‘Stranger Things’ Star Brett Gelman Is Engaged to Ari Dayan

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A serious milestone! Stranger Issues star Brett Gelman is engaged to longtime love Ari Dayan.

The 46-year-old actor — who performs Murray Bauman on the hit Netflix collection — introduced the information through Instagram on Friday, April 28, sharing two proposal pictures. “SHE SAID YES!!! ❤️❤️❤️ 💍 💍 💍 ❤️❤️❤️,” he captioned the slideshow.

One pic confirmed Gelman down on one knee in a pink jacket and white pants, which he paired with a beige cap and sneakers. The Fleabag alum and his now-fiancée additionally snapped a selfie exhibiting off her new jewellery.

Stranger Issues costar Jamie Campbell Bower despatched well-wishes to the completely happy couple within the feedback part, dropping a plethora of pink coronary heart emojis on the reveal. Alfie Allen — brother of David Harbour‘s spouse, Lily Allen — added three heart-eye emojis.

Gelman continued to rejoice his engagement through his Instagram Story, writing, “❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 4EVA,” and tagging his future spouse.

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Brett Gelman and Ari Dayan
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Dayan, in the meantime, uploaded her personal Instagram carousel on Friday, teasing within the caption, “Can’t look ahead to Mr. Gelman to develop into Mr. Dayan.” The Illinois native replied, “Simply name me Mr. D!!! ❤️❤️❤️.”

Gelman was beforehand married to screenwriter Janicza Bravo, whom he met whereas engaged on a industrial for the New York Lotto. The duo exchanged vows in 2015 and went their separate methods three years later.

The Kroll Present alum moved on with Dayan in 2019, and the pair turned their romantic connection into an expert collaboration. Gelman directed the music video for Dayan’s 2022 tune “Love.”

“It goes with out saying that Ari’s music deeply evokes me,” he defined throughout a joint interview with the musician final yr, describing how the choice happened. “And he or she was taking plenty of her songs and reaching out to administrators to make movies for them, and I had been wanting to start out directing, and he or she knew this clearly so she was like, ‘Why don’t you direct the video for LOVE?’ And I used to be like, ‘Sure, sure, and oh please sure.’”

The Netflix star mentioned the challenge was “a complete equal collaboration” between him and Dayan, who chimed in so as to add, “We converse the identical language on the subject of what’s humorous. I’d have an thought and Brett would add to it and the opposite approach round and we discovered our mutual voice fairly shortly. It has plenty of each of us in it each conceptually and tonally. I discover plenty of pleasure at laughing at myself and I believe Brett does too. It is a love letter to that a part of ourselves.”

Gelman is the second Stranger Issues star to announce an engagement this month. Millie Bobby Brown confirmed off an enormous diamond sparkler through Instagram on April 11 after boyfriend Jake Bongiovi proposed.

“I’ve cherished you three summers now, honey, I need ’em all,” she gushed within the caption, quoting Taylor Swift’s tune “Lover.”