Dennis Quaid engaged to 26 year old PHD student Laura Savoie

Parent Trap actor Dennis Quaid is officially engaged to his 26-year-old girlfriend Laura Savoie. The 65-year-old actor has been dating the PhD student since the past several months. He finally proposed and to girlfriend Laura Savoie that she has accepted. Quaid is engaged to be married for the fourth time.

Confirming the news to Extra, the actor said “I had the ring in my pocket… I wanted it to be private. She was actually taking a selfie of us, and I put the ring in front and said, ‘Will you marry me?’ — and then she fell down. It happened on the very northernmost point of Oahu, at Turtle Bay. It was kind of spontaneous. It was very much a surprise.”

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65 year old #DennisQuaid is newly engaged to Laura Savoie who is 26. Laura’s a grad student at UT. What’s the biggest age difference you’ve had in a relationship? ? Marco Garcia/#GettyImages

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The ‘Parent Trap’ actor revealed that he waited for the perfect sunset to pop the question.

Dennis and Laura were first spotted together in May of this year after having dinner at Craig’s in West Hollywood.

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Dennis Quaid's tapping into the fountain of youth, or at least a very youthFUL girlfriend – Laura Savoie. #tmz #beach #hawaii #dennisquaid

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Previously, Quaid was linked to Santa Auzina, 32. It is believed the pair were last photographed together in December.

As per a report by People, Savoie has received a master’s at the University of Notre Dame and is currently working towards earning a PhD in accounting at the University of Texas at Austin in their McCombs School of Business with an expected 2021 graduation date.

Quaid was previously married to Kimberly Buffington. They split in 2016. He was also married to actresses P. J. Soles from 1978-1983 and Meg Ryan from 1991-2001. He has three children.

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