Singer Eve is engaged to designer Maximillion Cooper. Cooper proposed to the “Let Me Blow Ya Mind” singer on Christmas Day.
Eve, 35, and Cooper,41, met at the Gumball 300 – a car rally that Cooper founded – and they’ve been living together in London. They spend Christmas in Edinburgh, Scotland, where Cooper popped the question.
A source confirmed the engagement to Us Weekly and Eve took to Twitter to confirm it herself.
“Thanku 2 everybody 4 your congratulations on our engagement! We wanted to celebrate with our family and friends 1st b4 announcing,”she wrote. Eve has been recording a new album in London.
Thanku 2 everybody 4 your congratulations on our engagement! We wanted to celebrate with our family and friends 1st b4 announcing
— Eve (@TheRealEve) December 31, 2013
Even spoke about her now-fiance with Chelsea Handler on her E! show Chelsea Lately this past summer, saying she’s never dated a white man before and he’s never dated an African American woman.
"I've never been the type of person to discriminate," she said at the time. "But I honestly have to say I never thought I'd be with a white guy ever. But it just happened. It's amazing. I'm the first black girl he's ever been with too.
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