Jun 4
Watch: Ben Platt Opens Up about Proposing to Noah Galvin and Their 'Even and Equal' Relationship
Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 2 MIN.
Ben Platt went on Jennifer Hudson's show to promote his new album and talk about his engagement to Noah Galvin who, he says, responded to his marriage proposal by proposing right back.
Noting that Platt "is a Tony, Emmy, and Grammy winner for his work in 'Dear Evan Hansen' while Jennifer is an EGOT recipient," Just Jared relayed that the "Theater Camp" star was happy to dish on the romantic parity in his romance with Galvin – right down to Galvin answering Platt's proposal with one of his own.
"He did it back to me," Platt revealed. "I think one of the wonderful things about queer relationships – I mean, I think there's lots of wonderful things, but there's no pre-conceived roles, so everything feels really even and equal."
"I got to make him feel like princess for a day," Platt detailed, "and then he did it right back to me and sent me on like a scavenger hunt and threw me a little BBQ with our friends and gave me a pretty ring." Platt displayed the ring as the audience burst into applause.
His relationship with Galvin informed the title of Platt's new album, "Honeymind," he told Hudson, before going on to explain how easy it was to write the album's love songs thanks to what he and Galvin share.
Asked by Hudson how he felt about being a representative for the queer community, Platt responded, "I mean, I try; I certainly don't feel like I know more than anybody else," Platt mused. "I don't have any answers or anything. But... any time I can share just, like, the joy of my relationship or the honest of it, or write songs about my specific relationship, it feels very natural and organic to me because that's my experience."
Platt went on to reflect on the potency of his visibility for others in the community, sharing that "I grew up having a couple of [LGBTQ+] touchstones, but I also wish there would have been a greater kind of array of examples of, like, happy, healthy, complex queer relationships, and not just stories about, like, you know, trauma and oppression."
Platt "would have loved" to have seen a story about a "normal kind of modern, human, queer relationship," he added, "so I'm happy to just try to be as authentic as I can be."
Watch the interview below.
Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.
