Singer Emily Deahl is now reportedly engaged to musician Darius Rucker. According to People Magazine, Deahl, who is orginally from South Carolina, announced the news of her engagement on Wednesday, October 8 through a joint Instagram post with her now fiancé. In the caption of the post, Darius Rucker wrote:
"Thank you for showing me a level of happiness I have never known. The day I met you I knew I didn't want to go another one without you. Now I don't have to."
Not much is known about their relationship, but according to US Weekly, Emily Deahl and Darius Rucker, who have a twenty-six year age difference started dating sometime last year. The news of their engagement comes just one month after the couple officially confirmed their relationship by posting a picture of themselves in front of famous Sphere at Las Vegas, where they went to watch the Wizard of Oz. Darius Rucker was previously married to Beth Leonard, with whom he tied the knot in 2000. The couple were married for twenty years, until their divorce in 2020. They share two children. Rucker has another child from his previous relationship with ex-girlfriend, Elizabeth Ann Philips.
More about Emily Deahl's early life, family and career, as the singer announces her engagement to Darius Rucker
According to Famous Birthdays, Emily Deahl was born on April 23, 1992. She and her elder sister, Erica, were raised in South Carolina, where her family continues to reside. Not much is known about her early life, but both of her parents, who have appeared in some of of her videos, are white.
Deahl trained from the age of three to be a dancer, and later relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a professional career. However, she eventually realized that pursuing a career in dance was no longer something she desired, adding that this was when she fell in love with songwriting. In her 2023 interview with Canvas Rebel, Emily Deahl said:
"I grew up as a dancer, but after moving to Los Angeles after high school I quickly realized that industry was not for me. I felt like I had a lot more to say creatively and fell in love with songwriting as a way to showcase some of the ideas running through my head. But I’m a theatre baby at heart, and knew eventually I needed to figure out how to turn my ideas into an entire spectacle of a performance from start to finish."
She further added:
"It took me a long time to figure out who I wanted to be and what I wanted to say and to be very honest, TikTok helped me with that. I’ve always felt comfortable being myself on that platform and turning every spur of the moment idea into piece of content that people can engage with in real time."
According to People Magazine, Emily Deahl, now lives in London, where she relocated at the beginning of this year, in January. In the description of her YouTube channel, she describes London as her "favorite city so far."
Emily Deahl is also a full-time lifestyle content creator and boasts 467.8k followers on TikTok, while she has 6.72k subscribers on YouTube. At the moment, neither she nor Darius Rucker have released any details about when their upcoming wedding might take place.
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