The scent — or stench — of romance lingers within the Las Vegas air, combined in with the heady aroma of at-risk money, funky cigar smoke and all-you-can-eat buffets.
Nonetheless, whereas the remainder of of us wannabes desperately chase high-roller standing, real-life celebrities are sneaking away to quickie Vegas chapels to tie the knot.
However is it a big gamble — or a jackpot?
Kourtney Kardashian, 42, got hitched to her lover, Travis Barker, 46, within the Metropolis of Second Possibilities in the course of the early morning hours of April 4. The Blink-182 singer and the truth star, who’ve been courting since early 2021 and had been mates for years prior, had a Vegas ceremony after the 2022 Grammy Awards, although they’re reportedly not legally wed yet.
However papers or not — they’re hardly the primary to have shock nuptials within the Marriage Capital of the World. Many A-listers skipped the large white weddings with cake tastings, champagne towers and a wonderfully curated DJ playlist and went straight to Sin Metropolis to say “I do.”
Veteran Elvis impersonator Brendan Paul of Graceland Marriage ceremony Chapel, who married Lily Allen and David Harbour, mentioned he married a few dozen {couples} a day — some who knew one another for 45 years earlier than tying the knot, and, for others, simply 4 to 5 hours.
“The primary factor is: you’re in love,” Paul informed The Submit. “In my thoughts, I prefer to consider that all of them reside fortunately ever after. I simply consider in love.”
However how lengthy does excessive profile holy matrimony final in Vegas? Listed below are some Tinseltown {couples} who famously jetted off to the Strip to stroll down the aisle.
Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow
The singing legend was 50 years outdated when he married the “Rosemary’s Child” star, then simply 21 years outdated. The couple wed on the Sands Lodge in Las Vegas in 1966 and cut up two years later. She was the third of the musician’s 4 wives.
Years married: 1966 to 1968
Angie Dickinson and Burt Bacharach
The legendarily attractive and stylish “Dressed to Kill” actress married the Grammy-winning “What the World Needs Now is Love” composer in 1965 on the Silver Bells Wedding Chapel. They divorced in 1981 after greater than 15 years of marriage. The duo had a daughter, Nikki, who dedicated suicide in 2007 on the age of 40.
Years married: 1965 to 1981
Bruce Willis and Demi Moore
The A-list pair tied the knot on the Golden Nugget chapel after simply three months of courting within the late Nineteen Eighties. The enduring “Die Arduous” motion star and “Ghost” actress welcomed three daughters collectively and cut up firstly of the millennium. Nonetheless, the exes are nonetheless besties to today as he battles a reportedly career-ending sickness with the help of his prolonged household.
Years married: 1987 to 2000
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos
The “Riverdale” stud and his longtime morning present host spouse — one of the vital unabashedly, some would possibly argue obnoxiously, loud-and-proud blissful {couples} in popular culture historical past — eloped after a yr of courting in 1996 in Sin City. The proudly thirst-trapping couple remains to be going sturdy immediately, and so they share three kiddies collectively.
Years married: 1996 to current
Lily Allen and David Harbour
Lily Allen, 36, and David Harbour, 46, have been married by Paul at Graceland Marriage ceremony Chapel wed in the course of the peak of COVID-19.
Even supposing the British pop star had come to Graceland by the use of a three-week sojourn on a yacht in Croatia — a loophole that allowed Allen get round some pandemic journey restrictions — she and the “Stranger Issues” actor have been “so right down to Earth,” Paul informed The Submit.
The pair reportedly went for In-and-Out Burger with Allen’s two younger daughters after the ceremony, however not earlier than snapping a number of pics with the ordained doppelganger. “We have been very blissful that ‘The King’ would [deign] to take footage with us,” Harbour later recalled.
Years married: 2020 to current
Nicolas Cage and two completely different wives
The Oscar winner skipped down the aisle twice in Nevada. He married Erika Koike in March 2019 and filed for an annulment a mere 4 days later. He was granted a divorce in June of that yr.
The “Honeymoon in Vegas” actor later wed Riko Shibata (who’s presently pregnant along with his third baby), on the Wynn lodge in a small ceremony in February 2021.
Years married: Koike: 2019; and Shibata: 2021 to current
Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson
Griffith was simply 14 years outdated when she met Johnson, then 22, on the set of their 1973 film “The Harrad Experiment,” additionally starring her mother, Tippi Hedren. The forbidden lovers have been quickly bunking up and, when the “Lolita” star turned 18, tied the knot with the Golden Globe-winning actor at a small ceremony in Las Vegas in 1976.
The pair divorced after six months, with the younger starlet occurring thus far Ryan O’Neal, then marry her “She’s within the Military Now” co-star Steven Bauer — and had one son earlier than they cut up in 1989. In the meantime, Johnson was tied to actress Patti D’Arbanville, with whom he shared one son.
Nonetheless, Griffith and the “Miami Vice” star gave it one other go simply months after her divorce — and have become dad and mom to daughter Dakota Johnson on October 4, 1989. In 1994, they cut up for good. Griffith quickly discovered herself within the arms of her third husband Antonio Banderas and wed the Spaniard in 1996. They divorced in 2015 after sharing one baby. Johnson married his present spouse Kelley Phleger in 1999.
Years married: 1976; 1989 to 1994
Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford
The ’90s supermodel and the ’90s romantic comedy heartthrob mentioned “I do” in Vegas in 1991 and cut up in 1995.
Crawford went on to marry businessman Rande Gerber in 1998, and so they have two kids collectively — Kaia and Presley. Gere subsequently married Bond woman Carey Lowell after which activist Alejandra Silva.
Years married: 1991 to 1995
Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton
The philanthropist and the “Monster’s Ball” actor married in Vegas in 2000 after starring within the flick “Pushing Tin” collectively only a yr prior. Jolie was 20 years youthful than Thornton, and so they parted methods in 2003.
The couple can largely be remembered for his or her very uncovered PDA moments on the pink carpet. One such second was once they would put on vials of one another’s blood throughout numerous occasions.
Years married: 2000 to 2003
Dorothea Hurley and Jon Bon Jovi
These highschool sweethearts grew up collectively in Middlesex County, NJ, lengthy earlier than John Francis Bongiovi from historical past class grew to become Bon Jovi the rock star. “If I obtained one factor proper again in highschool, it was falling in love with this woman,” Bon Jovi mentioned of his 40-year crush on Instagram in 2021.
The pair did half methods for simply 4 years as the long run Rock & Roll Corridor of Famer launched his profession. However the “I’ll Be There For You” singer reportedly begged her to take him again. Regardless of a heartbroken feminine fan base, they eloped on the Graceland Wedding Chapel on April 29, 1989, throughout a cease on the band’s Jersey Syndicate Tour. The ride-or-die duo has 4 — now-adult — kids.
Years married: 1989 to current
Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman
After a wild night in Sin Metropolis, the “Scary Film” icon obtained hitched to NBA participant Dennis Rodman in 1998 on the Little Chapel of the Flowers. Nonetheless, simply six months later, the basketballer filed for an annulment and mentioned he was “of unsound thoughts when he recited his vows.” The 2 have remained mates since their cut up.
Years married: 1998 to 1999
Bette Midler and Martin von Haselberg
These two had their wedding ceremony officiated by an Elvis impersonator on the Starlight Chapel in 1984. The “Good day, Dolly” singer and the artist share one baby, Sophie von Haselberg.
Midler and von Haselberg are nonetheless simply as in love immediately as they have been virtually 4 a long time in the past.
Years married: 1984 to current
Pamela Anderson and Rick Salomon
The “Baywatch” star tied the knot with Paris Hilton’s ex (and sex tape partner!) Rick Salomon on the Mirage lodge in 2007. Whereas the mom of two filed for divorce two months later, the duo remarried in 2014. They spit for the second time only a yr later.
Years married: 2007 (and remarried in 2014, cut up in 2015)
Britney Spears and Jason Alexander
The enduring pop star wedded her childhood buddy Jason Alexander in 2004 at A Little White Marriage ceremony Chapel. However their marriage was very short-lived as they parted methods and filed for an annulment simply 55 hours later.
Decide Lisa Brown signed off on the annulment on the time and mentioned, “They’ve made a clever determination. I do know they care about one another. They’re mates.”
Years married: 2004 (for 55 hours)
Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner
The Jonas Brothers member and the British actress shocked followers once they ran to A Little White Marriage ceremony Chapel following the 2019 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas. Singer Diplo livestreamed the nuptials within the early hours of the morning on his Instagram.
The “Sport of Thrones” alum and the previous Disney star are presently anticipating their second child together and are dad and mom to a daughter, Willa.
Years married: 2019 to current
Shia LaBeouf and Mia Goth
The “Fury” actor and the “Emma.” star had their 2016 nuptials officiated by an Elvis impersonator and livestreamed by TMZ.
The 2 have had a rocky relationship through the years, and so they introduced they have been separating in 2018. However they obtained again collectively in 2020 and only recently welcomed their first child last month.
Years married: 2016 to 2018
