Rufus Hound engaged to EastEnders actress after proposing live on stage
Rufus Hound is engaged after proposing to EastEnders star, Sally Hodgkiss, live on stage.
The Celebrity Juice star, 45, took to X, formerly Twitter on Tuesday to announce the news as he paid tribute to his future wife. He wrote: "In the past two years @sallyhodgkiss has redefined how completely loved or seen I ever believed someone could make me feel. We talk and nourish each other in a way that's almost unbelievable to me. Last night, I asked her to marry me."
Describing the special moment, he continued: "We were privileged enough to take part in @theimprovathon @WiltonMusicHall, a show in which brilliant, erudite, playful, thoughtful, beautiful, sleep deprived people spoke repeatedly of love, commitment, joy and demonstrated the awesome magic that comes when such people do so.
Rufus Hound is engaged after proposing to EastEnders star, Sally Hodgkiss, live on stage (Twitter)
He gushed Sally had made him 'redefine love' (Twitter)"Sally walked down for her final bow. As she spoke - a poetic, magnificent final flourish - the universe seemed to scream at me that the time - bizarre as it might be- had come. As the crowd applauded her, I took to the stage beside her. Wordlessly, I mimed that I was unlikely to be able to speak, as I was totally overwhelmed."
Explaining he bent down on one knee before he proposed, Rufus joked the audience - and Sally - looked shocked as the couple had been playing siblings on stage. He explained: "It was only when I spoke her name she realised what was happening. She said yes. My kids are f**king delighted, my ex congratulated me on the news, my parents are besides themselves and my best friend Steve contacted a special Wedding Robot for validation."
He concluded, sharing: "Anyway, as foolhardy as it feels attempting to be giddily happy in public is (without it being because migrant boats are being sunk or kid refugee centres have had the murals removed) I am. We are. Everything is better with her. She's magic. And soon, I'll be her husband."
Sally appeared on EastEnders back in 2019 as Steph, as a waitress at Masood's restaurant. Rufus, meanwhile, starred on Dancing On Ice in 2021 before he exited in week four after testing positive for Covid.
News of Rufus' relationship was revealed last June when he took to Twitter to talk about his new love. The comedian wed Beth, with whom he shares son Alby and daughter Hilda, in 2007 in a ceremony in Las Vegas, before they split in 2020.
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