Gabourey Sidibe announces engagement to Brandon Frankel

Gabourey Sidibe is giving fans news to celebrate in 2020, and for that we thank her. The actor announced on Tuesday that she and boyfriend Bradon Frankel are engaged. The pair have been dating since 2019 and frequently post sweet pictures of their life together with their beloved cats. A wedding and cats? This really is the news we needed today.Sidibe and Frankel both shared the happy engagement news on their Instagram pages, including a video of the couple showing off Sidibe’s stunning diamond ring. “My BFF proposed and now I get to hold him forever. The funniest man I’ve ever met. The sweetest human to exist,” wrote Sidibe, who went on to list some of her favourite attributes about Frankel. “The second I look a bit stressed and overwhelmed, he jumps into action to take over what he can for me. Every moment with him is a joy. He is the partner I thought I was too independent to need. I’ve learned so much about myself through him and I feel grateful and excited to learn more about the entire world with him by my side. My partner, my best friend, my cats’ daddy, my mans, my heart, my fiancé!!!”

 

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Frankel, a Cameo talent manager, also gushed about his Oscar-nominated fiancée on his own Instagram page. “I asked my best friend to marry me, and she said “YES”! So excited to spend the rest of my life with the most amazing, hilarious, beautiful, and inspiring woman I’ve ever known,” wrote Frankel. “I couldn’t imagine a life without you. We make the best team, and we make everything fun and memorable.”[video_embed id='5435097855001']RELATED: Gabourey Sidibe tells us about her hilarious new memoir[/video_embed]Frankel opted for a COVID-friendly proposal, which took place inside the pair’s home. The couple’s cat Derrell wore a tag on his collar that said “Will you marry my daddy?” and Frankel covered the pair’s bed in rose petals, adding a balloon display that read “Will you marry me?”Sidibe and Frankel posted their first picture together in May 2019 and made things Insta-official on July 5 when Frankel shared a picture of Sidibe and called her his ‘sunshine girlfriend.’

 

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Sidibe has remained busy this year, even with COVID shutting down film and TV productions around the world. The actor finished her six-season run as Becky Williams on the series Empire, which aired its finale in April. Sidibe also starred opposite Janelle Monáe in the horror film Antebellum, which was released this fall.In September, Sidibe appeared in Amber Riley’s music video for her single “BGE (Big Girl Energy).” Released under the Glee alumni’s stage name Riley, BGE also featured a cameo from singer Jordin Sparks and included several shots of Riley with her boyfriend Desean Black. Like Sidibe, Riley announced on November 24 that she and Desean are engaged. “There was a time when I thought I didn’t want or deserve this kind of love. I’m looking at a man who changed my mind,” wrote Riley in her Instagram post announcing the pair’s engagement. “My time by myself, loving on myself, getting comfortable with myself, prepared me for you, and prepared me for this. I am so proud to say, I am the future Mrs. Black. I love you @deseanblack_official and I thank you for your patience, your friendship, and your partnership!”

 

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