Some celebs go big, but these couples got married in secret. Welcome to MsMojo, and today, we’re counting down our picks for the celebs who managed to slip rings on each other’s fingers unnoticed by the rest of us (even if the marriage didn’t last).
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00:00 "I've never met Daniel, but I decided he would be my husband, and then he decided on you."
00:07 Welcome to Miss Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the celebs who managed
00:11 to slip rings on each other's fingers unnoticed by the rest of us, even if the marriage didn't last.
00:17 "Not only did they not know that you were dating, but they had no idea that you guys
00:21 were even engaged or getting married."
00:22 20. Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost In October 2020, Meals on Wheels America
00:30 shared on Instagram that the SNL writer and cast member and actress had "Jost" married.
00:36 Their wedding, like many in 2020, was small and socially distanced. Still, they shared their joy
00:42 in supporting a good cause during a globally tough time. Johansson said they worked to respect all
00:47 restrictions, using them to create intentional intimacy. Guests were even given "Jost face masks"
00:53 as keepsakes, and a safety measure, of course. "It definitely was a weird party fever that
00:59 could only happen now. But you just gotta go with it."
01:04 Jost's former SNL colleague Dave McCary also quietly married actress Emma Stone in 2020.
01:10 News of their nuptials was confirmed in September of that year, though not much is known.
01:15 "And so by the powers vested in me by the church, I shall solemnize this union."
01:20 19. Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin "Do you take this woman to lecture
01:25 you about trans fats for as long as you both shall live?"
01:29 "I do." "And do you take this man to be a watered-down Bono
01:32 until death do you part?" "I do."
01:35 On December 3rd, 2003, these two mega-stars shocked the world when they announced their
01:40 first pregnancy, and only two days later, on December 5th, were married in a secret
01:44 ceremony in Santa Barbara, California. Even by secret celebrity wedding standards, this
01:49 was an above-average covert ceremony. Not even Martin's or Paltrow's respective families
01:54 were invited. In fact, the press didn't even find out about the union until days after
01:58 it had taken place. Outlasting many of their A-list contemporaries, the couple made it
02:03 a full decade before announcing their separation in 2014 and divorce the next year.
02:08 "It wasn't worth it." 18. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
02:12 "He made it very, very clear to me that what he loved and what was a woman to him was somebody
02:17 who was smart and capable and cared about her family."
02:20 Things are often so under-wrapped when it comes to secret weddings that fans don't get
02:24 to see so much as a snapshot of the occasion. While Brad and Angelina did keep their affair
02:29 low-key, they also decided to grant the press access to photos from their big day.
02:33 The wedding had only 20 guests and took place at the chapel of the Chateau Miraval,
02:38 which is the family's French estate. Jolie's dress was created by Atelier Versace, and in
02:44 a personal touch, she added embroidered renditions of her children's drawings to her veil.
02:49 "You killed us." "They're looking at me."
02:52 17. Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden
02:56 This happy couple wanted to keep their wedding private, so they decided to do it at home.
03:00 "We wish her congratulations and apparently she pulled it off by telling everybody she was having
03:04 a pre-Golden Globes party. That's what the tent was for."
03:07 Diaz said that they had the ceremony indoors and then partied in their yard.
03:11 But there were apparently some funny moments, like when the kid carrying the rings lost his
03:16 hold on one, and an unexpected momentary blackout as the bride was gearing up to walk down the aisle.
03:22 Even though they tried to keep it a secret, some nosy photographers saw the wedding set up
03:26 and knew what was on the horizon. Technically, this one happened at or around sunset.
03:31 Still, an unnamed attendee said the shindig felt "very personal."
03:36 "Cameron and Benji have been private throughout their entire relationship,
03:39 and this engagement and wedding have been no different."
03:42 16. Elizabeth Olsen and Robbie Arnett
03:45 "We never really talked much about our marriage."
03:49 "I didn't, I knew you were engaged and suddenly you were husband and wife, but I don't know."
03:54 Despite growing up with all that fame, the Olsens have a knack for keeping their private
03:58 lives under wraps. Ashley Olsen quietly exchanged vows with her longtime beau,
04:02 Louis Eisner, at a private Bel Air estate in December 2022.
04:07 Meanwhile, her younger sister Elizabeth revealed that she and musician
04:11 Robbie Arnett had eloped and later celebrated with loved ones not long before the whole world
04:16 went into lockdown. She even mentioned in an interview how fortunate the timing was,
04:20 considering what was coming.
04:22 "I had to work in England and there are visa issues with that, so that was, we luckily
04:27 timed things out accidentally really well."
04:31 Still, it took a long time for the public to catch wind of their marital status.
04:35 15. Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem
04:39 "We try to take advantage of the fact that you know the person so well and we work in similar
04:45 ways and I feel like because it's not something we plan to do every year, I feel like we're safe."
04:52 One of Hollywood's most private power couples decided to jet off to the Bahamas for their
04:56 big day in the summer of 2010.
05:01 The couple had previously refused to comment on whether or not they were even together,
05:05 so it will hardly surprise you to learn that known details about the shindig are limited.
05:09 The ceremony apparently took place at a private residence
05:13 belonging to a pal, and Cruz's friend John Galliano designed the dress.
05:17 Given how much this couple values their privacy, which indeed they're entitled to,
05:22 we were more surprised to discover they'd wed than to learn they'd managed to do it
05:26 in the utmost secrecy.
05:28 "Yeah, that small detail, yes."
05:31 14. Kerry Washington and Namdi Asimwa
05:35 This is another couple who draw firm boundaries when it comes to their private lives. You are
05:39 only slightly more likely to see them walk the red carpet together than to come across
05:43 any photos of them walking down the aisle. Still, they exchanged personalized vows in June 2013,
05:49 choosing to surround themselves with only their closest circles in a cozy ceremony
05:54 tucked away in a friend's Idaho home.
05:56 "The thing that I value the most is my wedding band. That's what I would pay the most for,
06:02 of everything on here, because it comes with a man that I love."
06:05 In 2023, the couple marked their 10th anniversary. Even then, Washington was tight-lipped on the
06:11 specifics. However, she did shout out to her husband, so it seems they're still happily in love.
06:17 "You have an incredible husband."
06:19 "I do have an incredible husband. Do you remember how secret my wedding was,
06:22 how private and secret it was? That's how the anniversary's gonna be too."
06:25 13. Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sardosky
06:29 When actor Thomas Sardosky settled into the Late Late Show couch, James Corden thought he was
06:34 about to toast the couple's impending parenthood. However, there was a second congratulations in
06:38 order.
06:39 "I saw that at that moment then, and I was about to say,
06:41 'Fiancee, I didn't know you got married. When did you get married?'"
06:45 "Sunday."
06:46 It turns out that the acting duo had not only been awaiting their first child,
06:50 but also quietly become husband and wife. Sardosky shared the story of their private elopements,
06:55 just the two of them and an officiant, followed by a romantic dinner.
06:58 "Yeah, it was beautiful. It was everything that it should be. It was just the two of us talking
07:02 to each other."
07:03 Their wedding might not have been as extravagant as other Hollywood affairs,
07:06 but Sardosky called it perfect. It just goes to show that real love isn't about fancy stuff,
07:11 but about those heartfelt I Do's.
07:13 12. Ed Sheeran and Cherry Seaborn
07:17 This Suffolk wedding was so low-key, it sparked confusion about the year in which it took place.
07:22 But Sheeran's appearance on the Table Manners podcast notably shed some light on the ultra-private
07:28 event.
07:29 "Our actual wedding was a tiny, tiny event with basically no one there. And we did it
07:34 at night on a random day in the middle of January, in the middle of nowhere. And basically,
07:41 no one knew, no one came to it. We lit candles, we got married, we went back, had a curry.
07:45 That was it."
07:46 In 2019, Sheeran and his love tied the knot away from prying eyes.
07:50 Some time later, they reportedly had a bigger celebration with their small,
07:54 intimate circle, which is less secret.
07:56 Sheeran also shared a few details about his and Cherry Seaborn's love story in the
08:01 "Put It All On Me" music video, making us swoon.
08:04 11. Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr
08:08 This couple's nuptials were so top secret that the paparazzi's best bet would have been to join
08:13 forces with the Scooby gang to track it down.
08:15 "I'm gonna solve this one first."
08:18 "Not before I solve it first."
08:19 "Well done."
08:20 "You guys are gonna look like total, total idiots when you're captured and I'm the one saving you."
08:24 Reportedly, even guests weren't given the full details, and were asked to keep anything they
08:28 did know strictly to themselves. The event was held in an unnamed location in Mexico
08:33 for just their nearest and dearest, while prying eyes were kept at bay.
08:36 Did that stop paparazzi and other media from trying to get the scoop? Nope. They were determined to
08:41 know exactly what the couple was doing that summer. Okay, it was Labor Day weekend, but we
08:46 can't resist a pop culture reference.
08:48 "I'll never mention it again."
08:49 "We make a pact. Right here and now we take the sorrow grave. Agreed."
08:57 10. Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser
09:00 This now-divorced couple was never very public about their relationship,
09:03 and so it's unsurprising that their wedding was a similarly hush-hush affair.
09:08 The Gilmore Girls alum met Mad Men star Vincent Kartheiser when the two played a couple on the
09:13 hit AMC series, and in 2012, it was revealed that they were dating.
09:17 "Don't tell me you're not happy right now. Don't tell me you don't feel better."
09:22 In 2013, it came out that they were engaged, and in June of 2014, they had gotten hitched.
09:27 We know that the ceremony took place at the Rolling Thunder Ranch Resort in Ojai, California,
09:33 and that it was a small ceremony with family and friends present,
09:36 including Kartheiser's co-star, Jon Hamm.
09:39 "Hey, maybe one of these nights we could get dinner together with the wives."
09:43 "Maybe we can."
09:45 9. Alison Brie and Dave Franco
09:48 Notoriously private couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie tied the knot in a secret 2017
09:53 ceremony that we still know nearly nothing about. No photos have surfaced, and the press wasn't able
09:59 to nail down a location or even a specific date. The couple got engaged in 2015 after three years
10:04 of dating, and throughout their betrothal, they were open about the fact that they wouldn't be
10:08 planning a big to-do. "We're both very mellow about the whole thing. We're like, 'It's gonna
10:13 happen and we'll figure it out.'" Kudos to these two for pulling off the simple
10:16 and secluded ceremony they wanted. 8. Leighton Meester and Adam Brody
10:21 "The best thing about co-starring in a film with my wife is carpooling."
10:28 In a teen TV drama crossover match made in heaven, Seth Cohen and Blair Waldorf ended up together.
10:34 While we're not totally sure their characters would have gotten along, Seth definitely has
10:38 a bit of a Dan Humphrey vibe. These two actors are clearly very enamored with each other.
10:42 "Hey, I didn't know you two were on a first-name basis."
10:45 The young couple opted for a low-key ceremony that we still know very little about,
10:49 as they've never opened up on details about the big day. Similarly, Meester never actually
10:54 confirmed her first pregnancy to the press and managed to keep the birth a secret for over two
10:59 months. "I'm pregnant."
11:00 7. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds While most secret celebrity weddings are not
11:07 only clandestine but also very modest, it seems as though the opposite is true for Blake Lively
11:13 and Ryan Reynolds' big day. "You look pretty."
11:15 The stars were extremely private about their wedding, even going as far to take guests'
11:20 cell phones before they entered the venue. But the pair held their event at the iconic Boone
11:25 Hall Plantation in South Carolina and had Martha Stewart help with the decorations.
11:30 Lively also had her friend Florence Walsh perform.
11:33 "Looks like these, what kind of men?"
11:39 They would come to apologize for and regret their venue choice, and eventually quietly
11:43 tied the knot a second time at their home. That ceremony was also extremely private.
11:48 "I'm just tired of running."
11:49 6. Margot Robbie and Tom Ackley
11:54 "They're gonna get married."
11:55 "Are you really gonna be her husband?"
12:00 Did you know Margot Robbie was married? If you said no, don't worry,
12:03 you're probably not the only one. She never even publicly announced her engagement.
12:07 Indeed, the actress managed to keep her wedding a secret.
12:10 "Yeah, everyone's freaking out over that. When I'm at work, you can't wear a wedding ring in costume."
12:15 It took place in Australia's Byron Bay, with the stunning Corabel Hills landscape
12:19 acting as the backdrop. Robbie met her husband, British filmmaker Tom Ackley, in 2013,
12:25 while filming the movie Suite Francaise, where he was on the crew as an assistant director.
12:30 In 2016, she was walking down the aisle in what some sources described as a small affair,
12:35 with just about 50 guests. There's no doubt it was beautiful all round.
12:39 5. Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher
12:42 We got to watch this couple fall in love on screen,
12:45 and fans were delighted they found out that the romance was happening in real life as well.
12:49 "Yeah, it was pretty romantic. I could tell while I was doing it."
12:53 As in the trend with many modern celebs, Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher opted to keep the details of
12:58 their wedding to themselves, hiding the news from the press for several months. We do know that the
13:03 pair said their I do's in July of 2015 in Oak Glen, California, and proceeded to take a honeymoon at
13:09 Yosemite National Park. Our imaginations can run wild filling in the other details.
13:14 "It was a ninja effort."
13:16 4. Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard
13:20 One of Hollywood's funniest and most lovable couples decided to keep it casual for their big
13:25 day. "I walked up to him and I just out of my mouth came, 'I find you very attractive.'"
13:29 The two got married at the Beverly Hills County Clerk Office in a wedding that allegedly only
13:34 cost a grand total of $142, including the cost of gas and the sandwiches that the two actors ate
13:41 after it was all said and done. The couple famously asserted that they wouldn't get
13:44 married until gay marriage was legal in the U.S., and they stuck to their word.
13:48 Waiting until 2013, when the Defense of Marriage Act was struck down to tie the knot.
13:53 "I'm not going to teach non-violence at a university and then marry Dog the bounty
13:57 hunter. I won't do it."
13:59 3. Beyonce and Jay-Z
14:01 Though they're a true power couple, the duo took a decidedly less lavish approach to tying the knot
14:14 than you might expect. It took several years for fans to get a glimpse of the musical megastar's
14:18 big day, with the pair deciding to release a short clip from their wedding on their 7th
14:23 anniversary. The event took place in 2008 at Jay-Z's New York City apartment. There were
14:28 only 40 guests in attendance, and Queen Bey reportedly wore a dress that her mother designed
14:33 for her. "This kind of feeling unforgettable. I promise this my move forever. I promise this
14:39 my move forever." 2. Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley
14:44 "I was separated for four months and I said, 'What would you do if I asked you
14:48 to marry me?' And I said, 'I would.'"
14:50 This wedding was so top secret that even the officiant didn't seem to know who he was
14:54 marrying at first. The couple hurried off to La Vega in the Dominican Republic with their crew
14:59 for a quickie ceremony. Despite trying to keep it quiet, rumors of their union hung around until
15:04 determined reporters worked to confirm the authenticity of the signatures found on the
15:08 marriage license. Eventually, they had no choice but to admit it, though many doubted their love
15:12 was genuine. "It's
15:14 just, think, nobody thought this would last."
15:17 Even Judge Perez, who officiated the ceremony, couldn't hide his surprise when their union
15:24 lasted more than a year and a half, saying, "I gave them a year."
15:27 Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.
15:31 Bob Morley and Eliza Taylor. Heck, many of us didn't even know that they were an item,
15:36 let alone married. "Um, well yeah, I mean, I think it's just that, you know, we have always..."
15:41 "Yeah, we value our privacy, I think." "To keep our private life private."
15:45 Lindsay Lohan and Beda Shammas. They married in April 2022 and managed to keep it under wraps
15:51 until July, when her rep verified the news. "I feel like we skipped, like, a lot of time
15:57 because we were in lockdown together, and in Dubai it was very locked down, so we really got to know
16:02 each other, which was the best part. There was nothing left to hide."
16:05 Johnny and Morgan Galecki. The Big Bang Theory actor casually dropped that he was married during
16:10 an interview with Architectural Digest in February 2024. "Will you relax? You're not
16:15 missing anything special." "Hey." "She's upset. Look, it's gonna be a great wedding.
16:22 Look at you in your little suit." Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz. This famously private couple
16:27 reportedly exchanged vows roughly six months into their relationship. "Do you know what you can buy?
16:33 I've actually got one, one of those, um, those like screen visor things that you put up at the
16:37 top that say 'Mrs. Daniel Craig.' You know, those things you put, so you can buy them and you can,
16:41 I've got one." "No, wait a minute, you drive a car that says 'Mrs. Daniel Craig.'" "I don't
16:47 want to keep it up all the time, but just now and again I'll..." Neil Patrick Harris and David
16:51 Burtka. While this couple often invites us into their lives, this was one moment they chose to
16:56 share only with their nearest and dearest. "It was all people that we've known for a long time,
17:01 and our parents and our siblings and our kids, and it was just a really nice..."
17:05 "It was a beautiful family experience." "A nice way to solidify something that's
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17:22 on notifications. Number one, Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux. "We were convinced that someone
17:29 was getting ax murdered." "Only thing getting ax murdered, my anxieties, tensions, and fears."
17:33 Jennifer Aniston has been a high-profile star for years, so it's rather impressive that she
17:37 was able to pull off a totally secret surprise wedding. How did her and Justin Theroux accomplish
17:42 such a feat? By not even telling the guests. Since it was tough for this now-divorced couple
17:47 to escape the spotlight, they carefully planned their event, but told everyone they were simply
17:52 hosting a birthday party for Theroux at their LA home. Once the famous guests arrived, however,
17:57 it became clear that it was much more. Guests respectively remained tight-lipped about the
18:02 details of the surprise nuptials, and there are no leaked photos of the event itself.
18:06 Which celebs did you just discover are or were married? Let us know in the comments.
18:12 "I feel like the luckiest guy in New York right now, to be honest with you. I mean,
18:14 given one of the great American playwrights, one of the great American directors, and
18:18 a perfect scene partner, I'm a pretty happy guy."
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