From gym crushes to fiancés, meet the couple making our hearts pound on ‘The Amazing Race’
The Amazing Race, hit the ground running.The show has remained a reality TV favorite since premiering in 2001, both for its eye-popping travel p*rn and its focus on interpersonal dynamics.
No matter the connection between its teams of two—siblings, partners, BFFs, co-workers, parent-child—you know they’re going to start quibbling the minute they have to drive stick-shift through the middle of nowhere.Over the seasons, the show’s given us plenty of great LGBTQ+ pairs to root for, and the latest is the recently engaged couple Joe Moskowitz and Ian Todd.Hailing from New York City, Moskowitz, 35, and Todd, 40, already have us swooning.
The season premiere saw them move quickly out to gate, traversing tightropes and Los Angeles traffic, eventually arriving in Thailand where they *spoiler* finished 9th and remain to race another day.A post shared by Ian Christopher (@ian_a_wanderer)And the first leg destination was an extra special one for the couple, as Thailand’s where they got engaged this past November!Speaking with Out, Todd reveals got down on his knee and proposed while the couple was visiting the country for his 40th birthday trip, leaving his partner “shocked”—”I had no idea,” Moskowitz adds.This is super sweet.“I’m a massive planner and also have Midwest kind of values-ish,” the Ohio-born Todd shares. “So I asked Joe’s parents, made sure they were okay with it, talked to his family.
I felt like I was taking the right steps. It was in planning for about 12 months prior to the trip.”It was a rainy, foggy day in Thailand, but the couple says the moment couldn’t have been better.
