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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

Celebrities who got married away from the paparazzi. Photos: AFP, Invision/AP
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
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.
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
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

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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2. Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner

Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner attend HBO’s Game of Thrones final season premiere at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Photo: Invision/AP
When the Game of Thrones star shared a glimpse into her wedding with the Jonas brother on their second anniversary, fans went crazy for it.
Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner got married in a surprise ceremony in Las Vegas. Photo: @sophiet/Instagram

The adorable duo took extra steps to ensure that their 2019 Provenance ceremony remained a secret – especially since it was after the series finale of Turner’s show had aired and paparazzi were in full swing. And, well, the photos speak for themselves – it was a fairy tale wedding far from the outside world.

3. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds at the premiere of Green Lantern in Los Angeles. Photo: AP Photo

While we couldn’t imagine Reynolds with anyone other than the Gossip Girl queen bee herself, do you remember his brief marriage with Scarlett Johansson? Well, that was very secret too.

Two years after his divorce from the Black Widow actress, before anyone even knew they were dating, let alone engaged, he married Blake Lively, with whom he now shares three children. Safe to say, he likes to keep his romantic life very low-key.

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4. Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher

Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher played a couple on That ‘70s Show. Photo: @aplusk/Instagram

Guests who were invited to the couple’s uber-private wedding reportedly got a notification on the location only 24 hours before the event.

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis had a magical weekend at Disney. Photo: @aplusk/Instagram

The That ‘70s Show alums married on the fourth of July in 2015, with Kutcher telling Ellen DeGeneres that it was a “ninja effort” to avoid press and helicopters and keep it as “under the radar” as possible.

5. Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady

Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen attend the MET Gala in May 2018, in New York City. Photo: MG18/Getty Images for The Met Museum

The Brazilian supermodel and NFL quarterback apparently organised their “I do” moment in just 10 days, in a tiny ceremony in Santa Monica back in 2009.

Tom Brady, his wife Gisele Bündchen and their children at Brady’s Super Bowl game. Photo: @tombrady/Instagram

It was so hush-hush that the couple only revealed the first public images of their wedding nine years later on their social media accounts, where one can’t help but coo at how endearing the lovebirds are, then and now. Oh, and drop dead gorgeous, but that goes without saying.

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6. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at the 2015 AFI Fest opening night premiere of By The Sea in Los Angeles. Photo: Invision/AP

Once Hollywood’s most famous supercouple, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt found love on the set of Mr and Mrs Smith in 2005, waiting long enough before their intimate wedding in 2014, attended by only the closest family members with their six children playing key roles in the ceremony.

Angelina Jolie and her children Maddox, Vivienne, Zahara, Knox and Shiloh at the world premiere of Marvel Studios’ Eternals at the Dolby theatre in Los Angeles, in October 2021. Photo: AFP
They exchanged vows at their family vineyard property Chateau Miraval. In 2016, the Salt actress filed for divorce – and it’s been a long battle since.

7. Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez

Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez tied the knot on May 15, 2021. Photo: @arianagrande/Instagram
The pop singer, who was previously engaged to Pete Davidson, married her fiancé of over a year, Dalton Gomez, in May 2021 in one of the most financially-savvy locations of all – at home!
Ariana Grande wore Vera Wang on her special day. Photo: @arianagrande/Instagram

Fewer than 20 guests attended the private ceremony held in Montecito, California, and it’s safe to say that Grande looked absolutely stunning in her Vera Wang Haute wedding dress.

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8. Cardi B and Offset

 

Speaking of homes, Cardi B and Offset took the idea to a whole new level when they got married in their bedroom in 2017 – with only one guest, the bride’s cousin, present.

There was “no dress, no make up and no ring”, Cardi B has been widely quoted as saying. Now that’s modest.

9. Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin

Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin Bieber. Photo: @justinbieber/Instagram

The young starlets legally tied the knot in New York without telling anyone in September 2018 first, then hosted a top-secret star-studded wedding in South Carolina a year later.

Justin Bieber just posted his and Hailey Baldwin’s wedding pictures on April 3, after their low-key nuptials so long ago. Photo: @justinbieber/Instagram

Not much was revealed about the ceremony, which included guests like the Kardashian-Jenners, including Kylie and Kendall, but there was apparently a pyjama party and screening of The Notebook during the event, per The Daily Beast.

10. Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka

Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka had their first date 18 years ago. Photo: @dbelicious/Instagram

The How I Met Your Mother stars wed in a quiet family affair at a castle in Perugia, Italy, in 2014.

Harris tweeted about the event, saying, “Yup, we put the ‘h’ and ‘d’ in husband.”

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  • 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