The 'Orange is the New Black' star, who gave birth to her first child in November 2019, has gotten engaged to longtime boyfriend Dennis Gelin on New Year's Eve.
- March 2, 2020
AceShowbiz - Actress Danielle Brooks isn't rushing into wedding planning following her New Year's Eve (December 31) engagement, because she wants to enjoy life as a new mum first.
The "Orange is the New Black" star rang in 2020 as a bride-to-be thanks to a romantic proposal from her longtime boyfriend, Dennis Gelin, but the couple has decided to take its time in heading to the altar, so mum and dad can focus on raising their first child, daughter Freeya.
"(I'm) trying to work on this baby thing first, and then being a good fiancee," she explained on U.S. news show New York Live. "Let me enjoy that first, and then we'll move on (to plan the wedding)."
Danielle and Dennis welcomed little Freeya in November, but the 30-year-old reveals they initially tried to find a name beginning with the letter 'D' in an effort to start their own family tradition.
"I'm a 'D', her dad's a 'D', so we wanted to stay in that family, but that was not working, so we let it go," she shared.
"He was like, 'Let's open it up...' and we found it (Freeya) immediately once we opened up the name pool."
And Danielle loved the meaning behind the moniker: "It really stands for 'Free', being free, and I want her to grow up feeling that way," she said.
"It's also, like, a Nordic god that means... lady of love and beauty..."
