What We Know About Issa Rae’s Husband, Louis Diame

Much like Rae, Diame keeps his personal very low-key, but according to a private LinkedIn page under his name (which appears to have been deleted), he’s an Independent Banking Professional based in Los Angeles.

The couple was first spotted together in 2016, when they made their first red carpet appearance together at HBO’s Insecure premiere in Los Angeles. Then, in 2017, they attended HBO's Official Golden Globe Awards After Party. The couple was spotted once again at Essence’s Black Women in Hollywood Awards in the following month, and by then, rumors started to circulate about the two being a romantic couple. Still, neither of them confirmed the rumors.

When Vogue asked the actress about her dating situation, she simply replied, “I don’t want any input. As a writer, you put everything on the table. I’ll take input on kids if I’m going to have kids. How do I not kill the kids? Work? Give me the input. Any other aspect of my life? Give me the input. But who I’m f**king? No, I don’t need input. I’m good.”

Though the star remained tight-lipped about her romance, fans caught a glimpse of the sparkly new engagement ring that Diame put on her finger in 2019. When she graced the cover of Essence for their March issue, she sported a 1.5 carat diamond ring that's worth at least $15,000, but neither she nor Diame publicly announced that they were engaged.

It wasn’t until Rae’s Insecure co-stars Jay Ellis and Yvonne Orji spoke with Entertainment Tonight that the news was finally confirmed. Ellis said, “We all found out in different ways because we’re all on different text chains. We talk at different times, so we all found out at different times in different ways.”

Orji also added, “The reaction was all the same, like, ‘You out here in these streets getting married, boo?!’ That was the reaction.”