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'Queen Sugar' Star Rutina Wesley Announces Engagement to Girlfriend Chef Shonda

‘Queen Sugar’ Star Rutina Wesley Announces Engagement to Girlfriend Chef Shonda
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By Stephanie Petit · Updated October 24, 2020
Rutina Wesley is showing off some new bling. The True Blood alum, 38, appeared to announce her engagement to New Orleans-based culinary guru, Chef Shonda, in an Instagram post. The series of photos opened with a quote that reads, “Overthinking is the biggest cause of our unhappiness. Keep yourself occupied. Keep your mind off things that don’t help you,” followed by snaps of the couple. The final pic showed a diamond ring on Wesley’s finger. Wesley captioned the shots with a series of hashtags including #AlwaysMORENeverLESSISaidYES, #SheFeedsMySOUL, #IWasLookingAtHERAndFoundMyJOY, #LoveOfMyLIFEYouAreMyFriend and ILoveYouMoreThanWORDS.    

#OdeToLVAActingExercises LOLITA....Lolita....LIGHT of my LIFE....LIGHT of my LIFE...FIRE of my LOINS... FIRE of my LOINS...MY SIN....My SIN....MY SOUL...My SOUL....The tip of the TONGUE....the tip of the TONGUE....Takes a trip down the PALETTE.... takes a trip down the PALETTE....To tap lightly at THREE....To Tap LIGHTLY At THREE....LO...Lo...LI...Li...TA...Ta #StillRingsTrue #AlwaysMORENeverLESSISaidYES #SheFeedsMySOUL #IWasLookingAtHERAndFoundMyJOY #ImHavingAPrivateParty #LoveOfMyLIFEYouAreMyFriend #AllIHadToDoWasTurnAround @chef_shonda #ILoveYouMoreThanWORDS

A post shared by Rutina Wesley (@rutina_wesley) on Nov 18, 2017 at 12:58am PST

The actress, who stars as Nova Bordelon on the Oprah Winfrey-produced drama Queen Sugar, has been posting several photos of the couple in recent days along with romantic quotes. “You are the sunshine of my life….” she captioned a shot of the duo in a car on Nov. 12.

#FromTheInsideOut You are the sunshine of my life....

A post shared by Rutina Wesley (@rutina_wesley) on Nov 12, 2017 at 8:44am PST

#NolaNCaliLove 💜#QueenSugarFinaleEvent

A post shared by Rutina Wesley (@rutina_wesley) on Nov 8, 2017 at 4:09pm PST

      Wesley filed for divorce from ex-husband Jacob Fishel in August 2013, ending their marriage of nearly a decade. She cited irreconcilable differences. This article originally appeared on people.com.   
TOPICS:  Black Love
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