Some may think it’s better for a celebrity to marry another celebrity. They understand each others lifestyles and schedules, right? But some celebrities beg to differ, and others are doing a great job at proving that theory wrong.

Here are eight celebrities who made it official with people who are not famous:

1. George Clooney 

Hollywood’s most eligible bachelor finally let go of the single life when he met his now-wife Amal Alamuddin, an international human rights lawyer. The pair met through a friend in 2013 and tied the knot only a year later!

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2. Zoe Saldana

The “Gardians of the Galaxy” actress married Marco Perego, a former professional soccer play, in 2013. Fun fact about this couple: Marco Perego actually took Saldana’s surname after they married!

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3. Matt Damon 

The actor is married to Luciana Barroso. They met in 2003, while Barroso was bartending and Damon was filming “Stuck on You”.

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4. Adele

It is unclear when the pair met, but the ‘Someone like You’ songstress and charity CEO Simon Konecki were spotted on holiday in Florida in 2012. Adele confirmed their marriage in 2o17 after keeping their relationship private for a long while. Unfortunately, the couple have since divorced.

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5. Snoop Dogg 

The rapper met his wife, Shante Broadus, in 1997. While the pair have faced some ups and downs, they have remained together for over 20 years.

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6. Gal Gadot

The “Wonder Women” actress married Yaron Versano, a real estate developer, in 2008. Apparently the pair met at a “very strange” party in the desert.

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7. Reese Witherspoon

Witherspoon began her relationship with talent agent Jim Toth in 2010. They married in March 2011.

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8. Aaron Paul 

Paul met now-wife Lauren Parsekian, an activist and co-founder of Kind Campaign, at the popular Coachella music festival. They two married in 2013.

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Brittany Snow was a blushing bride this weekend. The Pitch Perfect actress said ‘I do’ to longtime beau Tyler Stanaland this past Saturday in an intimate ceremony at Cielo Farms in Malibu, California.

Snow wore a long-sleeved wedding dress with a low back for her big day. Her hair was pinned back in a low bun and adorned with white flowers. Tyler and his groomsmen donned black tuxedos and Converse shoes.

According to reports, the bride walked down the aisle with her beloved pet pooch Billie by her side. As it rained on the day, the ceremony was moved from the lawn area to a covered terrace.

The pair began dating in 2018 when Stanaland, a realtor, reached out to the actress via Instagram.

“I knew of Britt for obvious reasons,” Stanaland told The Knot. “But Britt was my unattainable crush forever. As a man, I used to watch ‘Pitch Perfect’ with friends and, ‘Brittany Snow… One day.’ But never thinking it would ever happen.”

“I sent a direct message with the most embarrassing pickup line. A dad joke,” he explains. “I’m so surprised we’re getting married.”

I saw his Instagram and knew of him,” Snow also told The Knot. “And was like, ‘That is the best looking man ever.’ I always knew of him and was like, I’ll never meet him. My girlfriends and I had an inside joke where my one best friend referred to him as my ‘dream boyfriend who lives in Orange County,’ but I was never gonna meet him. And then one day I realized he was following me on Instagram. I got really excited.”

Congrats to the happy couple!

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As we all know, Hollywood relationships have a reputation of being rocky. While some may be true stories of everlasting love, many have proven to be quite the opposite.

From Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries to Jennifer Lopez and Chris Judd, here are some of the shortest celebrity marriages.

Britney Spears and Jason Alexander

In 2004, the songstress wed her childhood friend after a wild night out in Las Vegas. As they say, ‘what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas’, because the pair had their nuptials annulled only 55 hours later.

Cher and Greg Allman

In 1975, Cher married the rock star, Allman. The two made it official in Las Vegas only a few days after Cher finalised her divorce from previous husband, Sonny Bono. After spending 9 days as a married couple, Cher and Allman called it quits. Apparently, Cher is the one who filed for divorce; during the nine days she discovered some of Allman’s drug and drinking issues which she decided were too much for her to handle.

Mario Lopez and Ali Landry

This marriage lasted only two weeks, and the bachelor party was the cause of the split. After they wed on April 24, 2004, Landry found some compromising photos of Lopez at his bachelor party. On making this discovery, she immediately filed for an annulment. Lopez admitted that he was unfaithful only a few days before the wedding at his bachelor party in Mexico. The pair split on May 8, 2004.

Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries 

This is one of the most infamous short-lived marriages of all time. The popular reality TV star married Humphries, a basketball player, in 2011. The wedding was an extravagant affair, costing the couple over ten million dollars; they even aired a two-day reality TV special titled “Kim’s Fairytale Wedding”. Unfortunately, the couple called it quits only 72 days later.

Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock

While the two may seem like a great fit, unfortunately their marriage didn’t last. Anderson and Kid Rock got married in July 2006. Their wedding was exactly what you’d expect from the pair – on a yacht wearing swimsuits. In November 2006, the couple filed for divorce. The marriage lasted only 122 days.

Jennifer Lopez and Cris Judd

The Latina superstar married dancer, Cris Judd, in September 2001. They met after J-Lo hired him to appear in her “Love Don’t Cost a Thing” video. Just as quickly as they wedded, they called it off getting divorced in June 2002. This marriage lasted 218 days.

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While theirs was not a match made in heaven, the wedding between Prince Charles and Princess Diana has gone down as one of the most iconic weddings of the century. Over 750 million people the world over tuned in to see this couple profess their love to each other, and today we still talk about that dress. Here’s an inside look into these iconic nuptials.

Road to the altar:

Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer met at the Spencer family home in 1977. At the time, the Prince and Diana’s older sister Sarah were engaged in a short-lived relationship. It was only in 1980 that the pair started dating and after meeting a reported 13 times, the couple quickly became engaged. Prince Charles proposed with the famous sapphire ring Diana picked out herself that Kate Middleton now wears as her own engagement ring.

They married at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London on July 29, 1981, becoming one of the few royal weddings to occur outside of Westminster Abbey. The last wedding at this venue was between Prince Arthur, the son of King Henry VII, and Princess Catherine on November 14, 1501.

The wedding cost an estimated $48 million (R7 258 560 00), $600,000 (R9 073 200) of which was spent on their security detail alone. An estimated 600 000 people eagerly lined the streets of London in the hopes of catching a glimpse of the princess-to-be on her big day.

The dress:

Diana’s dress was designed by husband-and-wife duo David and Elizabeth Emanuel and featured a fitted, boned bodice with panels embroidered with lace that once belonged to Queen Mary. The dress sported romantic puffed sleeves, a full skirt of ivory silk taffeta, hand embroided in tiny mother-of-pearl sequins and pearls, centering on a heart motif. Her dress was completed with a dramatic 25-foot (7.62 metre) train – the longest in royal history – that could barely fit in her carriage. Her 153 yard (139 metre) ivory silk tulle veil, spangled with mother-of-pearl sequins, was held by the Spencer family’s diamond tiara.

The Press Courier called the dress “the most closely guarded secret in fashion history” as the design was kept so tightly under warps. There were actually three different dresses made in case any details were released before the big day.

On the day, Princess Diana actually had to be sown into her wedding dress because her waist size had dropped dramatically from 29 inches to 23.5inches as a result of her struggles with bulimia.

The ceremony:

During the ceremony, Princess Diana famously altered her vows, opting out of saying she will “obey” Prince Charles.

In another notable moment, Lady Diana was so nervous she actually messed up her husband-to-be’s name, calling him ‘Philip Charles Arthur George’ instead of ‘Charles Philip Arthur George’.

This ceremony was full of blunders. Somehow, Prince Charles forgot to kiss his bride once they said ‘I do’. This is why following their ceremony, Prince Charles and Princess Diana became the first royal couple to kiss on a balcony, unknowingly starting a tradition that is still held today.

The reception:

These royals had not one, not two but a whopping 27 wedding cakes on display during their reception. Created by the Naval Armed Forces, the main one was a five foot (1.52metres) tall fruitcake that weighed 255 lbs (115.66kg) and featured the initials “C” and “D,” the Prince’s coat of arms, and the Spencer family crest as decoration.

Also read: Princess diaries: Diana’s wedding day mishaps

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