Nate Berkus gets engaged - CNN.com By Samantha Highfill, EW.com April 10, 2013 -- Updated 2038 GMT (0438 HKT) Celebrity designer Nate Berkus is engaged. Nate Berkus is engaged to Jeremiah Brent They've been together for nearly a year Oprah discovered the interior designer in 2002 (EW.com) -- Nate Berkus, the interior designer discovered by Oprah in 2002, is engaged to Jeremiah Brent, his boyfriend of nearly a year. People reports that the star of "The Nate Berkus Show," which aired from 2010 to 2012, proposed to Brent on Monday. The couple then celebrated with friends in Peru. 'Ready for Love': Rejected in ratings Berkus' book, "The Things That Matter," is out now.