Alexis Wilkins, a 27-year-old country singer and political commentator, announced her engagement to FBI Director Kash Patel after three years of dating. Wilkins, known for her traditional country music style and past as a child actress in shows like "Modern Family," shared the news on X with a caption that referenced her fiancé's background in law enforcement. The article highlights Wilkins' diverse upbringing across the U.S. and Europe, her education at Belmont University, and her musical career that includes performing at notable events such as President Trump's Great American State Fair.
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FBI Director Kash Patel and his country singer girlfriend Alexis Wilkins, 27, announced their engagement on social media on Sunday evening. Wilkins posted a photo of herself with Patel, 46, showing off her diamond ring, captioned "Went and got the law involved." The couple met at an event in Nashville in October 2022 and started dating in January 2023.
Patel has faced scrutiny for using government resources to support Wilkins, including traveling on an FBI jet to watch her perform the national anthem at a wrestling match in State College, Pennsylvania. Critics accused him of abusing his position during a government shutdown. Despite this controversy, Patel reposted Wilkins' engagement photo and added heart and diamond ring emojis.
Wilkins is also known for her conservative views and has hosted shows on Rumble, a platform often used by critics of mainstream media outlets. She released her debut album in 2023 and writes about honoring country tradition while adding contemporary commentary.
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Country singer and political commentator Alexis Wilkins has announced her engagement to FBI Director Kash Patel after three years of dating.
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Wilkins, 27, confirmed that they would be tying the knot with a post on X, which she captioned: “Went and got the law involved.”
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The pair have been dating since at least 2023, with Patel, 46, since becoming a controversial figure after his appointment as FBI director in 2025.
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Several of those controversies have been centered around Wilkins herself, with her now-fiancé reportedly using an FBI plane to travel to an event where she was singing.
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Below we look at what we know about the FBI director’s future wife.
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Growing up in Europe and the United States
Wilkins was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to her Gillett executive father and aerospace financial specialist mother.
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Speaking on The Megyn Kelly Show, Wilkins revealed she grew up in both the U.S. and in Europe, spending time in the United Kingdom and Switzerland.
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In England she lived in the historic English town of Windsor, which is also home to the Royal Family’s Windsor Castle, and went to boarding school near Geneva.
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Backed in the U.S., the young music fan would go on to live in Arkansas.
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“It was my favourite place that I lived,” she told Kelly.
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“That’s where the country music came from
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In order to support Wilkins’ goal of becoming a country music artist, her family eventually moved to Nashville, her website reads.
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She also graduated from Belmont University, majoring in business and political science.
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Wilkins would dabble as a child actor, appearing in two episodes of the hit ABC comedy Modern Family in 2009 and also making appearances in Disney’s Dog with a Blog and Nickelodeon's Instant Mom.
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Her other credits include a small part in the 2011 Adam Sandler movie Jack and Jill.
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Wilkins loves traditional country music
Inheriting a Gibson guitar from her great-grandfather, she has been writing songs from the age of nine, and began traveling to Nashville for music trips in her teens.
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She released her debut EP, Grit , back in 2023.
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The release features tracks including Heaven in a Stetson and One of the Guys.
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According to Wilkins’ website, the album debuted at 12th place on the iTunes country album charts.
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Musically, Wilkins is a traditionalist, with “unapologetic storytelling, cowboy-like leaning, and definitive pull from the past,” her website says.
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“Country music is here to stay” Wilkins herself goes on to say.
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“I want people to hear truthful songs.
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Wilkins has sung the national anthem on a number of notable occasions, including once at President Trump's Great American State Fair to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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Several other artists had pulled out of the celebration due to the event not being nonpartisan.
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Outside of music, Wilkins enjoys spending time with her dog, collecting old books and working on her 1989 F-150 Lariat pickup truck, her website adds.
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Wilkins has spoken often about her conservative views
Wilkins became more widely known as a conservative political commentator.
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In December 2024, she announced on X that she would serve as press secretary to incoming Representative Abe Hamadeh.
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“Honored to be a part of ushering in leadership for a safer, more prosperous, GREATER nation,” she wrote on X. “Excited to be on the team.
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Let’s make answering to the people great again.”
According to her LinkedIn page, she has been a board committee member of the National Rifle Association as well as a consultant for The American Border Story since 2025.
The singer has also worked with PragerU, starring in a 2023 video entitled Alexis Wilkins: I Found My Voice in My Love for America.
“I grew up in a Christian home,” she says in the video.
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“My parents definitely taught me the role that God plays in all of our lives and in my life.
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And I think that that’s definitely a huge part of who I am now.”
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In the clip, Wilkins goes on to set out her criticisms of modern society in the U.S.
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We have access, widespread access, to really anything we need,” she says.
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“We’ve had no military draft, we have no wartime application.
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We have Postmates.
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Wilkins’ relationship with Patel has attracted much press attention
Wilkins said on The Megyn Kelly Show that she first met Patel while at an event at a friend’s house.
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The pair have been dating since at least 2023.
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“I just liked that he was so, so honest.
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He is exactly who he is all the time,” she said.
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You know, we both are very patriotic, so obviously there are things there that we definitely agree on.”
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