cartier has a 30-day return policy,” Valerio dryly captioned the viral clip.<br /><br />“But is it yes or no?” the Italian man responds in his native language before the girlfriend replies: “No.”<br /><br />The Post has reached out to Valerio for further information.<br /><br />While some sympathized with the mortified man, dozens of TikTok viewers took to the comments section to scold the content creator for proposing in public.<br /><br />“Public proposals are there just to put pressure on the woman to say yes,” one unimpressed pundit proclaimed.<br /><br />“I admire her honesty and courage to say no when the whole public is pressuring her to say yes! This is blackmail and she didn’t fall for it,” another raged.<br /><br />However, some skeptics theorized that the proposal was not real and that Valerio had staged the event for social media fame.<br /><br />“This looks so staged!!” one cynic snapped before a second added: “It’s mind-blowing people believe this.”<br /><br />A rash of “fake” wedding proposals left TikTokers divided earlier this year.<br /><br />The TikToker took to the app to share a follow-up video on Christmas Day, with a caption that read: “You think life is hard? Try getting dumped on Christmas Eve after flying across the country and getting rejected in front of 1.4 million people.”<br /><br />However, it doesn’t appear the Italian stallion will be single for long, with several fawning women racing the comments section.<br /><br />“You’re so sweet,” one cooed. “Where can I find someone like you?”
