Stuart McClave (left) and Cooper Koch.Photo:Gilbert Flores/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty
Gilbert Flores/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty
Cooper Kochis professing his love for boyfriend Stuart McClave.
“He’s just got me so grounded and pulls me down to the earth and holds me when it’s a lot,” Koch explained. “He’s been so supportive and sweet, and he’s been the best partner I could ask for.”
McClave then chimed in, saying: “It’s very easy to do that — be the best partner to Cooper. He’s so sweet!”
Cooper Koch (left) and Stuart McClave.Michael Buckner/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty
Michael Buckner/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty
Koch has become a breakout star in theRyan Murphy-led crime series since the release ofMonsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Storyin late September. The Netflix show tells the real-life story of Erik (Koch) and Lyle Menéndez (Nicholas Alexander Chavez)’s murder of their parentsJosé and Mary Louse “Kitty” Menéndez. It then follows them into the subsequent trial in the early ’90s.
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Koch shocked fans in October when he appeared onWatch What Happens Livewearing what seemed to be a wedding ring. He later clarified on an episode of Sirius XM’sAndy Cohen Live, that he was not engaged, but he confirmed he and McClave are very happy together.
Cooper Koch.Gilbert Flores/Penske Media via Getty
Gilbert Flores/Penske Media via Getty
“We were going to the Emmy Awards with my brother Payton, who was nominated for editing forOnly Murders in the Building, my twin and I were getting ready, and I didn’t have any jewelry on,” he recalled on SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Live in October 2024. “And I was with my boyfriend and we went into my room and I was looking through my jewelry and I had this ring that was my grandfather’s. I was like, ‘Oh, I should just wear this ring.’ Then we just put it on my ring finger and it just became this little romantic and protective mechanism.”
“I just wanted to like trip people out a little bit and see what they would say,” he added.
McClave doesn’t wear a ring on his left finger, but Koch assured fans that his partner was “very much committed to me as much as I am to him.”
“We have talked about that, and we do need to get him a ring, but it’s really more of just like a nice totem,” he smiled.
source: people.com
