In fact, Pennington and Merrell stayed together in quarantine, which solidified their relationship.
“I have admired Kellee from afar for years.
She’s a beautiful person inside and out,” Pennington toldPeople.
“Luckily our paths finally crossed at the right time.
It’s one of those things where you just feel happy being around a person.
I never thought I would get married, but she changed that.
Glad I waited for the one.”
Soon after announcing the happy news onInstagram, many of the couple’s friends posted their well wishes.
She’s a keeper!
Congrats you two lovebirds!"
Cannot wait to meet her."
“Yeah, it’s nuts,” he toldEntertainment Tonight.
And I’m just like this, ‘What?’
What a different trajectory my life would have been if I had done that."
