Keeping their big days small! While some celebrity couples relish in the spotlight on their wedding days, others have stayed more private.
In October 2022, Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt announced that they got married at a courthouse in New York City following their engagement on season 7 of Bachelor in Paradise. The pair later revealed how they decided to take the leap.
“We started the wedding planning process and we were like, ‘This is gonna take a while. Why don’t we knock out the marriage thing?’” Amabile explained to cohost Tia Booth during an episode of their “Click Bait” podcast. “We thought it would be fun. We had some friends that did it.”
The twosome initially intended to keep the milestone private, but they shared the news via social media the same day they made it official. “We were so dressed down,” Pitt explained on the podcast. “We were wearing masks. We were like, ‘There’s no way anyone’s gonna see us.’ But it’s this big room before you go into the individual room with so many people [waiting] that we were kinda like, ‘OK, there’s a chance.’”
Fellow Bachelor Nation alum Natasha Parker served as the couple’s witness, but the reality stars already have something special in mind for the rest of their friends and family. “We haven’t picked a location yet,” Amabile exclusively told Us Weekly in November 2022 of planning a second ceremony. “We’re between Austin, Texas, Charleston, [South Carolina], or Nashville. … If somebody wants to pay us to put it on TV, let’s go.”
The Chicago native teased: “ABC, if you’re listening, if you wanna make something happen, we’ll chat. But right now, I think we’re just gonna go ahead and keep it private.”
Like Pitt and the former Bachelorette contestant, Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber (née Baldwin) became husband and wife at an NYC courthouse. The couple wed in September 2018 — three months after their engagement made headlines.
“They are still in the middle of deciding whether or not they want a big or small wedding,” a source exclusively told Us in October 2018. “They would love a small wedding, but they have so many people that they want there and they know once they start planning, it could become bigger.”
Their second star-studded bash took place in September 2019 in South Carolina, with guests including Kendall Jenner and Scooter Braun. “It [was] core family and friends and under 100 people,” an insider revealed to Us of who made the list.
Though their initial wedding day was relatively under wraps, the Rhode founder and the “Peaches” crooner’s relationship has been anything but private. After referring to her marriage as “hard work” during an August 2022 interview, Hailey clarified her perspective.
“The whole sentence of what I said was, ‘He’s my best friend, I love coming home to him, but yeah, it takes work because I’m 25 years old and I have a life and a career and my own friends so trying to balance my wants and needs and hopes and dreams while meshing my life with another human who has his hopes and dreams and career,’” she said on “Call Her Daddy” in September 2022. “We’re busy people and we want to be in a marriage and we’re making it work. Sometimes it’s hard. How does it not make sense?”
Scroll down for a glimpse at couples who held low-key weddings:
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Celebrity Couples Who Had Courthouse Weddings: Justin and Hailey Bieber and More
Keeping their big days small! While some celebrity couples relish in the spotlight on their wedding days, others have stayed more private.
In October 2022, Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt announced that they got married at a courthouse in New York City following their engagement on season 7 of Bachelor in Paradise. The pair later revealed how they decided to take the leap.
“We started the wedding planning process and we were like, ‘This is gonna take a while. Why don’t we knock out the marriage thing?'” Amabile explained to cohost Tia Booth during an episode of their “Click Bait” podcast. “We thought it would be fun. We had some friends that did it.”
The twosome initially intended to keep the milestone private, but they shared the news via social media the same day they made it official. “We were so dressed down,” Pitt explained on the podcast. “We were wearing masks. We were like, ‘There’s no way anyone’s gonna see us.’ But it’s this big room before you go into the individual room with so many people [waiting] that we were kinda like, ‘OK, there’s a chance.'”
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Fellow Bachelor Nation alum Natasha Parker served as the couple’s witness, but the reality stars already have something special in mind for the rest of their friends and family. “We haven’t picked a location yet,” Amabile exclusively told Us Weekly in November 2022 of planning a second ceremony. “We’re between Austin, Texas, Charleston, [South Carolina], or Nashville. … If somebody wants to pay us to put it on TV, let’s go.”
The Chicago native teased: “ABC, if you’re listening, if you wanna make something happen, we’ll chat. But right now, I think we’re just gonna go ahead and keep it private.”
Like Pitt and the former Bachelorette contestant, Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber (née Baldwin) became husband and wife at an NYC courthouse. The couple wed in September 2018 — three months after their engagement made headlines.
“They are still in the middle of deciding whether or not they want a big or small wedding,” a source exclusively told Us in October 2018. “They would love a small wedding, but they have so many people that they want there and they know once they start planning, it could become bigger.”
Their second star-studded bash took place in September 2019 in South Carolina, with guests including Kendall Jenner and Scooter Braun. “It [was] core family and friends and under 100 people,” an insider revealed to Us of who made the list.
Though their initial wedding day was relatively under wraps, the Rhode founder and the “Peaches” crooner’s relationship has been anything but private. After referring to her marriage as “hard work” during an August 2022 interview, Hailey clarified her perspective.
“The whole sentence of what I said was, ‘He’s my best friend, I love coming home to him, but yeah, it takes work because I’m 25 years old and I have a life and a career and my own friends so trying to balance my wants and needs and hopes and dreams while meshing my life with another human who has his hopes and dreams and career,'” she said on “Call Her Daddy” in September 2022. “We’re busy people and we want to be in a marriage and we’re making it work. Sometimes it’s hard. How does it not make sense?”
Scroll down for a glimpse at couples who held low-key weddings:
Credit: David Fisher/Shutterstock
Celebrity Couples Who Had Courthouse Weddings: Justin and Hailey Bieber and More
Keeping their big days small! While some celebrity couples relish in the spotlight on their wedding days, others have stayed more private.
In October 2022, Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt announced that they got married at a courthouse in New York City following their engagement on season 7 of Bachelor in Paradise. The pair later revealed how they decided to take the leap.
“We started the wedding planning process and we were like, ‘This is gonna take a while. Why don’t we knock out the marriage thing?'” Amabile explained to cohost Tia Booth during an episode of their “Click Bait” podcast. “We thought it would be fun. We had some friends that did it.”
The twosome initially intended to keep the milestone private, but they shared the news via social media the same day they made it official. “We were so dressed down,” Pitt explained on the podcast. “We were wearing masks. We were like, ‘There’s no way anyone’s gonna see us.’ But it’s this big room before you go into the individual room with so many people [waiting] that we were kinda like, ‘OK, there’s a chance.'”
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Fellow Bachelor Nation alum Natasha Parker served as the couple’s witness, but the reality stars already have something special in mind for the rest of their friends and family. “We haven’t picked a location yet,” Amabile exclusively told Us Weekly in November 2022 of planning a second ceremony. “We’re between Austin, Texas, Charleston, [South Carolina], or Nashville. … If somebody wants to pay us to put it on TV, let’s go.”
The Chicago native teased: “ABC, if you’re listening, if you wanna make something happen, we’ll chat. But right now, I think we’re just gonna go ahead and keep it private.”
Like Pitt and the former Bachelorette contestant, Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber (née Baldwin) became husband and wife at an NYC courthouse. The couple wed in September 2018 — three months after their engagement made headlines.
“They are still in the middle of deciding whether or not they want a big or small wedding,” a source exclusively told Us in October 2018. “They would love a small wedding, but they have so many people that they want there and they know once they start planning, it could become bigger.”
Their second star-studded bash took place in September 2019 in South Carolina, with guests including Kendall Jenner and Scooter Braun. “It [was] core family and friends and under 100 people,” an insider revealed to Us of who made the list.
Though their initial wedding day was relatively under wraps, the Rhode founder and the “Peaches” crooner’s relationship has been anything but private. After referring to her marriage as “hard work” during an August 2022 interview, Hailey clarified her perspective.
“The whole sentence of what I said was, ‘He’s my best friend, I love coming home to him, but yeah, it takes work because I’m 25 years old and I have a life and a career and my own friends so trying to balance my wants and needs and hopes and dreams while meshing my life with another human who has his hopes and dreams and career,'” she said on “Call Her Daddy” in September 2022. “We’re busy people and we want to be in a marriage and we’re making it work. Sometimes it’s hard. How does it not make sense?”
Scroll down for a glimpse at couples who held low-key weddings:
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Chloë Sevigny and Sinisa Mackovic
The Golden Globe winner revealed she and the Croatia native secretly tied the knot in a civil ceremony shortly before welcoming their first child in May 2020. “Married on a Monday, March 9th 2020,” Sevigny captioned an Instagram post on their first wedding anniversary. The pair held a second ceremony in May 2022.
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Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt
The reality stars, who met on season 7 of Bachelor in Paradise, got married at a New York courthouse in October 2022. One month later, the couple exclusively told Us they were still in the process of planning a destination ceremony.
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Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker
One month after their unofficial Las Vegas wedding in April 2022, the couple solidified their marriage at a California courthouse with Kardashian’s grandmother and Barker’s father as the witnesses. The Kardashian-Jenners later flew to Italy in May 2022 for the pair’s third ceremony.
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Cooper Hefner and Scarlett Byrne
“Scarlett and I have made it officially legal and the two of us could not be happier. Cheers to a life full of love, happiness, adventure, and great purpose, Mrs. Hefner,” the son of the late Hugh Hefner captioned a November 2019 Instagram upload from the courthouse.
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Penn Badgley and Domino Kirke
The Gossip Girl alum and Kirke wed at a Brooklyn courthouse in February 2017. Four months later, they held a celebration with family and friends. “You only get married twice, once,” Kirke teased via Instagram at the time.
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Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell
The Hit and Run costars began dating in 2007 and decided not to tie the knot until marriage equality was legal in the U.S. In October 2013, they made it official at the Beverly Hills County Clerk’s Office — and their ceremony only cost $147.
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Jessica Alba and Cash Warren
In May 2008, the pair said “I do” at a local Beverly Hills office, with the bride opting to wear blue instead of white. She was pregnant with the couple’s eldest child, Honor, at the time and gave birth one month later. (The twosome also share daughter Haven and son Hayes.)
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Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber
After dating on and off several years prior, the pop star got engaged to the model in July 2018. They held a civil ceremony in New York City that September, tying the knot again in South Carolina one year later.
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Ellen Pompeo and Chris Ivery
The Grey’s Anatomy star keeps her love life relatively private, but she and Ivery had a special guest at their 2007 city hall ceremony: former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso
The pair met in 2003 while Damon was filming Stuck on You in Miami and got engaged after two years together. In December 2005, they exchanged vows at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau.
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Madison LeCroy and Brett Randle
Shortly before their destination wedding in Mexico, the Southern Charm star and her beau became husband and wife at a South Carolina courthouse in November 2022.
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Chrissy Teigen and John Legend
The Cravings author married the “All of Me” crooner in Italy in September 2013, but they had to solidify their status in the U.S. first. “We are dumb and didn’t realize that our Italian wedding would not be recognized unless we had a real ceremony in New York City,” Teigen joked to E! News one month after the wedding. “So Irina Shayk was our witness — the most beautiful woman on earth!”
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