Celebrities Who Got Married (or Postponed!) During COVID
As you surely know, postponing your wedding is nothing new these days. And “normal” folk aren’t the only ones doing it! The Coronavirus has halted or altered numerous celebrity weddings this year. While some have found creative ways to have small ceremonies, others are continuing to push back their weddings to a post-Corona world (which, honestly, who knows when that will be).
Celebrity Weddings that have Changed with COVID
Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom
Soon after announcing that they are expecting their first child together, Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry also announced that they have postponed their wedding that was originally going to happen in March in Japan.
Raven-Symoné and Miranda Maday
Raven-Symoné married Miranda Maday in an intimate ceremony in June with just a handful of guests. Like many “Corona couples,” the pair opted for a backyard micro wedding and each wore a chic jumpsuit for the occasion.
Raven Gates and Adam Gottschalk
Another Raven, Raven Gates from The Bachelor franchise, was set to marry fellow Bachelor alum Adam Gottschalk in May. However, COVID had other plans.
Originally set on having every single loved one there in-person, Raven told Us Magazine that they might elope by December “I’m like, ‘I’m not doing this anymore.’ … We have options to elope, we have options to get married and cut down our guest list by, like, 150 people. I’m not doing that; I’m not uninviting people. So, I told Adam by December of this year, if there is no end in sight, we’re just going to elope and get married by ourselves. In our house. And if there is a light at the end of the tunnel by December, then we’ll schedule this wedding for the fourth time.”
Wells Adams and Sarah Hyland
Another Bachelor nation wedding is on hold due to Coronavirus – there are actually about half a dozen Bachelor weddings in flux, but we don’t have time to mention all of them in one post! Wells Adams of Bachelor fame and Sarah Hyland from Modern Family say they have completely paused planning for the time being. But they didn’t let their original wedding date go by without a celebration! The couple shared on Instagram that they spent the day drinking wine and taking cute pictures.
Bindi Irwin and Chandler Powell
Daughter of the late Crocodile Hunter, Bindi Irwin, was slated to marry fellow wildlife warrior, Chandler Powell, in April, but moved their wedding date up to March 25th as Australia was about to go into shut-down mode.
The wedding was attended by only Bindi’s mother, brother, an officiant, and a few other key people. Their original guest list contained more than 200 people, including Chandler’s family and friends from America. If you’re concerned about who makes the final cut, don’t worry. We have plenty of advice on cutting down your guest list and uninviting guests.
Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
The granddaughter of the Queen of England married her husband in an intimate ceremony attended by just her parents, siblings, Edoardo’s son, Queen Elizabeth II, and the Duke of Edinburgh. Afterward, they had an outdoor celebration with about a dozen close friends, making it the perfect example of having a small gathering for the ceremony and another for the reception.
Sean Penn and Leila George
Perhaps the celebrity with the most “COVID” of all of these COVID weddings, Sean Penn married Leila George in a true Zoom wedding. In an interview with Seth Meyers, Penn said, “By [COVID wedding] I mean it was a county commissioner on Zoom and we were at the house with my two children and her brother.”
While Zoom worked out for Sean Penn, we prefer our one-way wedding streaming platform that makes sharing your ceremony with an unlimited number of guests a little bit easier.
Taraji P. Henson and Kelvin Hayden
Taraji P. Henson and her fiancé have now postponed their wedding twice. Originally the event was set to take place in April, just at the beginning of quarantine. They pushed it back to July and have since rescheduled again. The couple wanted to be sure to wed in a way that would be safe for their older relatives. Taraji said to Us Magazine, “My grandmother is about to turn 96, his is 86, how do we get them to the wedding now? Now, we are concerned, just trying to figure out the safest and best way.”
Share your Ceremony with LoveStream
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Consider marrying now and partying later. This is an especially good option if you have already paid deposits on your vendors. Stream a small wedding ceremony and save the big party for later. If you have any questions about LoveStream as your virtual wedding platform, just ask!