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Southside With You's Tika Sumpter reveals how her fiancé Nicholas popped the question Christmas day

Published: 22:59 EST, 26 January 2017 | Updated: 00:41 EST, 27 January 2017

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Southside With You actress Tika Sumpter revealed on Monday precisely how she got engaged to the father of her baby daughter Ella-Loren.

'He is amazing. I love my fiancé Nicholas so much,' the 36-year-old new mother gushed on Monday's episode of The Real.

'He did all of these amazing things [Christmas morning]. I went on a little hunt in the house...And then he had a letter behind Ella and he's like, "Ella has something to say to you." And it was just this letter of beauty. And then he proposed. It was just simple and just awesome.'

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Betrothed! Southside With You actress Tika Sumpter revealed on Monday precisely how she got engaged to the father of her baby daughter Ella-Loren

The Ride Along 2 funnywoman did not mention her groom-to-be's last name, but she did admit they met on the set of one of her projects.

'We do work together. I saw him on set and I was like, "Who is that?" He made me laugh so hard. He's so funny and somehow we ended up kissing,' Tika laughed.

'He's just a really great dad. He's present.'

Sumpter also admitted she's still trying to 'lose this last bit of baby weight' since welcoming her precious princess just three months ago.

The 36-year-old new mother gushed on Monday's episode of The Real: 'He is amazing. I love my fiancé Nicholas so much!'

Tika continued: 'He had a letter behind Ella and he's like, "Ella has something to say to you." And it was just this letter of beauty. And then he proposed. It was just simple and just awesome'

'We do work together': The Ride Along 2 funnywoman did not mention her groom-to-be's last name, but she did admit they met on the set of one of her projects

The former soap star added: 'He's just a really great dad. He's present'

'But what's most important is happy mommy, happy baby,' the Marymount Manhattan grad - who boasts 1M followers - wrote on Instagram.

'I'm happy regardless. (That's what that pic says) I must say the pressure to "snap back" was secondary to being present for my baby.'

The Queens native currently plays manipulative mistress Candace Young in the fifth season of The Haves and the Have Nots, which airs Tuesdays on OWN.

'I'm happy regardless': Sumpter also admitted she's still trying to 'lose this last bit of baby weight' since welcoming her precious princess just three months ago

Top-rated series: The Queens native currently plays manipulative mistress Candace Young in the fifth season of The Haves and the Have Nots, which airs Tuesdays on OWN

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