Tessa won’t exactly be surprised; she first proposed to Mariah on the Jan. 20 episode.

Adds Fairbanks to EW, “I had no clue there was a second proposal to be perfectly honest!

It was a special and beautiful moment.”

Mariah proposes to Tessa on ‘Young and the Restless’

Mariah proposes to Tessa on ‘Young and the Restless’.CBS

Y&Rfirst brought together Mariah and Tessa in 2017.

There was no coming out story; instead, it followed two women who happened to fall in love.

“That’s always been the most beautiful thing about this story,“Grimes told EW in 2021.

It existed without labels.

I really appreciated that at a time when labels could be so restrictive for some people.

Dubbed Teriah by shippers, theY&Rduo is the only full-time, same-sex couple in daytime right now.

The Young and the Restlesswill be celebrating its 49th anniversary in March and has been TV’s No.

1 daytime drama for 32 years.

It airs weekdays on CBS.

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