Prepared for perpetually! Huge Brother alum Xavier Prather is engaged to girlfriend Kenzie Hansen.
The 29-year-old actuality TV persona shared images from the romantic proposal through Instagram on Monday, Could 29. The carousel of images confirmed Prather main a blindfolded Hansen to a rooftop overlooking the Grand Rapids, Michigan, skyline. On the picturesque locale, Prather obtained down on one knee amid flower petals organized within the form of a coronary heart.
“Could twenty seventh, 2023 🖤💍,” the lawyer captioned the submit, which included a selfie of the blissful couple displaying off Hansen’s engagement ring.
A number of of the CBS persona’s fellow Huge Brother alums shared congratulatory messages within the feedback, together with all of the members of The Cookout alliance: Tiffany Mitchell, Hannah Chaddha, Kyland Younger, Azah Awasum and Derek Frazier. Together with Prather, the six-person group labored collectively throughout season 23 — which aired in summer time 2021 — to make sure that the present obtained its first Black winner. Prather in the end triumphed, successful the $750,000 grand prize on finale evening.
“Nonetheless over the moon for each of you, congratulations baldie🤍 kenzie’s about to achieve 5 new siblings!!!” Chaddha, 23, commented on the engagement announcement.
“Congrats! So blissful for each of you fantastic, stunning individuals!! 🙌🏾🎉💓” wrote Younger, 31.
After popping the query, the Michigan native answered followers’ questions concerning the big day through his Instagram Story. He revealed that he and his fiancée “went to the jewelers” collectively to have a look at rings however that Kenzie left the “final design” of the ring as much as him. Prather — who revealed through Instagram in February that he ruptured his Achilles tendon — additionally make clear how he obtained down on one knee whereas recovering from the damage.
“All seriousness, it was a battle however managed to make it work,” he wrote, including a laughing emoji and a thumbs up emoji.
The Spring Arbor College alum took the connection milestone critically, making ready for “about 5 months” and asking each of Kenzie’s mother and father for his or her approval earlier than proposing.
“My fiancée has an excellent relationship with each of her mother and father. I wouldn’t have been okay with asking one and never the opposite,” he defined. “I took them each out to eat and requested them each for his or her blessing.”
Prather has beforehand shared glimpses into the pair’s relationship through social media. In October 2022, the duo dressed as The Incredibles characters Frozone and Elastigirl for Halloween.
“Plot Twist … Sorry Bob 😅🤷🏾♂️❄️#HappyHalloween #Scandal #TMZ #Incredibles #IceInTheeVeins,” the lawyer captioned Instagram images of he and Kenzie of their costumes.
Previous to discovering his perpetually love, the mannequin admitting to crushing on his castmate Alyssa Lopez throughout Huge Brother 23. Lopez, 26 — who sparked a showmance with Christian Birkenberger on the present and continued courting him briefly after the season ended — solely instructed Us Weekly in November 2021 that she and Prather had been “simply actually, actually good associates.”
The Florida native continued: “When Christian left [the house], I adopted X round, I used to be like his shadow. I simply adopted him round in all places as a result of I had nobody else to hang around with — not likely although. However no, we’re simply associates.”
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Lopez additionally confirmed her assist for Prather’s engagement information. “Congrats!!! 🍾 @xavierprather @_kenzie Hansen,” she commented on the Instagram announcement.
