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Meet Matte Babel, Pretty Little Liars’ Shay Mitchell’s Partner – and Drake’s Friend

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So what do we know about her baby daddy, who is also her business partner?

How did Shay Mitchell meet Matte Babel?

Matte Babel and Shay Mitchell started out as friends, running in the same group in Toronto. Photo: Getty Images
Babel was born and raised in Toronto, Canada, as was his mother. Shay MitchellIn a 2017 interview with Fox News, Mitchell recounted how she and Babel became friends in Toronto. “We’ve known each other for nine years. We knew each other in Toronto. Like Drake and everyone else, it’s a Toronto team.”

The couple were first linked in January 2017, when Babel was still working as a reporter for Entertainment Tonight Canada. A source told ET at the time that Mitchell and Babel had been together “for a few months,” before adding that they “are serious and having fun together.”

What is Matte Babel’s background?

Matte Babel teamed up with Shay Mitchell in 2017. Photo: Getty Images

Born October 13, 1980, the Toronto native attended Wilfrid Laurier University from 1999 to 2003, where he double majored in communications and sociology. He then worked as a host for Canadian cable channel MuchMusic and as a co-host on CP24 Breakfast before becoming a correspondent for ET Canada, according to IMDb.

Matte Babel in Vancouver in October 2017. Photo: @mattebabel/Instagram
According to Elle magazine, the 43-year-old has worked as a consultant for brands and currently serves as the chief brand officer of DreamCrew, the management and entertainment group that oversees his longtime friend Drake career and business portfolio. Babel also oversees Nocta, Drake’s sub-label for Nike.

Babel has also made appearances on television and film. In 2010, he appeared in a Canadian teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation alongside Mitchell and Drake.

Is Matte Babel friends with Drake?

Matte Babel is friends with Drake. Photo: @mattebabel/Instagram

The former TV host was on set of Drake’s “Laugh Now Cry Later” music video with Lil Durk, and posted behind-the-scenes footage from the shoot on Instagram. In addition to working together, Babel also attended Drake’s 33rd birthday with Mitchell, just days after giving birth to their first daughter.

How many children do Shay Mitchell and Matte Babel have?

Shay Mitchell and her daughter. Photo: @shaymitchell/Instagram

According to People, a year after Mitchell suffered a miscarriage in 2018, the couple welcomed daughter Atlas Noa in October 2019. Mitchell’s YouTube series Almost ready showed that Babel was there for her every step of the way before Atlas arrived.

Mitchell said in the first episode, “He’s so good with kids. He’s so comfortable. After the pregnancy, I don’t have to worry about anything.”

Nearly three years later, they welcomed their second daughter, Rome, who was reportedly named after Mitchell’s grandmother, who passed away around the time she announced her pregnancy.

THE You The star told E! News that she appreciates having Babel as a partner in raising her children: “It’s really a partnership. Finding someone who shares the same moral values ​​as you is extremely important.”

Why doesn’t Shay Mitchell want to marry Matte Babel?

Shay Mitchell and Matte Babel at home. Photo: @shaymitchell/Instagram
In 2023, Mitchell told Alex Cooper, host of Call Her Daddy that she didn’t need “a piece of paper, a big party and a ring” to prove her love for Babel.

And the duo works so well together that she’s clearly right. Babel also serves on the board of Mitchell’s travel and lifestyle brand Béis and sparkling tequila brand Onda, and has even traveled to China with her to help her source materials for her bags, as seen in a video on her YouTube channel, How I started my brand.

Matte Babel and Shay Mitchell play pickleball. Photo: @beis/Instagram

In fact, they do almost everything together, it seems. Last year, the duo also played as a team in a pickleball tournament hosted by Béis.