Jimmy Kimmel is engaged.

The 44-year-old talk show host proposed to his long-term girlfriend Molly McNearney while holidaying in South Africa's Kruger National Forest, his representative has confirmed. Jimmy and 34-year-old Molly - who is a co-head writer on her partner's show Jimmy Kimmel Live - began dating in October 2009, a few months after he split from comic Sarah Silverman after a five-year romance.

"After Jimmy and Sarah [Silverman] broke up, Molly and Jimmy both found themselves single, and they clicked. They're really happy together," a source said when the pair first got together.

The TV star has children Katie, 21, and Kevin, 19, with first wife Gina, whom he married in June 1988 and split from 14 years later. The marriage will be Molly's first.