"The Walking Dead's" Tom Payne is engaged to model and singer Jennifer Akerman. The actor revealed the news on Sunday night's "Talking Dead," while telling host Chris Hardwick about ? SPOILER ALERT ? getting the call from the AMC's drama's showrunner, Angela Kang, that his character was being killed off. "I got the call like, an episode before and I was texting my girlfriend, now fiancée," Tom said, referring to Jennifer, who was in the crowd for the live episode.