Darius Rucker announced his engagement to singer and influencer Emily Deahl on Wednesday (October 8), sharing a heartfelt Instagram post that includes a black-and-white photo of the Hootie & the Blowfish singer down on one knee proposing. “Thank you for showing me a level of happiness I have never known,” the 59-year-old Rucker wrote in the caption. “The day I met you I knew I didn’t want to go another one without you. Now I don’t have to.” The couple went public with their relationship last month, with Deahl, 33, explaining on social media why she had previously kept their relationship private. “I never intended on keeping this part of my life from you guys for so long,” she wrote in her Instagram Story that reshared the engagement post. “But somewhere along the way of loving him I discovered how sacred love is to me. And all I wanted to do was protect it.” Rucker was previously married to Beth Leonard from 2000 to 2020. (People)
