{"id":2486539,"date":"2026-07-03T13:39:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2486539"},"modified":"2026-07-03T13:39:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:39:26","slug":"karamo-brown-confirmed-hes-dating-a-celebrity-who-is-going-to-be-my-husband-before-jussie-smollett-relationship-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/karamo-brown-confirmed-hes-dating-a-celebrity-who-is-going-to-be-my-husband-before-jussie-smollett-relationship-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Karamo Brown Confirmed He&#8217;s &#8216;Dating a Celebrity&#8217; Who Is &#8216;Going to Be My Husband&#8217; Before Jussie Smollett Relationship News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Karamo Brown shared insight into his love life in a recent interview<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <em>Queer Eye<\/em> star revealed he&#8217;s found the one for him and is &#8220;dating a celebrity&#8221; during the Tuesday, June 30 episode of the <em>Reality with the King<\/em> podcast, though he didn&#8217;t share a name<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A source confirmed to PEOPLE that Brown is dating Jussie Smollett<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/karamo-brown\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Karamo Brown;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Karamo Brown&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Karamo Brown<\/a> is certain he&#8217;s found his future husband.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <em>Queer Eye<\/em> alum, 45, confirmed on the Tuesday, June 30 episode of Carlos King&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TkpY3qF8sA4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Reality with the King;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Reality with the King&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>Reality with the King<\/em><\/a> podcast that he is &#8220;dating a celebrity&#8221; and is &#8220;100 percent sure&#8221; he&#8217;s the one for him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Brown, who did not reveal the identity of his romantic partner during the podcast interview, was photographed spending time with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/jussie-smollett\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Jussie Smollett;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jussie Smollett&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Jussie Smollett<\/a> on Monday, June 29. In the images, shared by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/06\/30\/jussie-smollett-karamo-brown-dating\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:TMZ;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;TMZ&quot;}\" class=\"link \">TMZ<\/a>, the actor could be seen touching Brown&#8217;s chin and walking close by him on an outing in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/karamo-brown-jussie-smollett-dating-source-12010226\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:source told PEOPLE on Wednesday, July 1, that the pair are dating;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;source told PEOPLE on Wednesday, July 1, that the pair are dating&quot;}\" class=\"link \">source told PEOPLE on Wednesday, July 1, that the pair are dating<\/a>. PEOPLE reached out to reps for Brown and Smollett, 44, for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I could get emotional. I&#8217;ve met my equal,&#8221; Brown said on the podcast episode. &#8220;And it&#8217;s powerful when you meet someone who you feel 100 percent safe with, you feel 100 percent secure with, who you can just trust with your heart, because you know they are just a great human being, and they get everything. It&#8217;s special. It&#8217;s pretty amazing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Karamo Brown attends the 2026 Native Son Awards on June 19, 2026 in New York City<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Brown confirmed he and his new partner are &#8220;not taking it slow&#8221; and are actually &#8220;deep in love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;But [that&#8217;s the reason] why we are not public yet, because we don&#8217;t want comments,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We are protecting the love we have, because I do believe this is going to be my husband. I believe this is going to be my forever person. I feel it every single day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PEOPLE'&quot;}\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Brown added that everything comes &#8220;easy&#8221; for them. &#8220;We just get each other. It&#8217;s constant laughter. It&#8217;s constant love. It&#8217;s just constant everything,&#8221; he said, adding that it was important for him to &#8220;protect what I&#8217;m doing&#8221; and keep things private.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Brown&#8217;s most recent public relationship was with ex-fianc\u00e9 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/queer-eye-karamo-brown-shares-birthday-tribute-to-ex-fiance-ian-jordan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Ian Jordan;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Ian Jordan&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Ian Jordan<\/a>. The pair called off their engagement in 2020 after 10 years together. While on <em>The<\/em> <em>Ellen DeGeneres Show <\/em>in September 2020, Brown said <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/queer-eye-karamo-brown-split-from-fiance-ian-jordan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:the split was amicable;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;the split was amicable&quot;}\" class=\"link \">the split was amicable<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/06\/04\/jussie-smollett-jabari-redd-break-up\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:TMZ;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;TMZ&quot;}\" class=\"link \">TMZ<\/a> previously reported in early June that Smollett had called off his engagement to his ex-fianc\u00e9 Jabari Redd, nearly a year after he proposed. The pair had been dating since at least 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As for Brown, his life news comes shortly after he <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/karamo-brown-wellness-app-exclusive-11959020\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:announced a new wellness app;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;announced a new wellness app&quot;}\" class=\"link \">announced a new wellness app<\/a>, K\u0113 Wellness, which focuses on fitness, nutrition, meditation, sobriety, relationships and self. He told PEOPLE he&#8217;s &#8220;here to teach you so that you can go out and live your best life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Elsewhere during his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/queer-eye-karamo-brown-breaks-silence-show-drama-fab-five-exclusive-11988233\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:PEOPLE interview;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PEOPLE interview&quot;}\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE interview<\/a> in June, Brown, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-karamo-brown-kids-8547910\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:who has two kids;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;who has two kids&quot;}\" class=\"link \">who has two kids<\/a>, recalled his off-camera struggles during the show, as well as tensions between himself and his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/meet-the-real-life-kids-of-queer-eye-cast-11888736\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Fab Five castmates;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Fab Five castmates&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Fab Five castmates<\/a>. He also detailed his commitment to sobriety, sharing that he follows a 12-step program and regularly attends meetings. &#8220;I want to encourage people that there&#8217;s a side to not having to drink that is so fun,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/karamo-brown-confirmed-dating-celebrity-before-jussie-smollett-relationship-news-12010698\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:People;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Karamo Brown shared insight into his love life in a recent interview The Queer Eye star revealed he&#8217;s found the one for him and is &#8220;dating a celebrity&#8221; during the Tuesday, June 30 episode of the Reality with the King podcast, though he didn&#8217;t share a name A source confirmed to PEOPLE [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2486541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[488796,343837,398629],"class_list":["post-2486539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-dating-a-celebrity","tag-jussie-smollett","tag-karamo-brown"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Karamo-Brown-Confirmed-Hes-Dating-a-Celebrity-Who-Is-Going.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2486539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2486542,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486539\/revisions\/2486542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2486541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2486539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2486539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2486539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}