Jake Beaudoin has suddenly become a name familiar to fans of My Big Fat Fabulous Life after reality star Whitney Way Thore revealed their relationship and announced their engagement in August 2026.
The romance moved quickly into the spotlight. Thore first introduced Beaudoin publicly on August 15, sharing photographs from North Carolina, before announcing their engagement just three days later. The proposal reportedly happened during a group getaway to the Blue Ridge Mountains, giving the couple a memorable setting for the next step in their relationship.
Although Beaudoin is now attracting considerable attention because of his connection to Thore, he has a professional life of his own. He is a DJ and electronic music producer who has also worked in corporate sales and commercial leadership.
Who Is Jake?
Beaudoin is a 41-year-old North Carolina resident who has worked in several professional fields.
His background combines business experience with a long-standing interest in music. Away from his corporate career, he has developed a profile as a DJ and EDM producer.
That combination makes him somewhat different from many of the people who have previously entered Thore’s dating life on television. Beaudoin was not initially known as a reality-TV personality. His public profile expanded dramatically only after his relationship with Thore became public.
His Music Career
Music has been an important part of Beaudoin’s life.
He works as a DJ and producer within the electronic dance music scene, performing and creating music outside his corporate career. His interest in the genre has given him an identity separate from his new celebrity connection.
Beaudoin’s musical work also offers a glimpse into his personality. Rather than building a career entirely around social media or television, he has pursued creative work while maintaining another professional path.
For fans discovering him through My Big Fat Fabulous Life, his DJ career is one of the lesser-known aspects of his background.
His Business Life
Music is not Beaudoin’s only professional pursuit.
He also has experience in sales and commercial leadership, giving his career a business-oriented side. His LinkedIn profile identifies a background in corporate work, adding another dimension to the picture emerging around Thore’s fiancé.
The combination of business and music suggests that Beaudoin has maintained multiple professional interests rather than relying on entertainment alone.
A Father Too
Another important part of Beaudoin’s life is his role as a father.
He is a single father to a 12-year-old daughter. Details about his daughter have largely remained outside the public spotlight, reflecting the couple’s relatively careful approach to their personal lives.
His experience as a parent is also significant as he prepares to marry Thore, who has spoken publicly about her hopes for family life and motherhood.
How They Went Public
For months, fans had little concrete information about the man who had entered Thore’s life.
That changed on August 15, when Thore shared photographs with Beaudoin on Instagram. The images were taken in the Blue Ridge Parkway area of North Carolina and also included her brother, Hunter Thore. The post represented the first major public reveal of Beaudoin’s identity as her partner.
The timing was striking because the couple did not remain in the boyfriend-girlfriend stage publicly for long.
Just three days later, they announced that they were engaged.
The Proposal
Beaudoin proposed during a group trip with friends to the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina.
Rather than staging the moment as a large public spectacle, the proposal happened during a trip surrounded by people close to the couple. Thore later described herself as completely surprised.
Speaking with PEOPLE, she celebrated the change in their relationship, saying that Beaudoin had officially moved from boyfriend to fiancé. She also revealed that the engagement ring has a particularly meaningful story behind it.
That sentimental detail appears to be especially important to the couple as they begin planning their future.
Whitney’s Reaction
Thore’s reaction to the proposal made clear that the engagement was not something she had expected.
The reality star described herself as genuinely surprised by Beaudoin’s decision to propose. The engagement therefore came only days after fans were first given a public look at the relationship.
The sudden sequence—from public introduction to engagement—has naturally generated substantial interest among My Big Fat Fabulous Life viewers.
A New Chapter
The engagement comes after several difficult chapters in Thore’s romantic life.
Her previous high-profile engagement was to Chase Severino, who proposed in Paris in 2019. Their relationship ended in 2020 after Thore learned that Severino had fathered a child with another woman.
Her relationship with Beaudoin therefore represents a markedly different moment in her personal life.
This time, Thore appears to have found a partner outside the reality-TV world who already has an established career, a child and his own interests.
What Comes Next?
The couple’s engagement is expected to become an important part of Thore’s continuing story on My Big Fat Fabulous Life.
For now, many details about their future wedding remain private. Neither has publicly announced a wedding date, and Beaudoin appears to be maintaining a lower profile than his famous fiancée.
What is known is that the relationship has moved at remarkable speed in the public eye. After quietly developing away from the cameras, Beaudoin and Thore went public in mid-August and became engaged days later.
