Get Hitched Or Ditched: 10 Celebrity Shotgun Weddings No One Saw Coming
Celebrity shotgun weddings that took the world by storm!
Sept. 6 2019, Published 6:17 p.m. ET
Every day is a nice day for a white wedding, but sometimes the reality results in creating not such a white wedding. When a celebrity couple hastily ties the knot, the world looks up and notices.
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Some celebrity shotgun weddings have been pretty shocking. There were the hurried vows of Orlando Bloom and his now ex-wife Miranda Kerr and also Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe who quickly became married just three months before their beautiful baby arrived.
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Fortunately, many of these celebrity shotgun marriages have lasted even though they were arranged hastily. Often, love — and baby — carried them through. Take a dive into the gallery to see some of these couples.
1. Amanda Peet & David Benioff.
You know Peet as an actress, and you know Benioff as the showrunner of Game of Thrones. They tied the knot faster than one of The Knight King’s undead coming back to life. They married at Friends Seminary — Peet’s alma mater — in September of 2006 and welcomed their first baby just five months later. They’re still happily married with a total of three children. No word if any dragonglass was used.
Marriage Date: September 30, 2006 — present
2. Alicia Keys & Swiss Beatz.
Alicia Keys met Kasseem Dean — better known as Swiss Beatz — when they were both teenagers. They connected romantically many years later in 2008 and became engaged in May of 2010 and married in July. They had their first baby in October of the same year. 2010 was a busy year indeed. The marriage was on the island of Corsica and was officiated by Deepak Chopra.
Marriage Date: July 31, 2010 — present
3. Christy Turlington & Ed Burns.
Supermodel Turlington and Ed Burns were on track to get married in October of 2001 but postponed the wedding due to 9/11. They broke up the following March but they reconciled a few months later. They continued dating but then got married in June of 2003 when pregnant with daughter Grace.
Marriage Date: June 7, 2003 — present
4. Kendra Wilkinson & Hank Baskett.
Ex-reality star Kendra Wilkinson and ex-NFL player Hank Baskett tied the knot on June 27, 2009. Six months later they gave birth to Hank Baskett IV. They had a second child in 2014.
Marriage Dates: June 27, 2009 — October 15, 2018
5. Jessica Alba & Cash Warren.
Alba and Warren dated from 2004-2007 before calling it quits. Months later, they were on again. What was the reason behind the hasty reunion? Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that Alba was pregnant, and by December they were engaged. A basic courthouse wedding followed in May of 2008 and one month later they welcomed a beautiful baby girl.
Marriage Date: May 19, 2008 — present
6. Drew Barrymoore & Will Kopelman.
In June of 2012 — at a beautiful backyard ceremony at her home in Montecito, California — Drew Barrymoore married art consultant Will Kopelman. He was the son of a former Chanel CEO and she wore a custom-made Chanel wedding dress. Just a few months later they gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. After giving birth to a second daughter in 2014, the couple divorced in 2016.
Marriage Dates: June 2, 2012 — August 3, 2016
7. Jennifer Garner & Ben Affleck.
When they met on the set of Elektra, things were electric for Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck — both of whom were dating other people at the time. But when the timing was right in 2004, they got together and married the next year. It was a private affair on the Turks and Caicos Islands and just six months later, their first baby was born. Their divorce followed two more children.
Marriage Dates: June 29, 2005 — October 4, 2018
8. Miranda Kerr & Orlando Bloom.
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Miranda Kerr began dating Orlando Bloom in 2007 and enjoyed a long three-year relationship before suddenly getting engaged in June of 2010. They tied the knot one month later, and a baby son arrived seven months later in January of 2011.
Marriage Dates: July 22, 2010 — 2013
9. Kelly Clarkson & Brandon Blackstock.
Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock began dating in 2012 and became engaged a few months later. They had planned a big backyard wedding but instead eloped to a Tennessee farm the next year. Just eight months later they welcomed a baby girl. They had another child in April of 2016.
Marriage Date: October 20, 2013 — present
10. Reese Witherspoon & Ryan Phillippe.
Witherspoon and Phillippe found a whole lot of chemistry on the set of Cruel Intentions and began dating. They got married in June just in time to welcome their first child, Ava Phillippe, who appeared three months later.
Marriage Dates: June 5, 1999 — October 5, 2007
