New Kids on the Block singer Jonathan Knight looked over at his boyfriend and personal trainer Harley Rodriguez.
“You got it,” he seemed to tell himself, holding back the excitement.
He may or may not have been planning to pop the question since summertime, but the time for mind games was through.
“We were in Africa, our parents were there — our moms were there — and I just figured this was the time to pop the question and make it official,” Knight recalled on Sirius radio’s The Jenny McCarthy Show on Tuesday.
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“We were on the Zambezi River — it’s right above Victoria Falls. We took a nighttime raft dinner, just the four of us out on the river, there was like a hippopotamus in the background. It was a super moon. It was just absolutely beautiful, it was so romantic.”
The two have been hangin’ tough together for eight years, and the timing of the engagement comes just months before Knight joins the old gang for a nostalgia tour across the U.S., along with Boyz II Men and Paula Abdul.
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ingyaom
Proposing with both moms present? Seems strange.
Prax07
Didn’t even know he’s gay. Sweet story.
Raphael
Africa, really!? Why not Russia or maybe Middle East? Come on people, at least try to be on a safe place for this.
Dorian Prince
What a sweet story. I didn’t even know he was gay but I’m glad to know that he’s part of the family. I think it is sweet that they are both close to their moms’ and vacation with them. So if they are that close then it makes sense for them him to propose when they are there. This past summer I had a joint graduation party with a good friend of mine and I witnessed his boyfriend propose to him taking everyone except for the boyfriend’s family by surprise. It’s nice to see parents be supportive and involved in their gay sons’lives.
AlexL
It is a criminal offense for two people of the same sex to hold hands, hug or kiss in Zimbabwe. South Africa has safaris and has gay marriage written into the Constitution.
Thad
Yeah, I was wondering too…were they in dreadful antigay Zimbabwe or only somewhat better Zambia? Victoria Falls is on the border…
GayEGO
Very nice!
nitejonboy
Jonathan was my first gay crush when I was 11 or 12, I was madly in love with him and still think of him fondly. Hell, I’d prolly still marry him. Congrats sweetie!!