NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is engaged to longtime boyfriend, Riley Roberts, she confirmed Thursday.
"Yep, it's true," the 32-year-old told Insider about the initial, unconfirmed reports of her engagement.
Ocasio-Cortez told the outlet she got engaged in Puerto Rico last month and they are "taking some space to savor" their engagement before they begin to plan their nuptials.
"We got engaged last month in my family's hometown in Puerto Rico," she told Insider in a Twitter message. "No future details yet, we're taking some space to savor this time before diving into planning."
The Bronx-born progressive Democrat met Roberts, a technology consultant, when they were undergraduate students at Boston University.
AOC thanked everyone for the "well wishes" on Twitter when news of her engagement broke.
The congresswoman had been captured earlier on Thursday wearing a ring on her engagement finger.
Ocasio-Cortez's relationship news came hours after she said in an Instagram story that "a health issue sidelined her for the last week or two."
"Don’t worry, it wasn’t COVID and I’m fine now," she added.
"I’m back at it today, but was MIA for a bit to recover," she said. "Just wanted to provide you all some assurance that the silence wasn’t political or anything as I know that worried some."
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