Kristin Chenoweth and Josh Bryant Postpone Wedding 8 Months After Announcing Engagement

Mar. 15, 2025

Kristin Chenoweth and Josh Bryant.Photo: Bruce Glikas/WireImage

Kristin ChenowethandJosh Bryantare holding off on their wedding plans for now.

PEOPLE confirms that the couple, who began dating in August 2018 andgot engaged in October 2021, are postponing their nuptials for the time being.

“I’ve been the runaway bride,” Chenoweth told PEOPLE at the time. “Now that I’ve found him, I won’t let him go. I will race to greet him at the altar.”

Bryant added, “My best friend and soulmate said ‘YES’ to me! Kristin is my world, my everything, and I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with her!”

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Chenoweth and Bryant first met at the wedding of Chenoweth’s niece in 2016, where Bryant’s band Backroad Anthem was performing.

When the band was hired to play at Chenoweth’s nephew’s wedding in 2018, the soon-to-be couple met once again and started dating in August of that year.

TheWickedstar and her musician boyfriend only grew closer in 2020 while quarantining together in New York City at the start of the pandemic, spending time bonding and creatingTikTokvideos.

“We managed to stay creative and still have a good time,” Chenowethpreviously told PEOPLE. “My boyfriend is 14 years younger than me. Thus, I’m good at TikTok. I didn’t know what TikTok was, I didn’t necessarily want to do TikTok. Now I love TikTok with his help.”

She later added, “He took a couple of walks on his own, as did I, because you just can’t be with someone 24/7. That’s the truth. And yet we managed to make it work somehow.”

After attending the September 2021 performance ofTheLion King, Chenoweth told PEOPLE she and Bryant both cried while watching the show. “I kept telling Josh to get ready,but we both cried,” she said. “I sawThe Lion Kingwhen it first opened and it is still just as special.”

Chenoweth has been engaged once before, to actor Marc Kudisch, but the two never married. She has also been linked toSeth Green,Lane Garrison, Dana Brunetti andAaron Sorkin.

source: people.com