Lead
Madison Beer and Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert announced their engagement on July 28, 2026, in a joint Instagram post captioned “Meet my fiancé,” according to the Associated Press and NFL.com.
The post showed Herbert on one knee with a ring box as Beer smiled beside him. The NFL and the Chargers congratulated the couple publicly, as did singers including Gracie Abrams, Billboard reported.
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Timing
The announcement landed as Chargers veterans reported for 2026 training camp on Tuesday, July 28, with the team’s first practice scheduled for Wednesday at the El Segundo facility, according to the club. Associated Press reporting said Herbert, 28, was opening camp in the start of his seventh season with Los Angeles.
Beer, 27, wrapped her Locket Tour with a sold-out Madison Square Garden show on July 13, Billboard wrote, after releasing the album Locket in January to a top-10 Billboard 200 debut. Sporting News noted the exact proposal date and garden location were not publicly confirmed beyond the photos shared Tuesday.
Background
The couple was first spotted together in August 2025 and later appeared at Chargers, Dodgers, and Lakers games, AP reported. Herbert appeared in Beer’s “lovergirl” video this spring. Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh has been publicly supportive; when Herbert missed part of voluntary offseason workouts to travel with Beer on tour, Harbaugh joked, “Do you need a ride to the airport?”