Ross Mathews reveals more about his upcoming wedding and fiancé
TV host Ross Mathews graces the cover of the summer 2022 wedding magazine The Knot. He follows in the footsteps of Jonathan Bennett and Jaymes Vaughan, who made history last year as the first gay couple to feature on the cover.Inside the magazine, Mathews and fiancé, Wellinthon Garcia, talk exclusively about how they met, the beginning of their romance during the early months of the pandemic, and upcoming plans for their dream wedding.The two men plan to marry later this year in Mexico, although have not yet revealed a date.Related: Ross Mathews shares sweet photo kissing his fiancéMathews, 42, first came to attention as an intern and a correspondent for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
He later became a regular judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race and more recently landed a co-hosting gig on The Drew Barrymore Show. He met Garcia, who works in education, whilst on a vacation to Puerto Vallarta in Mexico.Mathews spotted him by the hotel pool one morning and sauntered over to introduce himself, saying, “Hi, I’m Ross Mathews.” Garcia had no idea who he was, so simply replied, “Hi, I’m Dr.
Wellinthon Garcia.”Soon after meeting, their budding romance was hit by the Covid pandemic. Mathews was based in Palm Springs and Garcia, who was born in the Dominican Republic, was in New York.“Everything shut down,” recalls Mathews. “We went from March until almost August without seeing each other.
We dated over Zoom and FaceTime. We put the effort in: We’d do Taco Tuesdays or watch the same movie and be like, ‘3-2-1-play.’ We would find different ways to go on dates.
