The Hague, Netherlands – Move over, Red, White & Royal Blue – the Netherlands is serving its own swoon-worthy gay rom-com, and it’s got the world hooked. Just days after Rob Jetten, 38, clinched a nail-biting election win as D66 leader, positioning him as the frontrunner for the country’s youngest and first openly gay Prime Minister, the spotlight’s swung to his heart-melting love story with bisexual Argentine field hockey heartthrob Nicolás “Nico” Keenan, 28. Their engagement bombshell, dropped on Instagram November 26, 2024, with a steamy kiss pic captioned “Soon to be Mr. & Mr. “, has racked 5.2 million likes and counting – turning election night into a global thirst trap.
It started innocently enough: a chance meet-cute in a Rotterdam supermarket in 2022, where Jetten – then a rising climate minister – bumped carts with Keenan, fresh off a match for Dutch club Klein Zwitserland. “We met over groceries – now we’re Mr. & Mr. bound!” Jetten gushed in a LINDA.nl interview, revealing he popped the question at home over a romantic dinner, just before Keenan’s India tour. “I couldn’t wait another day,” the politician added, eyes twinkling. Keenan, the two-time Olympian (Tokyo 2021, Paris 2024) who helped Argentina reach the quarterfinals, flashed his ring in a suit-clad selfie, quipping: “Election night PDA? Let’s go!” Their Paris Olympics smooches – Jetten cheering from the stands at Stade Yves-du-Manoir – went viral, with fans dubbing them “Europe’s hottest power couple.”
X is obsessed. #JettenKeenanLove exploded to 3.1 million posts, memes blending Keenan’s stick skills with Jetten’s podium poses: “From hockey goals to hubby goals – slay!” One viral edit? Their engagement clip set to RAYE’s “Where the Hell is My Husband?”, captioned “PM’s got a first gentleman who’s a total snack.” Gays worldwide are shipping hard: “This is Heartstopper meets statecraft – obsessed!” GLAAD hailed it as “LGBTQ+ visibility gold,” while Dutch media crowns Keenan the “Argentinian gentleman” in waiting.
With a rumored 2026 wedding on the horizon – tulips, tango, and all – Jetten’s “Het kan wel” (“It is possible”) slogan now feels like a love manifesto. From supermarket spark to Downing Street dream (or Binnenhof bliss), this duo’s proving politics and passion mix perfectly. Who’s ready for the state dinner kiss cam?
