Vanessa Minnillo has denied that boyfriend Nick Lachey proposed to her at midnight on New Year’s Eve as she presented the MTV New Year’s Eve party in Times Square, New York.

Nick was seen whispering something in her ear which made her start to cry before the couple shared a kiss at midnight.

Vanessa has now explained her tears away by saying: “Everyone that is important in my life is here. I literally choked up.”

Nick and Vanessa started dating in the summer around the time Nick’s divorce from Jessica Simpson was finalised.