Bradley Riches is engaged and we completely like to see it (Instagram/@brad_riches)
Heartstopper star Bradley Riches has introduced his engagement to his companion, theatre director Scott Johnston.
In a transferring publish on social media, the 22-year-old actor and Movie star Large Brother star revealed that Johnston proposed to him earlier this week whereas the pair had been in Sorrento, Italy.
Riches shared a sequence of images of the pair hugging and kissing whereas standing in a coronary heart form manufactured from rose petals, overlooking the Italian shoreline.
“Erm…YES,” Riches wrote, alongside a coronary heart emoji.
“I by no means thought I’d discover somebody who will get me and loves me for me. I’ve at all times struggled connecting my feelings in relationships after which @scottjohnston1.8 got here. I felt protected and accepted and most significantly liked,” he wrote within the lovely publish.
“I really like you endlessly,” he added, as he flashed a formidable silver ring on his index finger.
As Oscar Wilde as soon as stated, life actually does imitate artwork, as Riches’ attractive engagement appears prefer it was stripped instantly from the pages of Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper comics.
Riches starred in season two of the Heartstopper sequence on Netflix, as James McEwan – a homosexual scholar who crushes on Isaac Henderson (Toby Donovan).
In contrast to Toby and James’ fleeting romance, Riches and Johnston look like in it for the lengthy haul.
In a separate video posted on TikTok, Riches shared that Johnston flew him to Sorrento and requested him to decorate in all white, instantly leaving him suspicious.
A slew of Riches’ movie star associates have congratulated the candy couple, together with Movie star Large Brother host and mom to the LGBTQ+ neighborhood, AJ Odudu, and Drag Race UK contestant Self-importance Milan.
“OH MY GODDDDDDDDD AHHH CONGRATULATIONS BABY,” wrote David Potts, who received Riches’ sequence of Movie star Large Brother again in March.
Riches’ Heartstopper co-stars Corrina Brown, Bel Priestley, and Jack Barton additionally shared their good needs.
Riches entered the Movie star Large Brother home at the start of March, and swiftly grew to become a fan favorite – earlier than ultimately being evicted in sixth place.
Throughout his time in the home, he spoke overtly about his expertise with autism, and was praised for bringing genuine, queer and neurodivergent illustration to the UK’s TV screens.