A custom grill at the altar and dropping millions of dollars on flowers. Pop stars do weddings like no other.
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00:00A custom grill at the altar and dropping millions of dollars on flowers,
00:04pop stars do weddings like no other.
00:08After two decades, the long-awaited marriage between two Hollywood A-listers finally happened.
00:14In 2022, actor and filmmaker Ben Affleck tied the knot with his former flame,
00:19pop star and actor Jennifer Lopez. They eloped in Las Vegas, but the two hosted a
00:24three-day wedding celebration a month later which clocked in at over $400,000
00:29for just the festivities alone. An altar appeared to be set up beside a massive
00:33lakeside reception area on Affleck's 87-acre Georgian estate. Adding to that cost were
00:39additional budget blowers such as Lopez's wedding dress. The custom-made Ralph Lauren
00:44gown featured a veil with a 20-foot-long train that was estimated to potentially have cost the
00:49star over $1 million. As she walked down the aisle, Grammy winner Marc Cohn sang
00:54True Companion, which was a surprise to the groom. Unless the musician simply did it in
00:59the name of true love, it could have cost the bride upwards of $25,000.
01:04The couple had racked up wedding bills long before they ever officially tied the knot.
01:08According to Brides, when Affleck first proposed to Lopez in 2002,
01:12he gifted her a $1.2 million engagement ring. The second time around,
01:17he gave an engagement ring estimated to be worth up to $10 million.
01:21Ice hockey player Mike Fisher proposed to American Idol Season 4 winner Cary Underwood,
01:25surrounded by snow, in Ottawa, Canada. And he did so with a canary yellow diamond ring valued at
01:31$150,000. But the five-carat ring was just the beginning of a lavish celebration.
01:38The Herald-Journal reported that Underwood and Fisher had booked each and every one of
01:42the 251 rooms at the Ritz-Carlton Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Georgia. At the time,
01:48the nightly cost of each room was said to be between $300 and $1,500. And then,
01:54there was the 5,400-square-foot presidential house suite that the newlyweds got to share,
01:59which was valued at $4,000 per night. The Before He Cheats singer had two dresses,
02:05one for the ceremony and one for the reception. Acclaimed designer Monique Lulier told People
02:10that for her first gown, Underwood wanted something grand and special, and for her second,
02:15she wanted something good for dancing. The exact price of the two unique dresses
02:19aren't available, but a Lulier original can cost up to $4,000. Even one of Underwood's dogs was
02:26dressed to the nines in a pink tuxedo adorned with Swarovski crystals.
02:30I always say that if she treats her kids half as good as she treats the dogs,
02:34they'll be in great shape."
02:37Pop icon Britney Jean Spears tied the knot for the third time in an elaborate wedding
02:41ceremony with beau, actor, and personal trainer Sam Asghari. Although the two have a 13-year age
02:47gap, their wedding was one for the ages. Asghari gifted his new bride with two wedding bands
02:53designed by Stephanie Goutlib, who specializes in fashion and bridal jewelry. Both rings were
02:58platinum and contained several diamonds that sparkled in all of the photos. Spears was adorned
03:03with a heart-shaped, 27-carat white gold tennis bracelet. Add her diamond choker to the mix,
03:09and that brings the estimated total of her jewelry to $570,000.
03:14The jewelry was designed to accompany the pop star's custom Versace wedding gown.
03:19Goutlib told Elle,
03:20"...we were tasked with creating beautiful and iconic pieces that would add to her overall
03:24ensemble, sticking true to what we do with our own designs and styling her in something unique
03:29and memorable."
03:30The Versace original featured a long train and a deep leg slit. It was an elegantly simple style
03:36from Spears, and perfect for dancing the night away.
03:39Unlike many superstar weddings, Miley Cyrus and fiancé Liam Hemsworth held an unexpectedly private
03:45ceremony for their nuptials. But along with the intimacy of their marriage came an impressively
03:50small bill. As estimated by Elle, the couple was only set back $17,560. The couple saved big bucks
03:59by having their small wedding at their home in Malibu. Elle priced the couple's vroom-vroom
04:03balloons at $675, the cake was $220, and the rented glassware at only $45, making it a fairly
04:11affordable affair. In a Twitter thread of wedding photos, Cyrus is wearing a beautiful silk Vivienne
04:17Westwood gown. According to E!, Westwood is known to be a pricey designer, but Cyrus could have
04:22gotten the gown for only $8,600. It would seem that the most expensive part of their long-awaited
04:28marriage was prior to the wedding itself. Hemsworth proposed to the singer back in 2013
04:34with a $250,000 engagement ring designed by Neil Lane. The ring featured a 19th-century diamond
04:40and three-and-a-half carats. The couple got engaged twice after one of their many breakups,
04:45but the ring remained the same. Although the two stars' affordable wedding ended in divorce,
04:50the duo proved that a beautiful wedding can be achieved with a budget way under the average.
04:55I don't ever want to have to need someone again where you feel like without them,
05:01you can't be yourself."
05:02Princess Diana and Prince Charles' wedding was one of the most expensive in recorded history,
05:08and the elusive pop star Mariah Carey took great inspiration from the event when planning her
05:13wedding to music producer Tommy Mottola in 1993. Carey's wedding dress designer Vera Wang told
05:19Page Six,
05:19"...I think the train was something like 22 feet. It was very much like Diana at Westminster Abbey.
05:25It was just one of those weddings that was truly a fairy tale in the sense of scale.
05:29It was rock and roll or rock and royalty."
05:32It has been said that the train piece cost $25,000, but hasn't been confirmed.
05:37The two married at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, which in 2018 was estimated at $2,000
05:43to rent for a ceremony, but that was probably the cheapest expense. Carey's engagement ring
05:48was reportedly half a million dollars, and the wedding itself is said to be another half million.
05:54The wedding was witnessed by 50 flower girls and a star-studded guest list,
05:58not to mention that six people had to carry the extravagant train for the bride.
06:03Although the event was stunning, their five years as husband and wife were unpleasant for Carey,
06:08and the two divorced. Not all fairy tale weddings end happily ever after.
06:13Christina Aguilera is a pricey wedding singer,
06:16as hiring her for your special day is said to cost $2 million or more,
06:20and the pop singer's own wedding is estimated to have cost the same amount,
06:24if not more. One gig could have paid for her entire wedding. Wedding planner Michael Gipinski
06:30created a beautiful Winter Wonderland-themed tent for Aguilera and fiancé Jordan Bratman.
06:36The two married at Napa Valley's Staglin Family Vineyard. Photos from the reception
06:40captured the hundreds of birch trees, chandeliers, glittery floral centerpieces,
06:45and white faux fur to help call to mind the voice judge's favorite month, December.
06:50Author Sarah Owens gave an estimated cost of the event in her book,
06:53The Complete Guide to Events Management. As he watched Aguilera walk down the aisle,
06:58Bratman wore a $5,000 tuxedo while the blushing bride was perfectly fitted into her $30,000 gown.
07:05French fashion designer Christian Lacroix designed a Spanish-style gown that fulfilled
07:09Aguilera's fantasy. She shared with InStyle,
07:12"...I wanted something that would hug my curves and flare out for dramatic appeal."
07:16The wedding bands the lovers exchanged after sharing handwritten vows
07:20were estimated at $80,000 combined, and the newlyweds stayed in a cottage nearby
07:25estimated at about $3,500 a night.
07:29There are many common wedding accessories — handkerchiefs, corsages, earrings, bouquets,
07:34cufflinks, just to name a few — but Justin Bieber and his then-wife-to-be Hailey Baldwin
07:39took it all a step further. For their second wedding celebration in South Carolina,
07:44the Canadian singer wore a custom-made lavender grill on the bottom row of his teeth.
07:49His five-carat diamond set cost $25,000. For perspective, that's about as much as
07:54the average American wedding costs. But Bieber's grill wasn't the only accessory
07:59with a high price point. Not only did Baldwin rock a $400,000 engagement ring,
08:04but she was also decorated with $123,000 worth of Tiffany earrings.
08:10The data for this wedding cost differs depending on the source,
08:13especially since it was a private event. But the Daily Mail priced the affair at $1.3 million,
08:18with over $300,000 in flowers, $3,500 on champagne, and the location, the Montage Palmetto
08:25Bluff, and all of its 152 rooms running them at least $114,500.
08:32"...I need you to stop me from doing something crazy."
08:36Their wedding planner, Mindy Weiss, is undoubtedly a pricey investment,
08:40with her fees totaling approximately $45,000, according to The Washington Post.
08:45The price includes travel, a videographer, lighting, wedding staff, and brilliant wedding
08:50favors with tote bags full of hangover and day-after remedies. The Biebers know how to party.
08:56Per a survey conducted by The Knot, the average wedding dress in America is estimated to cost
09:00around $1,000. For her marriage to Guy Ritchie in 2000, world superstar Madonna multiplied that
09:07average, bringing her wedding dress to a whopping $80,000. The material girl was complimented well
09:13by the custom Stella McCartney, who also happened to be her maid of honor. Madonna accessorized the
09:18gown with a veil, a diamond cross necklace, and an antique 19-carat bracelet that Ritchie had gifted
09:24her. Although she and Ritchie split after eight years of marriage, she didn't sell her wedding
09:28dress the way she did after her divorce from Sean Penn. Back in 2014, the custom Marlene Stewart
09:34sold for $80,000. Ritchie proposed to Madonna with a Neil Lane wedding ring, and although the exact
09:39cost of the band isn't available, a Lane ring can be upwards of $20,000. Their vows were exchanged
09:45in the Scottish Highlands, in the Scebo Castle. The castle is home to 21 guest rooms and 12 lodges,
09:51and, since it was a star-studded affair, the two likely rented out the entire 75,000 acres.
09:57Knowing that the cost to become a member of the castle's distinguished Carnegie Club is $32,000,
10:03to rent out the whole venue could be up in the hundreds of thousands.
10:07In 2012, former NSYNC member and Grammy Award winner Justin Timberlake married model and actor
10:12Jessica Biel at the Borgo Ignazio Resort in a luxuriant $6 million wedding. After five years
10:19of dating, Timberlake proposed to Biel with a sizable 6-carat diamond ring estimated to cost
10:24$130,000. According to E! News, Bridal Bar founder Harmony Walton speculated that renting out the
10:31resort in southern Italy could have been $1 million on its own. Due to it being a destination wedding,
10:37Walton presumed,
10:38"...if they've booked out a whole hotel, and chances are they have,
10:41they're probably footing the bill for all of their guests."
10:44Walton also explored the possibility that Timberlake and Biel could have also been
10:48paying for travel for their guests, helicopter tours of Italy, vintage cars, and more,
10:53adding to the estimated $1 million. But the clothes for the ceremony were definitely a big
10:58part of the bill. Timberlake worked with designer Tom Ford to create the perfect custom tuxedo.
11:04Although the exact price isn't listed, it's speculated that the garment was around $6,000,
11:09if not more. Biel wore a stunning and non-traditional Giambattista Valley gown.
11:14Unlike most wedding dresses, the actor's dress was a blush pink accompanied by a matching veil.
11:19The colorful couture pieces cost? According to Brides, it could be upwards of $100,000.
11:26Hip-hop legend Jay-Z proposed to superstar herself,
11:29Beyoncé, with a $5 million engagement ring that was clearly worth every penny.
11:34The emerald rock was a gag-worthy 18 carats, and that was only the beginning
11:40of their costly wedding excursion. The ceremony and celebration themselves were small.
11:44The internationally renowned music icons had 40 guests at Jay-Z's penthouse,
11:49but spared no expense on decking it out.
11:52Jay-Z, in a true act of passion, is said to have spent $8 million to have 70,000 of Bey's
11:58favorite flowers, white bedrobatum orchids, flown in from Thailand for the special occasion.
12:03And the bride's dress was designed by none other than the woman who started it all,
12:08Beyoncé's mother, Tina Knowles, which makes it a priceless garment. But,
12:12like many couples who are drunk in love, Bey and Jay-Z had not one, but two wedding ceremonies.
12:18After their original nuptials in 2008, the power couple renewed their vows a decade later,
12:23with the singer wearing a $12,000 Galia Lahav gown.
12:27Over the course of three days, Nick Jonas married Bollywood star and Miss World 2000
12:32Priyanka Chopra. Starting off with a $300,000 engagement ring, it was obvious that the
12:37celebration was going to be just as extravagant. In keeping with Chopra's Hinduism and
12:42Jonas' Christianity, the internationally beloved partners hosted multiple pre-wedding rituals.
12:47The couple had two ceremonies, one a traditional Hindu wedding and the other a traditional
12:52Christian wedding. Over the course of the three days, the power couple were estimated to have
12:56spent around $565,000 for their Indian nuptials, according to E! News. But with over 72 hours of
13:03wedding, they were still able to keep the cost at under $1 million. It was reported that the
13:08lovers were married at the Umaid Bhawan Palace, a venue that is estimated to have cost them over
13:13$460,000 for the five nights they stayed with their 225 guests. Daily News & Analysis believed
13:20the couple spent over $60,000 on catering while in India. Chopra's red Lahanga gown was custom-made
13:27by fashion designer Sabya Sachi, whose prices go upward of $5,000. For the final ceremony,
13:33the couple both wore Ralph Lauren.
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