Taraji P. Henson says it was literally love at first sight when she met her new fiance.

The "Empire" star became engaged to her boyfriend Andrew Ladd Jersey , former Super Bowl star Kelvin Hayden, on Mother's Day.

"I knew he was gonna pop the question because he all but told me himself. I just didn't know when. That surprised me. He just did it," Henson said Monday as she attended an annual event where Fox promotes its new TV lineup to advertisers.

The actress said she was introduced to Hayden by her makeup artist three years ago.

"She was like, `You need to go out. You need to meet somebody. You're too fly. You're too amazing.' I was like, `I don't know.' She's like, `You're not gonna meet him at home. You need to go out."'

The makeup artist arranged a party full of eligible bachelors for Henson to mingle with, but the star demanded to see photos first Nick Jensen Jersey , and became enamored with Hayden.

"I was like, `Wow, something about his eyes are so gentle.' And you know how they say you can fall in love at first sight from a picture? That's exactly what happened," she recalled. "So when we got to the actual event, I met everybody, I shook all the other guys' hands and I literally was looking for him and when he walked up to where I was it was like people parted like the Red Sea, a light came on Youth Evgeni Malkin Jersey , I heard angels and he reached out to shake my hand and we danced and we talked and we were hanging out every day since."

Hayden played for the Atlanta Falcons, Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts. He won a Super Bowl for that team in 2007.

Henson says her "Empire" co-stars are thrilled with the news.

"Jussie (Smollett) came down to my room and screamed and did backflips," she said.

Terence Howard says Hayden must be special for Henson to choose to be with him.

"I've never known any person that she's worked with that's ever been able to go on a date with her, you know," Howard said. "She's that secure about maintaining her integrity, so for her to let Kelvin in, I'm like Brian Gibbons Jersey , `Wow. That's a big move. That's a big move right there for her."'

More NFL players kneeled during the national anthem before Thursday night's preseason game, and President Trump noticed.

Trump took to Twitter this morning to blast the players who declined to stand.

"The NFL players are at it again – taking a knee when they should be standing proudly for the National Anthem," Trump wrote. "Numerous players, from different teams, wanted to show their 'outrage' at something that most of them are unable to define. They make a fortune doing what they love. Be happy, be cool! A football game, that fans are paying soooo much money to watch and enjoy Nate Schmidt Jersey , is no place to protest. Most of that money goes to the players anyway. Find another way to protest. Stand proudly for your National Anthem or be Suspended Without Pay!"

Trump began blasting the NFL and its players for protests during the anthem last season, and he has seen it as a winning political strategy. The NFL attempted to placate Trump by changing its rules by requiring players either to stand on the field or remain in the locker room during the anthem, but that policy is now being reviewed between the league and the players' union, and it is hard to see any way that a policy can be adopted that will satisfy everyone.

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