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'Masterchef Italia' Winner Proposes to Boyfriend on Live TV

Masterchef Italia season 9 winner proposing to boyfriend.

He said yes ... of course he said yes!

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I think that the best place to begin any relationship, any conversation even, is from a place of honesty. We must shirk the feelings of embarrassment, and just level with one another. Think about it: you sit here pretending to be someone or know something that you don't, and when the truth comes out you just end up looking like the dummy you are. So let's start from a place of truth, and we can build from there.

The truth is I don't understand Italian. But, much like Trinity the Tuck in RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars, "I don't know what she's saying but girl I am living!"

Over the weekend it seems that Masterchef Italia crowned the winner of its 9th season. And while that's cause for celebration in and of itself, with the gay chef and art director Antonio Lorenzon from Bassano del Grappa (thank god for Wikipedia) having won, Lorenzon took the opportunity to crown someone else: his boyfriend.

In a clip that has since been posted to television, Lorenzon calls for everyone's attention right before the credits begin to roll on the season. What he says, we aren't exactly sure of but there's a lot of emotions from the crowd, and then we some cues that are practically internationally known: a boyfriend on the brink of tears, friends crowding around and pushing him forward, and then Lorenzon squatting down -- maybe they don't get on one knee in Italy, or maybe there was too much confetti on the floor, we aren't sure.

It's a proposal ladies and gentlemen!

And from the photos we've seen on Instagram, it's clear that the boyfriend, Daniel, who has been cheering Lorenzon along onscreen during the season, said yes.

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Mikelle Street

Mikelle is the former editorial director of digital for PrideMedia, guiding digital editorial and social across Out, The Advocate, Pride.com, Out Traveler, and Plus. After starting as a freelancer for Out in 2013, he joined the staff as Senior Editor working across print and digital in 2018. In early 2021 he became Out's digital director, marking a pivot to content that centered queer and trans stories and figures, exclusively. In September 2021, he was promoted to editorial director of PrideMedia. He has written cover stories on Ricky Martin, Miss Fame, Nyle DiMarco, Jeremy O. Harris, Law Roach, and Symone.

Mikelle is the former editorial director of digital for PrideMedia, guiding digital editorial and social across Out, The Advocate, Pride.com, Out Traveler, and Plus. After starting as a freelancer for Out in 2013, he joined the staff as Senior Editor working across print and digital in 2018. In early 2021 he became Out's digital director, marking a pivot to content that centered queer and trans stories and figures, exclusively. In September 2021, he was promoted to editorial director of PrideMedia. He has written cover stories on Ricky Martin, Miss Fame, Nyle DiMarco, Jeremy O. Harris, Law Roach, and Symone.