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- Daily Mail
RHONY star engaged to her German businessman boyfriend after three years of dating
The Real Housewives of New York City star Ubah Hassan announced her engagement to 'Mr. Connecticut ' aka Aris Mining senior VP Oliver Dachsel last Saturday. The 44-year-old groom-to-be got down on one knee as he proposed to his 41-year-old bride-to-be as she sat on a chair in the middle of a desert. Ubah - who boasts 254K Instagram followers - captioned her romantic slideshow: 'To love and be loved by someone so kind, deeply good, and quietly breathtaking.' Hassan wore a bridal-white blouse, matching pants, and sandals and her eyes were brimming with tears as she accepted the massive diamond ring Oliver presented to her. The Somali-Canadian model appeared to be crying as she passionately embraced the German businessman, whom she met in 2022 through mutual friends. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop Ubah then FaceTimed her RHONY castmate Jessel Taank, who gushed: 'And here I was thinking it was just a regular day... until @ubah rocked my world with the best news.' Hassan also gave her personal trainer Kim Strother a sneak peek at the impressive sparkler, and she gushed: 'This is everything! So happy for you!' The Ubah Hot CEO's cousin Chanel Ayan, who's on The Real Housewives of Dubai, commented on her slideshow: 'We can now celebrate and I can tell the world my cousin is engaged! So happy love you both so much!' RHONY executive producer and Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen commented: 'This is outstanding!' Ubah also received congratulatory comments from Bravo-lebrities like Garcelle Beauvais, Rebecca Minkoff, Crystal Kung Minkoff, Ariana Madix, Carole Radziwill, Melissa Gorga, Ramona Singer, Heather Dubrow, and Kenya Moore. In January, Hassan admitted her 'dream' engagement ring would've been a yellow diamond rather than the crystal-clear variety she accepted Saturday. 'I do love a yellow diamond, just because they're rare. And I didn't know they were the most expensive,' the 6ft stunner told Parade. 'I like to make sure like I match, you know, because yellow you can't match a lot.' Ubah then added: 'I don't even care about the diamonds. I have diamonds, like, I don't need diamonds. I have him.' Fans will not be able to continue watching the Muslim beauty's wedding journey as Bravo execs met with 10 potential new Real Housewives of New York last month to cast in the upcoming 16th season And while Hassan confessed on the 15th season premiere she wanted 'to start trying' to get pregnant at the end of last year, the couple expanded their family last November adopting seven-month-old Goldendoodle Miles. The Muslim beauty only went Instagram official with Dachsel last September, but they made their red carpet debut in October 2023 at the American Ballet Theatre Fall Gala. Fans will not be able to continue watching Ubah's wedding journey as Bravo execs met with 10 potential new Real Housewives of New York last month to cast in the upcoming 16th season - according to Cohen. RHONY - originally titled 'Manhattan Moms' - was a spin-off of The Real Housewives of Orange County, and the OG cast members were paid around $7K to star in the first season back in 2009.
New York Times
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
‘White Lotus' Ladies, Tom Sachs and Reality Stars Lit Up the Whitney
The stars gathered at the Whitney Museum of American Art on Tuesday night for the institution's annual spring gala. Actresses, reality stars, conceptual artists, fashion designers, stylists, curators and R&B icons came together to celebrate the 95-year-old museum. During cocktails in Kenneth C. Griffin Hall, the actress Claire Danes chatted up a gaggle of men with a drink in hand. 'I love the Whitney,' Ms. Danes said, clad in a red dress by Max Mara, a sponsor for the evening. On the opposite side of the hall, the philanthropists Kathy and Rick Hilton, and their daughter Nicky Rothschild, collected fizzy drinks from a bar. 'They're here visiting from L.A., so it's a little family outing,' Ms. Rothschild said. Nearby, the actresses Leslie Bibb and Michelle Monaghan held court, fresh off their run on the third season of 'The White Lotus.' 'When you come at night and get to go around and look at art and then come out into the Meatpacking District,' Ms. Bibb said, 'it's very sexy.' In front of the large, freightlike elevators, Ubah Hassan, a star of the 'The Real Housewives of New York City,' spoke with the stylist June Ambrose. Ms. Hassan, who wore a light blue Pamella Roland dress, said it was her first gala at the Whitney. 'I'm not very familiar with it,' Ms. Hassan said of the museum. 'Whenever I'm getting invited, I'm like 'I gotta go!'' The night's honorees included Amy Sherald, the contemporary artist whose first solo show at the Whitney, 'American Sublime,' opened on April 9. The artist is probably best known for her portrait of the former first lady Michelle Obama. But reviewing the show for The New York Times, the critic Deborah Solomon described Ms. Sherald 'as a painter of one-frame short stories, of fictions that bestow recognition on people you would not recognize.' The contemporary artist Glenn Ligon, who had a retrospective at the Whitney in 2011, said he felt it was urgent for Ms. Sherald's work to be shown at the museum. 'It's important that a museum like the Whitney is showing portraits of people that look like her at this moment when there's such, you know, demonization of D.E.I., artists of color and Black representation,' Mr. Ligon said. 'It's important that the Whitney has made this commitment.' After cocktails, guests were shuffled to dinner on the seventh floor of the museum. The large elevator doors opened to rows of tables in front of a gold, curtain-like back drop. The artist Jeff Koons, who presided over a table at the side of the stage, said Ms. Sherald's work is about sharing her personal growth with the world. Ms. Sherald's career opened up after she painted Ms. Obama, and her trajectory into museum shows followed. 'Amy has transcended herself,' Mr. Koons said. 'She's transcended her own life, and she's shared that with the community and that's what we feel when we look at her work.' Richard DeMartini, a member of Whitney's board since 2007, was also recognized alongside Barbara Haskell, a curator at the museum for about 50 years, who was celebrated for her longevity and her eye. 'The museum has changed so much, but in some ways, it hasn't changed at all,' Ms. Haskell said. 'I mean, visually, it's got bigger, more important but it's the fundamental values that first attracted me and have kept me here for 50 years.' The event raised about $6 million and midway through dinner, Judy Hart Angelo, a Whitney trustee, pledged another $1 million to support the Museum's free admissions program, which provides free entry to visitors under 25. The initiative started in December and has resulted in 400,000 free visits. It has also helped bring the number of visitors, which dropped because of the pandemic, back to about a million a year, according to Scott Rothkopf, the museum's director. The Hiltons sat together close to the stage. Nearby, Tom Sachs, the New York-based artist, chatted with a friend. 'The legacy of The Whitney is important,' Mr. Sachs said. 'When I first moved to New York, I always felt welcomed by the Whitney and its programs to help make art accessible are essential to the city. It's a place that embraces artists and art, going public equally and there's nothing more important than that for creating a sense of community in the arts institution in the city.' After dinner was served — filet mignon, of course — and the honorees gave speeches onstage, there was a final surprise. From the right side of the room, the remaining members of TLC, Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins and Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas, appeared and the opening horns of their 1994 hit single, 'Creep' began to play. Two-thirds of the room seemed a bit confused as to who was performing and why. But at the foot of the stage, the artists, including Ms. Sherald and Jordan Casteel, sang along with the group's three-song medley, word for word.
