Eric Stonestreetis reminding his critics that age is nothing but a number!
On Wednesday, theModern Familyactor shared a hilarious Instagram post poking fun at online trolls who have said he looks “too old” to beengagedtoLindsay Schweitzerafter he shared the news earlier this week that she’d said yes to his proposal.
Re-sharing photos from their engagement announcement, Stonestreet edited Schweitzer’s appearance to add wrinkles and make her look significantly older.
“Apparently a lot of people think I look too old, as a 49 year old man, to be engaged to my almost 42 year old fiancée,” he captioned the post. “Look, she can’t help that she looks so great at 42 and I can’t help that I apparently look like her grandad so, I fixed it for everyone.”
Stonestreet was similarly comedic when herevealed on Sundaythat he had proposed to Schweitzer after more than five years of dating.
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“She said, ‘She’d have her people call my people,'” he wrote alongside a trio of photos showing off the ring.
Stonestreet displayed his acting chops with three different emotions in the carousel, while Schweitzer was all smiles as the pair posed for pictures sitting at a table together.
The couple quickly received messages of love from their famous friends following the announcement, includingZachary Levi,Hillary Scott,Michael Bublé, Vernon Davis, Will Sasso, andBethenny Frankel, who wrote “YES.”
PEOPLE wasfirst to reportthe two-time Emmy-winning actor was dating the pediatric nurse in 2017 after the pair met at the the Big Slick charity weekend in Kansas City in 2016.
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Stonestreetgushed about then-girlfriendSchweitzer toEllen DeGeneresduring a 2017 appearance on her talk show.
“Your girlfriend is lovely — I met her backstage,” said DeGeneres. “She’s a nurse. That’s a good thing for you, because you’re a hypochondriac.”
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“They are very happy to have met each other,” a source previously told PEOPLE. “They’re enjoying spending time together.”
source: people.com
