Sara Bareilles Says She's 'So Proud' of Partner Joe Tippett for Nine Years of Sobriety

Sara Bareilles is celebrating a big milestone in her fiance Joe Tippett’s life.

On Jan. 1, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, 45, noted on Instagram that Tippett has been nine years sober.

“Nine years of sobriety. So proud of this man,” Bareilles wrote of the actor/singer while re-sharing Tippett’s message about the achievement.

“It’s been nine years since my last drink…” he wrote in his own Instagram post.

Sara Bareilles says fiance Joe Tippett forgot ring when he proposed: ‘It was a spontaneous moment’

Sara Bareilles comes out in support of partner Joe Tippett about his sobriety.

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The milestone comes two years after the “Love Song” singer announced her engagement to Tippett on New Year’s Day 2023.

“To marry this man. It’s easy, deserved, relaxed YES,” she wrote at the time.

In March, she shared more details about the couple’s engagement during an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyersrevealing that Tippett, 42, had no engagement ring on when he popped the question.

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“Yeah… It was a spontaneous moment and so, in spontaneous times, sometimes you forget the elements and he forgot the ring,” she told host Seth Meyers. “But it was just down in the hotel room! So he asked me and I said yes, and then he said, ‘I’ll be right back!'”

“We’ve been together for eight years,” Bareilles explained as he responded to the saying “when you know, you know” by agreeing “in a way, you know.”

Premiere of the film at the Tribeca Film Festival Waitress, the Musical – Live on Broadway! in June 2023. Tippett told PEOPLE that the proposal took place in Mexico City after the couple — who first met while working together on the 2007 musical adaptation of Adrienne Shelly’s Waitress — had long discussions about getting engaged.

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From left: Joe Tippett and producer Sara Bareilles at “Waitress, The Musical – Live On Broadway!” during the 2023 Tribeca Festival at the BMCC Theater on June 12, 2023 in New York City.

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“We were looking for the perfect ring and we couldn’t find it,” Tippett recalled. “And I said, ‘I just want to do it!’ So we found this cheap little ring on the market that we both love, and we said, ‘That’s the thing for now!’ ”

“We were up on the roof at sunset, the sky was burning and we were listening to music and slow dancing, and it was like, ‘OK, now!’ ” he continued. “I asked and she said yes, and I said, ‘Fuck, I forgot the ring, I have to go down and get it!’ Then I came back, got down on one knee, we did the deal and it was great.”

Later, Tippett upgraded the ring, replacing it with a gold coin he found “at an antique shop upstate.”

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