Yolanda Hadid and David Foster at 2011 Pre-Grammy Gallary

Yolanda Hadid and producer and David Foster arrive at the 2011 Pre-GRAMMY Gala and Salute To Industry Icons Honoring David Geffen at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 12, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California.

David Foster and Yolanda Hadid at post Grammy event

Music producer David Foster and wife Yolanda Hadid arrive at Warner Music Group's 2011 Post Grammy Event at Soho House on February 13, 2011 in West Hollywood, California.

David Foster and fiancee Yolanda Hadid got engaged at her ex-husband's house

David Foster and his new fiancee Yolanda Hadid certainly don't have a typical story about their holiday proposal.

"Strangely enough, we got engaged at Yolanda's ex-husband's house — because that's where we met," Foster said Friday as he and his new mate arrived on the red carpet at a MusiCares benefit in honour of Barbra Streisand.

Didn't Hadid's ex mind that he was proposing?

"He introduced us," Foster replied with a smile.

The 15-time Grammy winner has been married three times previously. He has five children from his previous marriages, the most recent of which — to actress and former beauty queen Linda Thompson — ended in 2005.

Hadid, a Dutch model, has three children from her marriage to real estate developer Mohamed Hadid.

Foster says the couple is "loosely" planning on getting married on Nov. 11, which, given the year, would be 11/11/11.

"We thought that would be kind of cool," Foster said.

Meanwhile, he confirmed that he and Vancouver crooner Michael Buble are planning on releasing a Christmas album together — and he said it would only draw upon classic holiday material.

"No new songs," he said. "All good old ones. All the old ones —everything you could imagine, we're doing. All the greats from back in the day."

Foster also paid respect to Streisand, who was being honoured at the star-studded Grammy bash for her philanthropy.

"I'm so happy that she's sharing her talent with everybody tonight," Foster said. "She's a very private person, and this is a big deal for her. She doesn't love going out in public. So I think she's to be commended for really pulling it together and going: 'Hey, I'm going to do this because I care about MusiCares.'"

He was then asked to recall his favourite Streisand song.

"Probably one I did with her called 'Somewhere,'" he said, a wry grin spreading across his face.

"I (also) love the song she wrote, 'Evergreen.' She proved herself to be a songwriter on that song.

"She's an amazing, iconic, iconic talent."

David Foster Engaged to Model Yolanda Hadid

Canadian musician David Foster is the latest star set to ring in 2011 with wedding bells. He reportedly proposed to Dutch model Yolanda Hadid over the Christmas holidays. 


The Grammy-winning producer, who is famous for helping the careers of artists such asCeline Dion, Josh Groban andMichael Buble, reportedly proposed at a friend's home in Bel Air, California, where the couple met. The insider tells the New York Post, "He pulled out a 14-carat dazzling sparkler from jeweler Martin Katz, and the entire party erupted in applause." 

Foster has previously been married three times before and has five daughters, while Hadid is a mother of three and the former wife of real-estate developer Mohamed Hadid.