{"id":1451188,"date":"2025-09-18T13:38:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T12:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gaytimes.com\/?p=1451188"},"modified":"2025-09-18T13:38:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T12:38:38","slug":"drag-race-icon-monet-x-change-announces-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaytimes.com\/drag\/drag-race-icon-monet-x-change-announces-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Drag Race icon Mon\u00e9t X Change announces engagement!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gaytimes.com\/?s=Mon%C3%A9t+X+Change\">Mon\u00e9t X Change<\/a> is getting hitched!<\/p>\n<p>On 17 September, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gaytimes.com\/?s=Drag+Race\"><em>RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race<\/em><\/a> legend announced on Instagram that she\u2019s engaged to her longtime partner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/realandyshort\/?g=5\">Andy Short<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLocked in,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOtXkykjh1o\/?img_index=1\">she wrote alongside a wedding ring emoji<\/a>, sharing four adorable photos of the couple in a studio surrounded by sunflowers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOtZHXCCfMw\/?img_index=1\">In his own post, Andy wrote<\/a>: &#8220;My sweetie. Huge thank you to everyone who helped make this little surprise [&#8230;] oh and to my new fianc\u00e9 agreeing to this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was met with excitement from thousands of fans and <em>Drag Race<\/em> alumni.<\/p>\n<p><em>All Stars 3<\/em> winner Trixie Mattel joked, \u201cCan I be the third?\u201d while season six champion Bianca Del Rio, in classic fashion, screamed in all caps: \u201cPRENUP! PRENUP! PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOMG CONGRATS TWINNER!\u201d wrote Trinity the Tuck, with Todrick Hall adding: \u201cI just got full body chills. I love the both of you. 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