Emma Roberts is engaged to her boyfriend Cody John, and the announcement was made official on social media to jokingly get ahead of her mother.
“I’m putting this here before my mom tells everyone,” Roberts wrote Tuesday in an Instagram post that featured an image of her and her new fiancé smiling outdoors as she showed off her engagement ring.
The “American Horror Story” and “Scream Queens” star, 33, appeared to be referring to her mother Kelly Cunningham’s February 2023 post that served as the public debut of Roberts’ 3-year-old son with her ex, actor and musician Garrett Hedlund.
“When your mom posts your son’s face without asking you but you love them both so it doesn’t matter,” the “Space Cadet” star and producer wrote on Instagram Stories in February, reposting the image.
Cunningham saw her daughter's engagement post on Tuesday and posted an Instagram story with a note of “Congratulations!” and several emojis tagged.
A representative for Roberts had no further comment Tuesday, and a representative for Johns did not immediately respond to The Times' request for comment.
The “Unfabulous” alum and John confirmed their romance in August 2022 with a photo on his Instagram that showed them kissing. Roberts and the “Wu-Tang: An American Saga” actor debuted their relationship on their network the following New Year’s Eve.
Last week, “Madame Web” actor Eric Roberts’ father also made headlines after mentioning his daughter and famous younger sister, Oscar winner Julia Roberts, in an interview on the “Still Here Hollywood” podcast.
“I love my sister, but I can’t talk about her. She doesn’t want to talk about it,” the “Dark Knight” actor said. “And also, my daughter told me not to talk about her, but I trip over myself and do it. I’m not supposed to talk about either of them, but I do.”
The doting father continued to gush about his little daughter.
“I’m in love with my daughter’s work these days. I can’t believe how great she’s become. I’m so proud of her that I can’t see straight,” he added. “From her performance in ‘Maybe I Do’ until now, it fills me with pride and the feeling of ‘Oh my God, here she goes again! ’ And I’m so happy to be her father because she’s amazing and I’m so proud.”
Her interview was recorded in April, but it became popular shortly after Roberts shared that the “nepo baby” label hasn’t served her professionally in the way most people think. Incidentally, Roberts was left out of New York magazine’s explosive December 2022 article about nepo-baby, which she described as “a low blow” that turned into a “viral thing of hate towards people.”
“I’ve lost more jobs than I’ve won in this business,” he recently told Flaunt. “People have opinions, and sometimes they may not be good opinions from your family members. I never got a job because of that, I know I definitely lost a couple of jobs because of that.”
Her fiancé apparently made an appearance in that interview, but only referred to him as “No Name Beau,” one who asked off-camera if Roberts would join him for yoga. The outlet said she referred to him as “related to the entertainment industry” and not as an actor, despite having several acting credits to his name.
“One day the veil lifted and I didn’t want to date actors anymore,” Roberts said. “I think it’s hard for two actors to be together. I’m trying to think if I’ve seen it done successfully. Also, the actors I’ve been with are borderline method actors, and I think that’s something that’s extremely difficult to have a relationship with, at least for me, especially with the characters they were playing.”
Roberts was previously engaged to her “American Horror Story” co-star Evan Peters, with whom she split in 2019 after dating on and off for seven years. She and Hedlund split in 2021 after dating for about three years.
