Emergency alert: Jussie Smollett is officially off the market and somewhere Cupid is twerking. Yes, the Empire star just activated FULL romance mode and popped the big ol’ question to his boo-thang Jabari Redd — and guess what?? HE SAID YESSSSS! 😭💍🌈
On June 20, Jussie hit Instagram with the kind of post that makes you sob, scream, and throw your phone all at once. He captioned it:
“I’ll be spending my birthday with my Fiancé… He said YES. 💍”
Meanwhile, we’ll be spending our day crying in the McDonald’s drive-thru because love like this shouldn’t be legal.
The proposal went down like a rom-com, except better because it’s REAL and it has Jussie Smollett wearing the sharpest outfit since the Met Gala. Outside a vibey lil’ restaurant, Jussie literally dropped to one knee like a Victorian ghost prince and proposed while Jabari’s face did a full “I just won the lottery and found out Beyoncé is my mom” reaction.
Slide 1: Jabari spots Jussie kneeling and smiles like the sun just texted him back.
Slide 2: Jabari fully malfunctioning like an excited Golden Retriever in a tux.
Slide 3: Jussie puts the ring on it and we all faint.
Slide 4: Emotional hug that could power the entire WiFi of North America.
Slides 5 & 6: Laughing, champagne-ing, flexing that sparkly engagement ring like it’s the Infinity Gauntlet of Gay Love™.
And here’s the plot twist we didn’t even know we needed: these two met working on the 2024 movie The Lost Holliday — which Jussie directed! So not only did he direct the movie, he directed his own love story?? Spielberg could never.
No one knows exactly how long they’ve been secretly being cute together, but judging by the vibes, they’ve been in love since approximately the Big Bang.
Congrats to the happy couple, who are currently somewhere eating cake, kissing, and not replying to texts because they’re ENGAGED and better than us.
✨💍#JussieAndJabariForever #Engayged #LoveIsLouderThanMyWiFiSignal✨