FILE -- Vanna White, left, and John Donaldson arrive at the 25th annual Race to Erase MS Gala at The Beverly Hilton hotel in 2018. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Los Angeles
Vanna White and John Donaldson are officially married.
The “Wheel of Fortune” icon and her longtime partner announced their marriage on Instagram on Wednesday.
“Surprise! We got married!” White shared, posting a photo from their wedding day. “John and I have been in love for more than a decade, and a little while back, we wanted to make it official in a private ceremony.”
“We’re excited to share this new, joyful chapter in our lives with all of you! Love, Vanna and John,” the post continued.
White and Donaldson, a real estate developer, first met in 2012 when a friend brought him to one of her barbecues.
People reported that White said in a previous interview that her relationship with Donaldson “just works,” and that she knows “he’s the one” and that “he knows I’m the one.”
The 68-year-old TV star also shared that they work well together because Donaldson is “the male version” of her, while noting that they “are very similar.”
White and Donaldson have both been previously married. White shares two grown children with ex-husband George Santo Pietro.
The “Wheel of Fortune” star has shared many images of herself with Donaldson and her two children over the years, and they have supported one another at public events.