Ryan Seacrest and Aubrey Paige Petcosky Charles Guerin/ABACA/INSTAR
Do not rush down the aisle. Ryan Seacrest revealed that he doesn’t feel any pressure to tie the knot with girlfriend Aubrey Paige Petcosky — or anyone else.
“I’m happy. I’m happy in the present moment,” the American Idol47-year-old host told guest host Lisa RinnaDuring the Wednesday, August 10 episode of Live! Live!When she brought up the topic about marriage. “I don’t think about anything else. Why push it?”
While Seacrest doesn’t have strong feelings about getting married, he does hope to become a father one day. “I think having kids at the right time would be great,” the TV personality continued. “I have a fantastic family, a very small family. I have a niece [my sister]Meredith is the proud mother of a daughter. My parents have been married 52 and a half years, so that’s a high bar. So that’s in my head.”
Seacrest’s comments about marriage and family come two months after a source told Us Weekly that he was looking to “settle down” with girlfriend Paige, 24. “Ryan is increasingly confident he and Aubrey have what it takes for the long term,” the insider said in June. “He’s trying not to get too far ahead of himself, it’s still relatively early days after all, but the fact he was willing to go red carpet official was a big step.”
The source continued: “At some point in the not-too-distant future, he wants to settle down and start a family. He wouldn’t be dating anyone who didn’t have that long-term potential. … He’s going with the flow but feeling very good about things.”
The Keeping up with KardashiansPaige and producer were first spotted together at Memorial Day in Austin, Texas in May 2021. One month later, Use exclusively confirmed that the pair were dating, with a source adding at the time that the pair are “very happy” together.
Paige was a raving shopper about her new romance, December 2021. “Safe to say the best part of 2021 was meeting the most incredible man 😍🙌🏼,” the Texas native wrote via Instagram at the time, alongside a photo of her and Seacrest. “Wishing everyone love, happiness, safety & health in 2022 🥂
In April, Seacrest’s TV cohost Kelly RipaShe gave her approval to the relationship when she opened up about the first time she met the model. Mark Consuelos‘ birthday party. “The most exciting guest that came was Ryan’s plus one, as acknowledged by every single speech given, because we were all so excited,” the New Jersey native, 51, said. “We were starting to be like, ‘Maybe he doesn’t have a special person and maybe we should check in on him more often?’”
Paige was the first person Ripa liked after she met her. “If you two breakup, I will go into seclusion,” she warned Seacrest with a laugh. “I am so fond of her.”
