Despite reports to the contrary, AFI bassist Hunter Burgan is not engaged to actress and She & Him frontwoman Zooey Deschanel.



In Touch Weekly ran the following story on Dec. 29 morning but it looks like someone didn't fact check:

Yes Man actress Zooey Deschanel, 28, and musician Hunter Burgan are engaged! According to a source, Zooey said yes over the weekend of December 20. The couple has been together for nearly a year and a friend of the stars confides, “she is so excited.”

When we went back to see the original link, someone had changed "Hunter Burgan" to "Ben Gibbard." WTF? Sure, we heard rumors that Deschanel was dating the Death Cab For Cutie singer, but who knows. That said, we can officially confirm via Bergen's Facebook that he is not about derail AFI recording in order to to plan a wedding. Whew!



UPDATE: Sources have confirmed to Buzznet that Zooey Deschanel is indeed engaged to Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard. Let the wedding Plans begin! (Get it? Plans? The name of that DCFC album? Hey, it's a slow news day so sue us.) For awesome behind-the-scenes pics of the band taken by Ryan Russell, hoof it over here.

Who makes the cuter couple, though? Zooey Deschanel + Hunter Burgan or Zooey Deschanel + Ben Gibbard?