Shailene Woodley and Aaron Rodgers announced their engagement in February.
On Friday, the actress told THR that they went public so a tabloid didn't beat them to it.
She said they declined to talk about the relationship afterward, staying in their "bubble" instead.
By the time Shailene Woodley and Aaron Rodgers announced their engagement in February, it was old news for the A-list actress and the Green Bay Packers quarterback.
The couple had already been secretly engaged for months, and if it were up to them, they would've kept it that way.