Ted Lasso star Brendan Hunt announces engagement to long-term partner
Ted Lasso star and co-creator Brendan Hunt has revealed that he is engaged.
The actor, who stars as Coach Beard in the series, took to Instagram on Thursday (June 29) to announce his engagement to longtime girlfriend Shannon Nelson.
Alongside a picture of his now fiancée smiling and posing with her new ring, he penned: "The majestic @snoopshann, so rarely photographed in her natural habitat, captured here in the act of saying 'yes.'"
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Alongside a selfie of her and Brendan, Shannon also shared the exciting news on the platform, as she gushed: "We are a family. A beautiful wonderful family and will be for always."
She continued: "Some folks have assumed we had already done this, but truth be told we had other priorities in becoming a family. Now it feels right. I get to marry this beautiful man. I get to call him my husband and to be his wife and I am the luckiest."
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In April, Hunt teased the possibility of a Ted Lasso spin-off show. The critically-acclaimed Apple TV+ series came to an end last month (May 31) after three seasons.
During an exclusive chat with Digital Spy, when asked if he could see the world of Ted Lasso expanding, Hunt said: "I definitely could."
Before he teased what sort of form it could take, he added: "I don't know that it will but if it does, whichever character it is about, I hope it's animated and they're fighting crime."
Asked whether he would like Coach Beard to get his own show, Hunt quipped: "No, my character should be doing crime."
Ted Lasso seasons 1-3 are available on Apple TV+ now.
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