Actor Tom Payne Is Engaged to Jennifer Akerman, Announces News After His Shocking 'Walking Dead' Episode

The Walking Dead‘s Tom Payne has announced that he’s engaged to his partner Jennifer Akerman, who is the little sister of actress Malin Akerman!

The 35-year-old actor made the announcement about his engagement to the 29-year-old singer/model on the latest episode of Talking Dead after his character, Jesus, was killed off of The Walking Dead.

“I got the call like, an episode before and I was texting my girlfriend, now fiancée,” he explained about finding out about his character being killed off. Chris Hardwick, host of the show, quickly responded, “Congratulations!”

Tom and Jennifer have been dating since 2013. Congratulations!