Serial reality star Al Perkins has revealed wedding bells are on the horizon for him and his teenage girlfriend, Hope Kelesis.
The 26-year-old had fans just a tad concerned after he and the TikTok sensation started teasing their relationship when Hope was just 17 years old.
They then publicly hard-launched their romance after she turned 18 in February 2023.
Now, the MAFS-turned-Love Island star has told his fans that marriage is on the cards for him and Hope.
“I’m gonna marry her one day,” he penned over an Instagram Story originally shared by his girlfriend.
In the snap, Al wrapped his arms around Hope in a mirror selfie, over which she wrote: “Literally my favourite person.”
While the pair have proven to be very loved up on the ‘gram since their official debut on Valentine’s Day, Al has remained relatively mum on his romance.
What has Al Perkins said about his relationship with Hope Kelesis?
A week after revealing he was officially a taken man, Al told his Back to Reality podcast co-hot Taku Chimwaza that Hope is his “first proper girlfriend”.
Adding that he’s “over the moon”, he said the pair met on The Island, a floating club on Sydney Harbour, before “spending January” hanging out at local beaches.
While a dancefloor meet-cute is the stuff of BookTok’s dreams, we’re pretty sure Al just outed his gal for having a fake I.D. considering you have to be at least 18 to get into a club in NSW… We digress.
He continued: “I want to respect her privacy, so I don’t want to talk about her too much.
Before this, Al denied rumours he was dating Hope on the Sit With Us podcast.
“Al, true or false, are you dating someone who is 17?” his MAFS co-star Domenica Calarco asked.
“False, false!” the larrikin said. “You can’t believe everything you see on the internet or whatever, but I’m just really happy at the moment, that’s all I can really say on the matter.”
The denial came as fans highlighted the concerning “power imbalance” in Al dating someone nine years his junior.
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