Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver’s eldest son, Patrick Schwarzenegger, is engaged to longtime female friend Abby Champion.
“💍❤️FOREVER AND EVER ❤️💍,” the duo captioned their joint Instagram announcement on Tuesday, December 26.
Patrick, 30, popped the query on a seashore surrounded with rose petals. After the proposal, the couple celebrated with their circle of relatives, who had a congratulatory cake looking ahead to them.
“Yippee bravo we are all so happy for you for your love for your now for your future your love is inspiring joy joy joy ❤️,” Shriver, 68, commented at the Instagram announcement. (She and ex-husband Arnold, 76, additionally proportion daughters Katherine, 34, and Christina, 32, and son Christopher, 26.)
Patrick and Champion’s different well-known pals additionally left well-wishes within the remark phase.
“I CAN NOW DIE HAPPY,” Taylor Lautner wrote. Glen Powell added, “Yessssssssssss!!! Let’s goooooooooooooo!!!!”
Chelsea Handler commented, “Congrats, you two!!! 😍.”
Patrick was once first related to Champion in 2015, however the duo didn’t make their courting Instagram legitimate till the next yr. (Patrick up to now dated Miley Cyrus.)
Of their first image in combination, Champion cuddled as much as Patrick, captioning the snap with a sequence of emojis. Since then, the couple haven’t stopped sharing candy moments from their courting on social media.
“Happy birthday to my sweet, handsome, hardworking, and goofy boyfriend! I love you so much! 🎂💕🧁🎈,” Champion captioned a September birthday tribute.
Patrick, for his phase, has additionally gushed over Champion in more than a few interviews.
“She’s such a good girl,” Patrick advised E! Information of Champion in November 2022. “She’s a hard worker, dedicated, determined. She moved here from Alabama to pursue her dreams to become a supermodel. She’s great.”
Champion has since made her dream a fact. No longer most effective has she develop into a a hit style, however she’s additionally recruited Patrick for some photograph shoots as nicely. Overdue final yr, the couple confirmed off their courting within the pages of Fashion.
“I can’t keep it serious when I’m doing that stuff,” Patrick advised E! of the photograph shoot. “And when she helps me with auditions, she can’t keep it too, so it’s a nice little dynamic. She looks way better than I do when it comes to that shoot.”
Whilst they’re each busy with their budding careers, Patrick — who has starred in HBO’s The Staircase and High Video’s Gen V — and Champion at all times make time for every different.
“We love each other, and it’s OK when she goes away for a week or I go away for a month filming,” he gushed in the similar E! interview. “We’re moving, and I feel very fortunate to be able to be together and live together.”