Empire stars Trai Byers and
Grace Gealey have tied the knot.
The 32-year-old onscreen eldest
son of Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) wed his 31-year-old girlfriend, who plays
Lucious's ex-fiancée Anika Calhoun.
TMZ reported that the duo
exchanged 'I do's' in a private ceremony at a mansion on Grand Cayman Island on
Thursday, with a very limited guest list which reportedly did not include any
of their Empire co-stars.
The short, five table, guest
list was limited to close friends and relatives, who dined on steak and lobster
during the following celebration.
Following the ceremony the
happy couple - and guests - celebrated dancing to hip-hop, disco, and reggae.
Trai proposed to Grace on her
31st birthday this past July, with Us Weekly reporting that he 'popped the
question and she was totally surprised and elated. She can’t stop looking at
the ring! They celebrated all night.'
Prior to their engagement,
rumors of a relationship between the two Empire stars had circulated for
months.
Grace seemed to first confirm
the engagement while appearing on an October episode of FABLife, hosted by Tyra
Banks and Chrissy Teigen.
She had been speaking about
her thoughts on relationships with co-workers, sharing that she believed it was
less likely to be trouble if you established it wasn't a fling or 'frivolous
and fleeting.'
'[You have] to have the
maturity to say that if this doesn't work out, you're not going to you know,
throw staplers,' she said.
This prompted Tyra to ask
about Grace's relationship with co-star Trai, after which she flashed her
engagement ring, noting: 'For real, for real. Not a fling!'
And when Tyra asked if the
actress had told anyone the big news yet, she hinted that her FABLife
appearance was the first announcement, quipping: 'I just did!'
The newlyweds star on Fox's
smash hit empire, which airs Wednesdays at 9pm.
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