First Meeting
Joe Manganiello first met Caitlin O'Connor in September 2023 at an after-party for her HBO series Winning Time. "We are both from Pittsburgh," she told E! News in 2024. "I'm from Uniontown, which is about an hour and a half south of Pittsburgh, but we met in Los Angeles."
From there, the actress noted, they went on a "world tour," traveling the world together.
Red Carpet Debut
In December 2023, the two made their red carpet debut as a couple as the Children of Armenia Fund Gala, where Manganiello was honored with the COAF Humanitarian Award.
Instagram Official
And by February 2024, the Magic Mike star had gone Instagram official with O'Connor.
She Said Yes
Manganiello and O'Connor got engaged on June 24, 2025. The True Blood actor's chihuahua Bubbles witnessed the proposal.
Moving Home
In December 2025, O'Connor revealed that she and Manganiello had made a “recent move” out of Los Angeles to Mount Lebanon, Penn., a suburb of Pittsburgh.