Barbie star Simu Liu gets engaged… see the HUGE diamond ring worth more than $100,000

Barbie alum Simu Liu proposed to his girlfriend Allison Hsu with a massive diamond ring during a romantic getaway to Paris, France on Mother's Day.
At 36, the Last Breath action star is eight years older than the Interscope Records digital marketing director, but they've been going strong ever since they went Instagram official in November 2022.
Simu famously starred in the 2021 MCU flick Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, so he joked via Instastory: 'Nine rings left to go!'
The massive diamond ring is estimated to be worth more than $100,000.
Liu also wrote on Instagram: 'From weekends in Paris, day trips to Palm Springs, long nights on set, afternoons vegging on the couch, and everything in between, I choose you forever and always.'
Indeed - over the past year - the betrothed couple have enjoyed loved-up vacations to Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California, Peru, Toronto, and the Hamptons.
In a second joint Instagram post, Allison posted three ring emojis and three white heart emojis captioned: 'Us forever.'
The groom and bride-to-be received congratulatory comments from his fellow MCU pal Florence Pugh, who gushed: 'Ahhh! How amazing! Sending love to you both.'
Simu's Chrissy & Dave Dine Out co-star John Legend wrote: 'Congratulations!'
The Masked Singer panelist Ken Jeong commented: 'Congrats!'
Snow White star Rachel Zegler exclaimed: 'Yayyy!'
Liu and Hsu have one fur baby in their lives - Chopa - a mutt he adopted on the Santo Domingo set of his film Arthur the King in 2021.
Last August, the Got to Get Out host - who previously dated Grown-ish actress Jade Bender - declared that the UCLA grad was 'my favourite person in the world.'
'Our lives are just like this Benson Boone song,' Simu - who boasts 6.7M social media followers - explained.
'It's loud as hell and there's so much going on but dammit when we hit those high notes it's just magic. Thank you for all the beautiful things that we've done.'
Liu previously predicted he would become a father by 2033 and gushed about how 'tremendously happy' he was with Allison.
The Masked Singer panelist Ken Jeong commented: 'Congrats!'
Snow White star Rachel Zegler exclaimed: 'Yayyy!'
Liu and Hsu have one fur baby in their lives - Chopa - a mutt he adopted on the Santo Domingo set of his film Arthur the King in 2021 (pictured December 31)
The UCLA grad (R, pictured in 2024) was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in music in 2022
On January 30, the Got to Get Out host tweeted that he was 'working with the rights holders to bring Sleeping Dogs to the big screen' through his production company 4:12 Entertainment
Simu will not only produce an adaptation of United Front Games and Square Enix's 2012 video game, he'll star as detective Wei Shen, who infiltrates one of Hong Kong's notorious Triad crime syndicates
'I feel challenged and loved and cared for, and I feel championed,' the MìLà CCO gushed to People in 2023.
'I think the best, healthiest relationships are ones where you have each other's back, and I definitely feel like that's the case.'
Hsu was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in music in 2022.
On January 30, Simu tweeted that he was 'working with the rights holders to bring Sleeping Dogs to the big screen' through his production company 4:12 Entertainment.
Liu will not only produce an adaptation of United Front Games and Square Enix's 2012 video game, he'll star as detective Wei Shen, who infiltrates one of Hong Kong's notorious Triad crime syndicates.
The former stock photo model's other upcoming projects this year include Disney+ animated miniseries Marvel Zombies, Netflix animated musical In Your Dreams, and Peacock sci-fi spy thriller Copenhagen.
But first, audiences can next catch Simu exploring Bangkok, Thailand in the June 8th episode of CNN travel series, My Happy Place.

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