The couple first met at the same awards show in 2018.
Zeke Smith just pulled off the perfect surprise proposal to boyfriend (now fiance!
)Nico Santosin front of a live audience during Saturday’sGLAAD Media Awards.
Zeke Smith and Nico Santos.LISA O’CONNOR/AFP via Getty Images
“Nico, your love has taught me how to love.
TheSuperstoreactor, looking stunned, said yes as Smith slipped a ring onto his finger.
Smith gushed about life with Santos toEW in March 2021when asked about what he’d been up to sinceSurvivor.
“I fell in love!
About three years ago at the GLAAD Awards, I met my boyfriend, actor Nico Santos.
“I’m still struggling to make sense of it all.
I received thousands of messages from people across the world sharing their stories and lending their support.
I’m still a little flabbergasted and I’m touched.
“There’s no one way to be queer.
“It should look like the world that we live in.
Our flag is a rainbow after all, it’s not white.”
The 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards air April 16 on Hulu.
Gerrad Hall contributed to this report.
