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Nico Santos, Zeke Smith get engaged at the GLAAD Awards

By Karen Butler   |   April 3, 2022 at 10:59 AM
Zeke Smith (L) and Nico Santos arrive on the red carpet for the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills on Saturday. The couple got engaged at the event. Photo by Chris Chew/UPI Nico Santos (R) and Zeke Smith attend the 20th annual InStyle and Warner Brothers Golden Globes After-Party in Beverly Hills in 2019. File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI Nico Santos arrives for the 22nd annual Hollywood Film Awards in Beverly Hills in 2018. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Nico Santos attends the premiere of "Venom" in Los Angeles in 2018. File Photo by Chris Chew/UPI Nico Santos attends the premiere of "Crazy Rich Asians" in Los Angeles in 2018. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

April 3 (UPI) -- Superstore alum Nico Santos got engaged to his longtime beau, Survivor contestant Zeke Smith, at the GLAAD Awards Saturday night.

The crowd cheered as Smith proposed onstage at the gala, four years after he and Santos met at the same event.

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Santos shared on Instagram photos of the moments when Smith got down on one knee, offered him an engagement ring and Santos excitedly accepted it.

"I said yes," Santos, 42, wrote later in his social-media post. "You have my heart forever @zekerchief."

Smith also posted on his own account: "He said yes. I'm the luckiest guy in the world. Thank you to @glaad and @tiffanyandco for making it magical."

Smith competed in Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X in 2016 and Survivor: Game Changers in 2017.

Santos is also known for his roles in Crazy Rich Asians and Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2.