Capehart had first declined to go on a date with Schmit but then found himself in a situation where he had two dates in fast succession.
They talked about a range of topics on their dates, from their 13-year age difference to where they got their hair cut to swapping political opinions. Two years after they started dating, Capehart finally gave Schmit a key to his apartment.
Friends of Jonathan Capehart, presenter of The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart, enquired as to when he intended to pop the question to his partner when marriage equality became legal in the United States in 2015.
Soon after, Capehart paid a surprise visit to Schmit’s family at their lakeside cabin in Ottertail, Minnesota. In 2016, he then proposed in Positano, Italy.
