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Orange Is The New Black stars announce their engagement
OITNB star Samira Wiley delighted fans of the show – who may still be recovering from her recent exit – by announcing her engagement to writer Lauren Morelli this week.
Wiley – who played popular Poussey Washington – posted a picture of the pair Instagram. The post featured a sparkling ring and the word “Yes”.
The pair fell in love on the set of the Netflix hit, after Morelli realised she was gay just days after joining the show in 2014.
She later opened up about the “terrifying” symmetry between lead character Piper’s journey and her own.
“I realised I was gay in fall 2012, one of my first days on the set,” she wrote in an essay for Mic.
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(And for the benefit of the anti-gay crowd, "realizing" is not the same as "deciding." Even if it can be equally sudden.)
