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10 secret celebrity weddings: Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker just had a surprise Las Vegas ceremony – Beyoncé and Jay-Z, and Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher, went exclusive and intimate too

STORYFaye Bradley
Celebrities who got married away from the paparazzi. Photos: AFP, Invision/AP
Celebrities who got married away from the paparazzi. Photos: AFP, Invision/AP
Fame and celebrity

  • Joe Jonas and Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner showed their wedding photos only two years later, while Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds kept their romance low-key
  • Kendall and Kylie Jenner attended Justin and Hailey Bieber’s private event while Ariana Grande’s at-home wedding surprised the world in the best way possible

Against all odds, Kourtney Kardashian’s recent secret wedding to Travis Barker was the most low-key affair you’d expect of a Kardashian. Typically, the reality star family members celebrate the occasion (sometimes more than once per person) in the most extravagant manner you could imagine.
Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker got married in Las Vegas at 2am, after what Kourtney called “an epic night” with “a little tequila”. Photo: @kourtneykardash/Instagram
Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker got married in Las Vegas at 2am, after what Kourtney called “an epic night” with “a little tequila”. Photo: @kourtneykardash/Instagram
For Kardashian’s special day – though it hadn’t quite reached daylight yet at the time of the ceremony – she wed the Blink-182 drummer in a 24-hour Las Vegas chapel in the early hours of April 4 after the Grammys. Only four guests attended the intimate gathering.
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Musician Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian attend the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party following the 94th Oscars at the The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California, on March 27. Photo: AFP
Musician Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian attend the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party following the 94th Oscars at the The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California, on March 27. Photo: AFP

Perhaps Kourtney just wanted something different from her sisters as, understandably, not everyone wants a media-fuelled wedding.

So which other superstar celebrities, besides Kardashian and Barker, tied the knot in secret?

1. Beyoncé and Jay-Z

Beyoncé and husband Jay-Z at the 2015 MET Gala in Manhattan, New York, in May 2015. Photo: Reuters
Beyoncé and husband Jay-Z at the 2015 MET Gala in Manhattan, New York, in May 2015. Photo: Reuters
Despite them being among the most famous faces in showbiz, the power couple are also notoriously private. So it wasn’t too surprising when the once single lady put a ring on it in an uber-secret ceremony with billionaire hubby Jay-Z in April 2008.
Jay Z and Beyoncé arrive at the Met Gala in May 2014, in New York City. Photo: PA Photos/Abaca Press/TNS
Jay Z and Beyoncé arrive at the Met Gala in May 2014, in New York City. Photo: PA Photos/Abaca Press/TNS

Dubbed “the most exclusive wedding of all time” by E! News with only 40 guests in attendance and a strict no-phones policy, the couple tied the knot on the seventh floor of a 13,500 sq ft penthouse in Tribeca, New York. Few blurry or black-and-white photos exist online, but it’s enough to showcase how gorgeous Beyoncé looked in her Ms Tina-designed dress.

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