‘Superstore’ actor Nico Santos marries ‘Survivor’ star Zeke Smith in ‘big gay wedding’
Nico Santos and Zeke Smith are a match made in modern television history.
The “Superstore” actor and “Survivor” star got married at the Parker Hotel in Palm Springs, California, over the weekend.
The ceremony aligned with Palm Springs’ Pride weekend, which the grooms didn’t realize when they first began planning.
“It’s a big gay wedding,” Santos, 44, told People ahead of the nuptials. “A lot of our guests are queer as well, so we thought let’s just stick to the date and have it during Pride weekend. So it’ll be extra gay.”
Santos, who starred in the movies “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2” and “Crazy Rich Asians,” garnered acclaim for his role as sales associate Mateo on NBC’s “Superstore.”
Smith, 35, made history in 2017 as the first-ever trans man to compete on the Emmy Award-winning competition series “Survivor.”
The couple were engaged on stage at the GLAAD Media Awards in April 2022 — the same event where they met nearly six years before.
“For us, we’ve been together for almost six years,” Smith told ET. “We own a home together, have a joint bank account. We’re each other’s emergency contacts. By all sorts of usual metrics we are married.”
“But actually having the ceremony, making it legal, it’s about becoming a family,” they continued. “We’re in it forever. Through thick and thin and easy and hard. We’re going to be the person that’s there for the other one.”