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Gilded Age!Laurie Cumbo, commissioner of New York City’s Department of Cultural Affairs, got proposed to by her partner — former NY State Assembly candidate Bobby Digi Olisa — at one of the most fashionable events of the year. The pair gave Kim Kardashian’s skin-tight Marilyn Monroe gown a run for its scene-stealing money as they made their way down the infamous Metropolitan Museum of Art steps at Monday evening’s 2022 Met Gala.Cumbo and Olisa, both 47, were at the bash when the latter got down on one knee and presented his love with an unmistakable robin’s egg-colored Tiffany’s ring box.Cumbo and Olisa — executive director and founder of Staten Island’s the Canvas institute — share a 5-year-old son and have been together for almost eight years.“I guess my fiancé just asked me to marry him and this is amazing, unexpected, wonderful.

The 2022 Met Gala will forever be an important date for one couple. As A-listers arrived to Monday’s annual event at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bobby Digi Olisa knelt down on the iconic stairs and popped the question to Laurie Cumbo, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

2022 Met Gala will forever be an important date for one couple. As A-listers arrived to Monday's annual event at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bobby Digi Olisa knelt down on the iconic stairs and popped the question to Laurie Cumbo, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.After the bride-to-be accepted the proposal, the happy couple spoke to ET's Rachel Smith about their already-unforgettable night.«We've been talking about it and talking about it,» Olisa said of getting engaged.