Scream Queens star Emma Roberts recently announced her engagement to In the Dark actor Cody John. The actress took to Instagram on Tuesday, July 16, to break the news of her engagement. The American Horror Story star posted a picture of her and her fiance smiling in what looked like a field while she flaunted the engagement ring on her left hand. Roberts cheekily captioned her post:
"Putting this here before my mom tells everyone."
Roberts and Cody John made their relationship public in 2022 via an Instagram post showcasing a photo of the couple kissing on a yacht in August. Since then, the happy couple has been spotted together on multiple occasions in public and on social media.
Emma Roberts and Cody John went public with their relationship in 2022
American Horror Story: Delicate star Emma Roberts first started dating Cody John in 2022. John is known for his roles on shows like Wu-Tang: An American Saga, The Rookie, and NCIS. As per IMDb, the actor made his debut on the 2018 show Verified.
An inside source told Entertainment Tonight back in October 2022 that the couple started seeing each other over the summer of 2022. John, who is one year older than the 33-year-old actress, confirmed their relationship via an Instagram post on August 25, 2022.
The Instagram post contained a black-and-white picture of Cody John and Emma Roberts kissing on a yacht. The post, which John simply captioned "sweet sweet," also included a few other pictures of the happy couple with some of their friends.
The aforementioned source provided a few more details regarding the couple's relationship to ET. The source revealed:
"She's been very content with Cody and they're enjoying their relationship and time together."
The person further claimed:
"Their friends and family are happy for the both of them and think they make a great couple."
The days that followed showed the couple enjoying each other's company in various instances. As per Us Weekly, they were spotted enjoying a casual day out in Los Angeles in November 2022 and even enjoyed a celebratory dinner at Los Angeles' Caviar Kaspia the very next month. In the same month, Roberts paid tribute to 2022 with an Instagram picture of herself holding hands with John.
Emma Roberts later shared a few selfies on the platform on March 8 of the following year to commemorate her partner's birthday. She captioned the post "Happy birthday sheesh." During Roberts' birthday on February 10, John shared a picture of the actress and captioned his post "happy birthday sheesh."
On the very same day, John also shared another black-and-white picture of him giving Roberts a little peck on the cheek. He captioned the post "happy birthday teenie tiny." At the moment of writing this article, this is Cody John's last Instagram post.
Earlier this year, in February, the couple was spotted at the Lacoste Womenswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show at Paris Fashion Week. Notably, the duo rarely bring each other up during interviews. However, Roberts did mention Cody during her latest interview with People magazine.
As part of the promotion for her latest film Space Cadet, Emma Roberts was interviewed by the publication for its One Last Thing page, published on Saturday, July 13. During the interview, Roberts was asked about the last time she cried. Roberts replied:
"I watched the movie ‘The Iron Claw’ with my boyfriend, and the two of us were sobbing."
She added:
"It was just a disaster of crying and then laughing at each other for crying, which made us cry even harder."
Emma Roberts previously dated Tron: Legacy star Garrett Hedlund and even welcomed a baby boy with him in 2020 before breaking off the relationship in January 2022. Before that, Roberts was in a tumultuous on-and-off relationship with AHS co-star Evan Peters. The actress was last seen in the Liz W. Garcia comedy Space Cadet, which was released on July 4, 2024.