Superman star Brandon Routh getting married

[teforde23]

Nothing ends gay rumors like getting married.

Brandon Routh is engaged to his girlfriend, actress Courtney Ford, his publicist tells PEOPLE exclusively.

"They are very happy," says Kacey Spies, who represents the Superman Returns star.

The couple, who have been dating for three years, will costar in the upcoming short film Denial. They plan to wed next fall.

Routh, 26, proposed earlier this month with a ring from Los Angeles-based jeweler Neil Lane.

The couple met "not through acting. I used to work at Lucky Strike," Routh told PEOPLE at the Golden Globes in January, referring to the hip bowling alley in Hollywood. "I was a bartender. And her brother was having his (wedding) rehearsal dinner party there."

Added Ford, 28, "He met my whole family the day he met me."

The pair, who told PEOPLE they like to watch DVDs – particularly the special features – together, were apart for five months while Routh was shooting Superman Returns in Australia, but Ford says they relied on "nightly phone calls."

Speaking with PEOPLE in June, Routh called Ford his personal kryptonite. "She brings me to my knees," he said.
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[JamieElizabeth]

"She brings me to my knees", What in the world does he mean by that? That he's a humble guy?

[greysfang]

That's a rather pretty merkin.

[GoldDust77]

Originally Posted by teforde23

Nothing ends gay rumors like getting married.

Exactly the issue that came to my mind too upon reading this article. I thought Routh was all but out of the closet, like back in the spring, before Superman was released?? I remember (what seemed like) a very thinly-veiled blind item about a big-name gay director who wanted to out his new young male discovery who'll be starring in his next big-budget film but that the movie studio didn't want the young star to come out of the closet yet. It seemed so obvious. Oh well, either he's gay & this Courtney chick is his beard; or he's living a lie/trying to be something he's not. In which case the movie they're starring in together has an appropriate title:

The couple, who have been dating for three years, will costar in the upcoming short film Denial.

Or else the rumors were just wrong, or just weren't about Routh afterall. Who knows. I wish them both happiness.

[LynnieD]

I don't buy it. Bet they don't make it to the alter.

[Bellatheball]

Aw, this is a nice little article. I hope he's as nice as he seems and the whole diva thing wasn't true.

[rover23]

Still gay....You are not fooling anybody mister