FORMER Disney star Bella Thorne announced her engagement to Benjamin Mascolo on March 20. The couple stunned her fans on social media after sharing a photo of the ring and a clip of her reaction to the proposal. Who is Bella Thorne’s fiancé Benjamin Mascolo? Benjamin Mascolo, 27, is an Italian singer and actor. Mascolo […]
FORMER Disney star Bella Thorne announced her engagement to Benjamin Mascolo on March 20.
The couple stunned her fans on social media after sharing a photo of the ring and a clip of her reaction to the proposal.
Benjamin Mascolo, 27, is an Italian singer and actor.
Mascolo hails from Modena, Italy and was one half of the group Benji & Fede but went solo in 2021, using the stage name B3N.
The singer currently resides in Italy but has previously lived in the city of Hobart on Australia’s island state of Tasmania while studying at Rosny College.
Mascolo starred alongside Thorne in the film Time Is Up and told Icon magazine in Italian in 2021, “When they proposed it to me, I was not convinced to accept. Bella encouraged me. Making a starring film has been one of the most difficult and rewarding challenges of my life.”
Thorne and Mascolo first met at Coachella in 2019.
He told Icon magazine about their first time meeting, saying: “We met at Coachella, and I immediately knew she was different from all the other women I met in my life.
“With Bella mixing private and work has become simple, we are accomplices at 360 degrees: it was she who asked me to participate in the video clip of ‘Finché le Stelle non Brillano’ [‘Until the Stars Shine’], which gave me immense pleasure as she was the inspiring muse of the song.”
The pair were subsequently photographed kissing in San Diego, California in April of 2019, just two days after Thorne announced her split from rapper Mod Sun.
Thorne and Mascolo maintained a long-distance relationship, alternating between Italy and Los Angeles.
Mascolo dished to Icon about their distance dynamic, saying: “”I try to spend about six months in Los Angeles and six in Italy every year.
“Living there with Bella is beautiful, we have our protected place in the hills where we enjoy our normality, a little different from normal here.”
The couple were unable to see each other during the coronavirus pandemic due to travel restrictions in 2020, but reunited in July, with Thorne writing on Instagram: “After 5 months reunited & it feels so good [red heart emoji]. where shall we go next ??since ben isn’t allowed in America yet… and I can’t go to Italy unless I have a work permit there.”
Thorne and Mascolo announced to the world that they were engaged on Saturday, March 20.
On an Instagram story, the singer shared a heartfelt video that showed Thorne’s reaction to the proposal.
“Thank you for being amazing, baby. I love you so much,” he said, to which she responded with a huge smile on her face, “I love you so much.”
“Yay! We’re getting married. Celebration in Italy and America both,” Mascolo added, with the Thorne nodding in agreement.
“Yes. I love you so much. Now give me a kiss,” she said.
Mascolo posted a photo of them holding hands, showing off the ring, writing: “She said YES” followed by a ring and black heart emoji.
