Couple Lost 4 Carat Diamond at SNL

After making the immense gesture of proposing, saying yes, having the wedding, and settling down into married life, the last thing you think will happen is the ring being lost four years later. But this is exactly what happened to couple Brian Candee and his wife, Bree, last weekend.

Brian managed to get his hands on much coveted SNL tickets for last weekend’s show featuring one of their favorite bands, Pearl Jam. The tickets were a birthday gift to Bree. Afterward, the couple went to eat at Nobu 57 when Bree was startled by something she saw. Looking down at her finger, there was a glaring absence. Instead of her shiny 4-carat diamond, there was just a setting staring right back.

Panicked, Bree yelled to her husband and the couple enlisted all the waiters, bartenders, and even the Maitre D to help look for the diamond. After 30 minutes, it seemed hopeless, at which point Bree begged her husband to call SNL. In a random plea of assistance, Brian contacted staging operations director, Tom Popple, to see if he could help.

“This is going to sound very strange, but if you find something…my wife lost her diamond ring,” Candee said to Popple. Popple happened to notice a shiny rock when he was cleaning up after the show and declared to Brian that he had it in his possession. “Little did I know it would be a 4-carat diamond…I was happy for them,” added Popple.

Ecstatic, Brian returned the ring to his beloved wife’s finger, which was still shaking from nerves over the whole situation. Basking in their good luck, the Candees also recognized a renewed trust in their fellow New Yorkers. In a city that big, it’s amazing to find someone so kind, what luck!