Joe Manganiello’s fiancée Caitlin O’Connor was spotted stepping out in Los Angeles without her engagement ring, just days after confirming he popped the question.
Quelling any concern of trouble in paradise, the TV host stayed close to the 48-year-old actor’s side as they stepped out together on a walk with their beloved Chihuahua.
For their laid-back outing, the actress cut a sporty figure in a black crop top, matching leggings and a baseball cap as she chatted with her movie star fiancé.
Meanwhile, Manganiello, who was previously married to Sofia Vergara for seven years, looked relaxed in a graphic sweatshirt, patterned shorts and green Nike sneakers.
The couple appeared in high spirits and shared a laugh while strolling down the sidewalk.
Their sighting comes shortly after the Magic Mike actor revealed the engagement news on social media.
Joe Manganiello’s fiancée Caitlin O’Connor was spotted stepping out in Los Angeles without her engagement ring, just days after confirming he popped the question
Manganiello posted a sweet photo with O’Connor as she flashed her sparkly diamond ring while both cradled their dog, Bubbles.
The post also hinted that the milestone wasn’t exactly recent — as Joe captioned the snap with the date ‘June 24th, 2025’ alongside two diamond ring emojis, confirming he proposed nearly four months ago.
Just hours earlier, TMZ reported that Manganiello had introduced O’Connor as his fiancée at the San Diego Film Festival, where he was honored with the Career Spotlight Award.
Manganiello and O’Connor were first linked in September 2023, just months after news broke that his marriage to Modern Family star Sofia Vergara had come to an end.
O’Connor, who currently serves as a correspondent for E! News, has also made her mark as an actress — playing Dyan Cannon on HBO’s Winning Time and appearing in the Two and a Half Men series finale.
The pair reportedly first met at an afterparty for Winning Time, where they hit it off immediately.
‘The first time they met in the hot tub and they were talking the whole time!’ a source told People.
By December, they made their red carpet debut at the 20th anniversary gala for the Children of Armenia Fund in New York City, where Manganiello, who is one-eighth Armenian, was being honored.
Quelling any concern of trouble in paradise, the TV host stayed close to the 48-year-old actor’s side as they stepped out together on a walk with their beloved Chihuahua
Their sighting comes shortly after the Magic Mike actor revealed the engagement news on social media
Insiders have since described the couple as effortlessly compatible.
‘They’re both so easygoing that they work really well together,’ one told Us Weekly, adding that O’Connor is ‘not high-maintenance’ and ‘not a big drinker or a party girl.’
A source recently told DailyMail.com that Manganiello is ‘very eager to become a father,’ a goal that reportedly played a role in his split from Vergara.
‘Joe and Caitlin are so good for each other, and he is so happy that life has led him to her,’ the insider revealed. ‘They are looking to get married pretty quick and then start to try for a family. They want it all — marriage, kids — and they’re surrounded with excitement for what the future will bring.’
Vergara, 53, previously said their 2023 breakup stemmed from differing views on having children. ‘He wanted to have kids and I didn’t want to be an old mom,’ she told El País earlier this year.
Manganiello, however, disputed that version of events, telling Men’s Journal that he and Vergara ‘did try to have a family for the first year and a half,’ but that the marriage ended because ‘two people grew apart.’
‘To be painted as if I had some sort of midlife crisis… that’s never who I was,’ he said.
