After dating for four years, Deschanel and Scott announced their engagement in the month of August.
There is a lot of information that Zooey Deschanel is revealing about her wedding preparations with Jonathan Scott, as well as how they want to spend the holidays.
After having a conversation with Nischelle Turner of ET at the ELLE Women in Hollywood event on Tuesday, the New Girl actress, who is 43 years old, made it very apparent that even if she and her fiancé, who is 45 years old, are still in the early stages of the planning process, there are some things that cannot be negotiated.
Deschanel said, “We’re, like, very, like, chill, you know,” referring to the group. “We haven’t figured anything out just yet, but it’s fun to, like, talk about.”
The presence of bagpipes is something that Jonathan has expressed as being essential to him. “Is there anything that you feel like you absolutely have to have at the wedding, and it’s something that I absolutely have to have?” ET posed the question to the star of “500 Days of Summer.”
“Dancing all night, baby,” Deschanel said in response.
The actress and the actor of Property Brothers got engaged in August, after having been together for a total of four years. in the time, Entertainment Tonight revealed that Scott proposed to Deschanel in Edinburgh Castle in Scotland when the couple was on vacation with their children. The proposal included the participation of both of the actress’ children.
Together with her ex-husband, Jacob Pechenik, Deschanel has two children: a boy named Charlie who is six years old and a daughter named Elsie who is eight years old.
In terms of how they want to spend their first vacations together as a couple who is engaged, she adds that they will make an effort to reduce the amount of stress that they experience as much as possible.
During an interview with ET, Deschanel said, “We just like to hang out and, you know, open presents.” “Hangout with our families.”
In addition, she said that while she enjoys cooking, she is looking forward to the day when she will not have to spend hours laboring in the kitchen in order to spend a fraction of the time sitting down with her family.
Her joke was, “I’d be very into, like, a cheese plate,” and she was joking.

Deschanel also spoke with ET what it meant to her to be invited to the ELLE Women in Hollywood event and to celebrate the achievements of her contemporaries in 2023. She said that she was honored to be invited to the event.
“It’s just so inspiring to be at an event supporting women in film,” said the actress.
Eva Longoria, America Ferrera, Jodie Foster, Fantasia Barrino, Greta Lee, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Jennifer Lopez, and Lily Gladstone are among the noteworthy individuals who have been included on the list of honorees for the year 2023, which was revealed earlier this year.
“Being a woman in film myself, you know, that’s where we get our inspiration, so I’m very happy to be here,” Deschanel said.