'I burst out crying': Hilaria Thomas recalls her emotional reaction to Alec Baldwin's proposal... even though he'd already spoiled the surprise

They say that the best part of most marriage proposals is the bride-to-be's inevitable surprise.
But that certainly wasn't the case when Alec Baldwin got down on bended knee to ask Hilaria Thomas's hand in marriage.
The 28-year-old yoga instructor, who tied the knot with the 54-year-old 30 Rock star last weekend, has revealed in an interview with the Daily Front Row that the actor had already told her that he was going to propose.

Tears: Hilaria Thomas has revealed that she burst into tears when her now husband Alec Baldwin proposed marriage to her

'He brought me to Montauk, out by the lighthouse. He’s not great at keeping secrets from me, which is a very good thing. He told me earlier that he was going to propose. We’re very organized,' she told the website.
'He kept asking me if I knew where we were driving. I said, "No, I’ve never been past Gurney’s Inn!" When we got there he said, "This is the closest I could get you to Spain"… since my family is still there.
But despite already knowing that he was going to do the deed, Hilaria says she was still very emotional.

Wedding bells: Alec and Hilaria tied the knot in a ceremony last weekend

'He got on his knee, and I burst out crying,' she says.
In the web interview, Hilaria also clarifies that she was not the actor's yoga instructor when they met - but instead they locked eyes for the first time at a restaurant.
And the brunette beauty says she instantly fell in love with the actor, who she claims that she didn't know was THAT famous.
'I had just said to my girlfriends, "Universe, I’m ready to meet someone and fall in love." And my girlfriend whacked me and said, "Shut up, Alec Baldwin is looking at you!"

'I never had a TV growing up, so I sort of knew who he was, but I didn’t really know who he was. I’d only seen Working Girl!'
After that m,magical night, the exercise junkie says she didn't immediately go home and google him.

Just married: Hilaria and Alec stepped out as newlyweds the day after tying the knot

'No, I was very clear from the beginning that I wasn’t going to read anything online or watch any of his work for about five months,' she says. 'It gave us a fair chance together, and I think it’s one of the reasons we’re getting married now.
When Alec swept Hilaria off her feet at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, and carried her up the red-carpet, many had thought notoriously temperamental Alec had turned into the ultimate  romantic.
But Hilaria says the moment wasn't as fairytale as everyone thought.
'Do you know why he did that? Because my dress was too tight. People thought it was so romantic—and there was that element—but that wasn’t the real reason,' Hilaria explains.
'Dolce & Gabbana has been kind enough to dress me for a number of events. The dress had been pinned earlier, but I never tried moving in it.

Fairytale? Hilaria says the moment Alec swept her off her feet at the Cannes Film Festival wasn't as fairytale as everyone thought

'When I started walking, I realized I could only separate my legs a couple of inches. I said to Alec that I couldn’t do stairs.
'I looked like a penguin! Of course, when we got there, there was an epic staircase, so I said to Alec, "You have to carry me up the stairs."

A chance meeting: Hilaria has revealed that she met Alec at a restaurant and not in one of her yoga classes

'He said, ‘What? Really?’ He watched me go up one step and then said, ‘Yep, okay.’ He picked me up and walked up the entire staircase. People started cheering!'
In her interview, Hilaria, who has since whipped her new husband into shape with her yoga workouts, says the ancient practise has transformed him.
'He’s looking great! Alec and I still like our dinners, even though he’s lost a lot of weight. But yoga has really changed him,' she says.
'Before we met, he used to do what he calls ‘middle-aged white man yoga.’ Elements of yoga have definitely helped, but it’s mostly nutrition and an overall lifestyle change.
'We stock up on blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries, almond milk, quinoa, almonds, and apples.'
Alec and Hilaria tied the knot in an opulent ceremony at one of New York's most magnificent cathedrals, last weekend.
The 30 Rock star and yoga instructor, who at 28 is over 25 years his junior, said 'I do,' in the church.
The bride – who will now be known as Hilaria – wore a silk magnolia trumpet Amsale gown with cap sleeves and a keyhole back neckline accented with crystal buttons.
The bridesmaids wore 'eclectic miss-matched dresses, some in black, gray and turquoise, others in bold turquoise-and-purple tie-dyish prints,' according to E! online.
Amsale also dressed Hilaria's mother and Alec's daughter Ireland and Alec had a tuxedo by Tom Ford, People magazine has reported.
The Reverend George Deas is said to have performed the ceremony, reportedly conducted in English with readings in Spanish.
Guests at the nuptials in Manhattan's Nolita district included Alec's 30 Rock co-star Tina Fey, his brothers Stephen and Billy Baldwin, Woody Allen and wife Soon-Yi, actress Mariska Hargitay, Robert Kennedy Jr and Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels.
After the ceremony, guests were filtered to the campus of Hilaria's alma mater, New York University, for a reception at the private school's nearby Kimmel Center.