When tennis icon Serena Williams got married, the ceremony dress alone reportedly cost $3.5 million
— and it was just one of three dresses she wore for her wedding. Keep watching to find out more!
Unless you're a fan of the NBA, it's likely you only remember Kris Humphries from his doomed
relationship with reality star Kim Kardashian. Kourtney Kardashian famously dismissed the
idea that Kim had orchestrated the high profile wedding for publicity by telling David Letterman
"I think if she was gonna do it for publicity, she'd pick someone that people knew."
But as an NBA star, Humphries was already well known to sports fans across the country.
That made his storybook romance with the reality star a perfect ratings grabber,
as they documented their relationship on "Keeping Up with the Kardashians."
Eventually, they even filmed their wedding for the show.
And it wasn't cheap: According to OK!, the bill apparently got up to $10 million.
That whopping price tag covered food for 450 guests, a stunning estate venue, and Kim's
custom Vera Wang gown. But what the public remembers more prominently than the price tag
was the duration of the marriage, as it famously lasted for a short 72 days before she filed for
divorce - meaning their wedding ultimately cost $138,888.89 for every day of their marriage.
Since then, Kim has married and divorced rapper Kanye West,
and found love with "Saturday Night Live" star Pete Davidson.
As for Humphries, he appeared on "Good Morning America" to discuss the marriage, saying,
"Through everything, I'm just focused on family and preparing for basketball."
"Certain things happen in life and you've got to move forward."
Kim Kardashian's sister Khloé Kardashian also had a very expensive wedding to an NBA star.
Although it didn't cost quite as much as her sister's, Khloé had her own fairytale ceremony
with former Laker Lamar Odom. This too was filmed for "Keeping Up with the Kardashians,"
and fans likely remember that the basketball player proposed after just a month of dating.
Sources claimed to TMZ that the wedding cost an estimated $1 million,
with E! supposedly paying for the event. What's more, as Access reported at the time,
OK! Magazine supposedly shelled out a cool $300,000 to the couple for their wedding photos.
While they did make it past the 72-day mark, Odom and Khloé eventually split
after four years of marriage. Since then, Odom has retired from playing basketball,
and Khloé has had a child with another NBA star, Tristan Thompson.
Though Odom and Khloé's marriage did not work out, the exes have remained supportive of one another.
Khloé told her sisters on a 2019 episode of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians"
that while she doesn't want to rekindle their romantic relationship
she does miss him. And a rep for Odom told Us Weekly in 2022 that the former NBA star, quote,
"will always carry a fondness for Khloé and her family in his heart."
When basketball player Carmelo Anthony married television host
La La Anthony, née Vasquez, it was an affair to remember. And who could forget,
considering the whole 2010 production was aired on the VH1 series "La La's Full Court Wedding?"
Just how much was spent on the wedding has never been disclosed,
but we do know that La La's jewelry alone clocked in at $250,000,
which was more than the average cost for a house in the United States at the time.
According to the outlet, the two were surrounded by 300 people, including Kim Kardashian,
LeBron James, and Serena Williams, all people who are no strangers to incredibly expensive
weddings. And it sure sounds like the guests enjoyed a fantastic menu. La La told ESPN,
"We had a mixture of seafood and chicken and meat and the vegetarian products.
The desserts were crazy. We had a candy bar and red velvet cake. It was heaven for anyone
who likes to eat, I'll tell you that much."
Unfortunately, not even red velvet cake can buy you happiness, and in 2021,
La La filed for divorce after 11 years of marriage. She shared on "The Angie
Martinez Show" that she has no plans for another expensive wedding, or any kind of wedding at all.
"Marriage, I don't think I can ever do
that again.” “Really?”
“I mean, some amazing person would have to come. I don't see that happening again."
Tennis star Serena Williams married her venture capitalist husband Alexis Ohanian back in 2017,
an event that was captured for all fans to watch in the HBO documentary series
"Being Serena." While the total wedding cost has never been disclosed,
according to Brides she apparently wore a gown that cost $3.5 million.
And that wasn't even the only gown of the evening!
Williams wore three dresses to mark the occasion: an Alexander McQueen gown for the ceremony,
a Versace party dress for the reception, and a second Versace dress to end the night.
The New Orleans wedding isn't the only romantic portion of their love story.
Williams shared with Vogue their engagement tale, saying,
"I came home one day to find my bags already packed for me, and I had absolutely no idea
where I was going until I got on the flight. Alexis flew me out to Rome,
back to the exact table where we'd met. We were both really nervous
but also excited to take this huge step. It was such a beautiful moment."
English soccer legend Wayne Rooney threw a wedding bash luxurious enough to rival any
American athlete's big day when he married his wife Coleen Rooney, née McLaughlin, in 2008.
The two reportedly spent about £5 million on the nuptials, which at the time was equivalent
to nearly $10 million. That was enough to pay to have 64 guests flown out to
board a yacht and witness the ceremony on the Italian riviera, as well as Christian
Louboutin shoes for the bride. Oh, and may we not forget the gown: As The Guardian reported,
the bride's Marchesa ceremony dress supposedly set them back £200,000 all by itself.
And that was just one of her wedding dresses. The celebration reportedly spanned four days,
so she wore a different wedding dress each day.
But an expensive wedding does not equal an easy marriage. In their Amazon Prime
documentary "Rooney," the Rooneys opened up about the marital struggles they faced and
what they had to work through after infidelity in the marriage on Wayne's part. Coleen said,
"We've moved on. I forgive him. But it wasn't acceptable."
Being one of the greatest basketball players of all time can earn you a handsome living.
Michael Jordan is a billionaire, so the millions that he reportedly spent on his
2013 wedding to Yvette Prieto are barely a drop in the bucket. Per Us Weekly, Jordan and
Prieto's nuptials reportedly cost $10 million. The two exchanged vows in front of 300 guests,
including other NBA greats like Patrick Ewing and Scottie Pippen. That $10 million went toward their
venue, a couture wedding gown, and a private jet to fly them to Palm Beach for the event.
Sources in attendance praised the ceremony, with a guest telling Us Weekly,
"The attention to detail was magnificent [...] The room was filled with thousands of candles,
thousands. It was heavenly."
The couple is still together,
and less than a year after tying the knot, Prieto gave birth to their twin daughters.
Perhaps after reading about weddings that cost multiple millions, $500,000 really doesn't sound
like that much. But here's your casual reminder that $500,000 is not only a ton of money but
is still far above the national average wedding cost. And according to the New York Daily News,
that's apparently what quarterback Eli Manning and Abby McGrew spent on their wedding in Mexico.
From the sounds of it, the event was quite stunning. The couple,
who met in college, celebrated their ceremony at a resort in Cabo.
According to New Orleans Magazine, McGrew wore a Monique Lhuillier dress,
while guests had professional cigar rollers on hand making fresh cigars.
After marrying, the two stayed another week to celebrate their honeymoon.
And these days, the couple might have more time for another week-long vacation
given that Manning retired from football in 2020.
David Beckham and Victoria Beckham aka Posh Spice had one very posh ceremony,
and it was quite expensive. People with money have always shelled out a lot of dough on weddings,
but the Beckhams' nuptials were quite expensive — even compared to events of today.
When David and Victoria got hitched in 1999, the BBC called it, quote, "one of the biggest
celebrity weddings of the year." According to CBS News, they reportedly forked over $800,000
to celebrate with their nearest and dearest, which in today's money would be roughly $1.4 million.
So what exactly did that $800,000 cover? The two were married at Luttrellstown Castle in Ireland,
with Posh wearing a Vera Wang ball gown replete with an 18 karat gold tiara. Not bad!
Hockey player Mike Fisher wed country singer Carrie Underwood in a lovely
wedding that reportedly cost the couple half a million dollars.
The two married in 2010 at the Ritz-Carlton Reynolds in Georgia. According to Us Weekly,
they hosted around 200 guests, including all three original "American Idol" judges.
For the event, Underwood wore a couture Monique Lhuillier gown and a 40 carat diamond
and white gold tiara. The two issued a joint statement after the ceremony that read in part,
"We could not feel more blessed to have found each other and to
have shared this day with our friends and family that mean so much to us!"
The couple is still together today and share two children,
while Fisher has since retired from his career in the NHL.
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