THE PUBLIC was introduced to Jonathan Knight during his time as a member of the iconic boyband New Kids On the Block. He met his now-husband in 2008 right before the NKOTB reunion. Harley Rodriguez worked as an actor during the 1990s.
From 1994 to 1997, he played Manny Lopez in the TV show Sweet Valley High. He has since moved on to the fitness industry. Harley teaches group fitness classes in Boston.
In 2016, Jonathan told Entertainment Tonight that they met in Boston in 2008 while rehearsing for NKOTB’s comeback . He said, “We were rehearsing the day I met him. He’s a trainer at Barry’s Bootcamp, so I would be with the band all day, then the only time I got to see him was to go take his class.
"I’d take his class then we’d go for dinner afterward.” The couple also participated in season 26 of The Amazing Race . In 2016, Jonathan Knight revealed that he proposed to Harley Rodriguez on a family vacation to Africa.
Jonathan disclosed the details of the proposal during an appearance on The Jenny McCarthy Show. He said, “We were in Africa, our parents were there, our moms were there, and I just figured this was the time to pop the question and make it official. “We were on the Zambezi River.
It’s right above Victoria Falls,” he continued. “We took a nighttime raft dinner, just the four of us on the river, there was like a hippopotamus in the background. "There was a supermoon on top of that.
It was just absolutely beautiful, it was so romantic. I thought .
