Who Is MrBeast’s Fiancée? 5 Fun Facts About Thea Booysen: Age, YouTube, More

MrBeast (whose real name is James Stephen “Jimmy” Donaldson) is officially engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Thea Booysen. So, who is the lady that tamed MrBeast? Keep reading for 5 fun facts about Thea.

The popular YouTuber, 26, announced his engagement with Thea, 27, via Instagram on January 1, 2025. “Ya boy did a thing 🥰🥰🥰,” he wrote as the caption. According to People Magazine, MrBeast wanted to surprise his girlfriend while also making sure to include her family for the proposal.

“I was trying to think of the best way to catch her off guard so it would be a surprise,” he explained to the outlet. “Thea is really close to her family, so I wanted to make sure that they were included in this momentous occasion. Christmas worked out great because they were in town from the other side of the world.”

Thea explained, “My family flew out from South Africa for Christmas and we were going to do Christmas in our house so both families were here. We were opening presents, and then for the very last present he asked me to close my eyes because it was a surprise.”

While the social media star is known for his extravagant YouTube videos and giveaways, he wanted his engagement to be the complete opposite.

“My friends thought I would want to propose in a very public way, like some sort of spectacle at the Super Bowl or somewhere else really big like that, but I knew that I wanted it to be the opposite, to be really private and intimate,” MrBeast said, before recalling how it all went down.

“I intentionally dropped a large box to make noise before presenting the real gift — with the ring inside — to her. And then I went down on a knee and proposed,” he explained of the Christmas proposal.

ICYMI, the couple met while MrBeast was on a trip to Thea’s home country of South Africa. During the trip, MrBeast went to dinner with a mutual friend who invited Thea to join them.

“When I met him, I was quite surprised how down-to-earth he was, and also how intelligent he was,” Thea recalled. “I thought YouTubers were just sort of a persona, but when I met him, I was quite surprised to see that he’s actually a nice guy. He wasn’t sitting there with an ego.”

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