Exclusive: Fonzworth Bentley Is Engaged to Benjamin Button Star!
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Fonzworth Bentley is engaged, he confirms to UsMagazine.com.
"We are so excited!" Bentley -- who first rose to fame when he was photographed holding Diddy's umbrella -- told Us Wednesday.
The singer, author and reality star (From G's to Gents) proposed to actress Faune Chambers (who co-starred with Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) on December 2009 near their Atlanta hometown.
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He got down on one knee with a 3-carat asscher-cut diamond from NYC's Ozuro Fine Jewelry.
"I tricked her! She thought it would happen on Christmas but I did it right before New Year's," Bentley tells Us. "She said yes and I was so excited. Afterward, she kept wanting to call and tell her mother and I told her not to - because then we walked into a restaurant where my parents and her parents were waiting. We all had lunch and then I walked them all back to show them where I proposed."
"The wedding is pretty soon!" adds Bentley, 36.
Chambers, 33, also plays the lead in the music video for new single "Greener," off his EP Cool Outrageous Fingerprint (out this summer). Watch it here.
"It's really special to say my fiancee is in the video. I love using that word. You don't get to do it too long, so it's really special!" gushes Bentley.
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24Hasbeen-Where do you get all of your top secret 411? Wish I had your sources...you are a wacko always spouting off about conspiracy theories. Angelina Jolie obsessed psycho...
Umm, don't know about the "sleeping with Diddy" story but he WAS "out" in Atlanta. Everyone knew he was gay. He used to "date" a friend of mine and he went with him to his high school reunion (Fonzworth was on crutches and was voted "Most Succesful Alumnus". Hope he's been honest about his past lifestyle with her! Anyway, wish them the best!
Happy news! Congrats! Now let's see if he holds her umbrella.
I hope they are happy together! @ (nypeach) try using google or checking your facts before posting.. she was in fact in Benjamin Button!
She played the wife of Marlon Wayans in the movie White Chicks as well. They make a cute couple.
I don't believe she was in Benjamin Button. I think they're confusing her with Taraji P. Henson. Just sayin'.
Hasbeen Anniston Said: "he was completely OUT of the closet when he lived in Atlanta and only went back IN when he started livingn with (and sleeping with) Diddy, who was his lover or several years. When will these Black men stop LYING to themselves and the world, pretending to be something they are not? And when will the women stop taking miney to be a part of the lies?" ********* YOUR NAME SAYS IT ALL. Mine your own business. Even if what you say is TRUE (which I doubt it)---MINE YOUR OWN BUSINESS and leave this couple alone. If SHE likes it........mind YOUR own business.
It's Farnsworth, not Fonzworth. And Asscher-cut is named for the Royal Asscher Diamond Company and the Asscher family, so capitalization would be a good thing there. (Nice rock, though!) But seriously, US. Reporting old news and misspelling the name of the intended groom? For heaven's sake. Get a new intern.
when I read this I was like, who's the lucky guy...
@ Anna.....I know, right. Very old news?
this is old news
I'm sorry, WHO?!
Finally a couple who gets married, than have children, shows me their marrying for the right reasons, love.
Lisa: Thank you for the input. They do look like a classy couple. I just haven't seen anything of theirs, I guess. Maybe I will have to Amazon him...always looking for new artists (anything aside from the normal junk we are assailed with constantly...:)
Fonzworth Bentley is Mr. Entertainment! I'm so excited about his upcoming marriage, his music, and his career. I have a feeling we've only seen glimpses of this young man's enormous talent. His bride-to-be is absolutely beautiful. She too is extremely talented. They are perfect examples of the kind of young people this country should be proud of and hold in high esteem.
Fonzworth Bentley is Mr. Entertainment! I'm so excited about his upcoming marriage, his music, and his career. I have a feeling we've only seen glimpses of this young man's enormous talent. His bride to be is absolutely beautiful. She too is extremely talented. They are perfect examples of the kind of young people the country should hold in high esteem.
Congrats! Very happy for those who are happy. Good 4 them :)
Who and who??
he was completely OUT of the closet when he lived in Atlanta and only went back IN when he started livingn with (and sleeping with) Diddy, who was his lover or several years. When will these Black men stop LYING to themselves and the world, pretending to be something they are not? And when will the women stop taking miney to be a part of the lies?
His name is Farnsworth Bentley not Fonzworth.