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'I can't wait': Josh Allen and Hailee Steinfeld already know their answer on having children
Josh Allen and Hailee Steinfeld's future baby plans (Image via Beau Society)
Two winters ago, Buffalo Bills star Josh Allen and actor-singer
Hailee Steinfeld
turned a private milestone into a public love story. In a December 2024 Q&A for the 'Beau Society' newsletter, the then-newly engaged couple walked fans through the proposal — nerves, tears, and a clear-eyed vision for the life they want together.
As a throwback, it captures a franchise quarterback balancing MVP expectations with the most human of priorities.
The proposal day sounded raw, emotional, and almost blown by nerves
Josh Allen admitted the pressure wasn't the moment itself, but keeping it secret from a partner who notices everything. 'I was very nervous. I think I was most nervous about you finding out about the proposal,' he shared. 'It was hard to keep secrets from you and have other people in your life keep secrets from you.
Then, multiple times throughout the day a song would come on and I would tear up thinking about how special our day was going to be.
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That confession made the engagement feel less choreographed celebrity, more real-life jitters — a quarterback used to two-minute drills suddenly sweating the playlist at dinner.
The family reveal turned headline: their shared decision about kids
What elevated the moment from cute to consequential was Allen's on-one-knee promise. 'I said, 'I couldn't wait any longer.'
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I said, 'I can't wait to start a family with you.' I said your full name, and I asked you very nicely. I said please.'
It was a rare glimpse into a couple aligning on big-picture goals before wedding plans even hit the tabloids. Toward the end of the Q&A, Allen summed up the why behind the question: 'It feels unbelievable to be engaged to someone who is so special and loving and caring and gorgeous and fun and happy,' he said. Steinfeld, for her part, said she'd had 'happy tears' ever since — the kind of detail that made fans root for a Hollywood-meets-gridiron pairing.
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Looking back, the story reads like a blueprint for modern sports celebrity: authenticity over spectacle, clarity over coyness. For Bills fans, it humanized their quarterback. For pop culture watchers, it marked a couple openly choosing family as part of the dream — long before the aisle.
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