Watching The Summer I Turned Pretty’s third season, everyone has some very strong opinions. It’s definitely been a while since we’ve seen a fandom with such strong opinions over the ship that is in the show or movie.
The Summer I Turned Pretty fans are either Team Conrad or Team Jeremiah. Some are even Team Belly. But it doesn’t matter what your ship is – people have some very strong opinions about Belly and Jeremiah’s engagement, and a lot of it revolves around the ring.
The microscopic ring.
The ring that is barely there and looks like he got it out of a machine. It is the ring that reminds us he’s willing to spend more on a cake for a wedding than he is on his fiancée.
We’re thankful that Variety, which spoke with Jenny Han, asked about the ring. She told the outlet, “I really wanted something that felt modest, humble, and sweet, that Belly could maybe stack. Just thinking of her style, it’s more simple. She’s not about the flashy rings.”
Han added, “I think she would be more touched that he picked it out for her, and he knew what she would like.”
We can respect that, and we know that no one knows Belly like Jenny Han. While we can understand that Belly values thought more than material, it is still just a ring that we can’t move past.
Han was asked about what fans were saying about the ring and how fans are reacting.
She said, “I think people were going in pretty hard on that ring! I thought it was really sweet.”
@pedestriantv Idk what’s thinner, Belly’s ring or my patience with Jeremiah. #tsip #tsipedit #tsipseason3 #lolatung #thesummeriturnedpretty ♬ original sound – PEDESTRIAN.TV
Lola Tung thinks that the fan backlash is a little much. We have to admit, though, that some of the comments from people are entertaining us.
me every time belly pulled out that so-called ring #tsitp pic.twitter.com/cvUmlSJcFl
— cristal🫧 (@niazscripted) July 23, 2025
belly saying she wish she could wear the ring now mind u she could and nobody would notice pic.twitter.com/04NwDZotRo
— م (@ting1stfan) July 23, 2025
the music 😭 and the way she proudly shows off a ring that can't be seen 😭😭#TheSummerITurnedPretty
— 𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑒 ♠️. bellyconrad eraa✨ (@Vamanim) July 23, 2025
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Had Jeremiah shut up about the cake and made concessions, it might have been a win for Team Jeremiah. But the sweetness of his gesture of the ring was lost when he threw a fit about the cake.
In the latest episode of The Summer I Turned Pretty, a $750 cake debate ignites backlash against Jeremiah, who faces accusations of hypocrisy for wanting an extravagant dessert after spending a mere $298 on Belly’s engagement ring. pic.twitter.com/4up7zMRyow
— Nyra Kraal (@NyraKraal) August 7, 2025
Look, we’re Catbird (where the ring comes from) fans, and the ring is beautiful. But it’s a beautiful ring that one would buy for themselves. Not an engagement ring in the fandom’s eyes.
If you’d like to buy it for yourself, you can here. Their entire The Summer I Turned Pretty collection is here.
