This is a photo of Riley Keough and Ben Smith-Petersen showing off a very prominent new piece of jewelry. An engagement ring, to be precise. Ben posted the pic to his Facebook page with the following caption: “So that happened.” Riley looks so young without makeup! She’s 25 years old. Google isn’t helping me figure out how old Ben is, but he’s probably in the same age range as his betrothed.
Ben and Riley were first papped together in January. He’s was a stuntman for Mad Max: Fury Road. That movie’s production has been dragging on forever, so I wouldn’t be surprised if Ben and Riley hooked up on set and kept things quiet. Riley has been engaged once before to ragey Alex Pettyfer (in early 2012). Thank goodness those vows never happened.
Whether or not Riley and Ben make it down the aisle, this engagement will have a splash effect in the gossip world. Outlets can no longer claim that Riley is acting as Nicholas Hoult’s jumpoff after his latest breakup with Jennifer Lawrence. Riley still may have hooked up with Sparkles, but we’ll never know what really happened there.
Congratulations to Riley and Ben! Lainey has more photos.of them all loved up together.
Photos courtesy of Ben Smith-Peterson on Facebook & WENN
The only part of this need that’s remotely interesting is to see how her ex, alex Pettyfer, reacts. That king of the sh*theads is due for a tantrum.
Between having zero projects lined up, his role in Magic Mike XXL looking less and less of a possibility, his entitlement and clinging issues, this Riley engagement may indirectly be good for gossip.
Pettyfer and his girlfriend have been showing all the symptoms of his past train wreck engagements and they are in Vegas this weekend.
I’ll save you all a window seat on the Hot Mess Express!
Nice for her, whatever, yawn.
I agree Pettyfer is good gossip. Thank God she didn’t marry him. Also, wow is he a cautionary tale. Be nice boys. No projects lined up? No rumours? Wow. Even Kellan Lutz works! And Kellan Lutz is Kellan Lutz!
His people were trying to drop hints that he had read for Stars Wars, but that obviously didn’t pan out. He has not had anything since Endless Love. MMXXL might be a prequel, which would cut his character out.
Lutz has the acting chops of a bag of potatoes sitting on a stool, but he probably isn’t a nightmare to work with like Pettyfer allegedly is.
She’s such a pretty girl, but the hair dye is not doing her any favors.
True but her lipstick game is outstanding.
I think she looks lovely as a red head, but the blonde… not so much.
Riley has her grandfather’s crooked smile. 😍
Yes she does. I love it!
Oh God, that tattoo. I just couldn’t.
Isn’t that horrible? Animals with bloody arrows sticking out of them and chains around their necks? What is wrong with people?
I know. That is all I could focus on. Looks like some kid drew it while zoning out in Algebra class.
I’d want my money back is I eve
R got tattoos that horrible. Looks like some kid did it.
the first time he took his shirt off, i would have ran as fast as i could. that’s just eff the effed up.
I’m thinking it’s just outlined and not the actual result that he’s going for. Some people can go through outlining and shading at one go but most mere mortals do the outline first and wait a few months for the tattoo to heal before “coloring” them in in the next session.. Anyway, that tattoo still looks tacky af
They make a cute couple, congrats it them.
Love the little animal paw , subtle cat photo bombing or maybe a ferret
Me too! Makes the pic. I was thinking a very small dog, because of the nails.
Even though I have seen photos of Riley since she was a little girl known then as Danielle, her changing looks make it hard for me to immediately recognize her. But I can see a little bit of her grandfather in her.
I see a lot of his features in her mother, for sure.
She kind of reminds me of a mix between Kristen Stewart and Allison Williams. Pretty.
(Also, congratulations!)
Uhhhh. I can’t get past what he has on his chest.