The Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg wedding; former Playboy Bunny is now Mark Wahlberg's sister-in-law.
Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg's wedding happened on Labor Day weekend, coinciding with Ashlee Simpson and Evan Ross's wedding. Jenny and Donnie reportedly kept the ceremony short and sweet, which lasted a mere twenty minutes.
E! Online confirms the couple chose the Hotel Baker in St. Charles, Illinois for the big day, where they tied the knot in front of family and friends. Notably absent was Donnie's brother Mark, who sent his congratulations and best wishes to the couple in a video instead, posted on Instagram.
Mark also expressed the same in a tweet: "Congratulations @DonnieWahlberg and @JennyMcCarthy, so happy for you both today."
Congratulations @DonnieWahlberg and @JennyMcCarthy, so happy for you both today.
— Mark Wahlberg (@mark_wahlberg) August 30, 2014
The couple's romantic relationship was confirmed almost a year beforehand, when they were spotted together on the red carpet. They first met on the former Playboy Bunny's show "The Jenny McCarthy Show," where they unabashedly flirted and hit it off.
Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg's wedding was also a reunion of sorts for Donnie's New Kids On The Block, with a few alumni attending.
Jenny McCarthy announced the engagement April in "The View," with the "Blue Bloods" star sealing the proposal with a yellow sapphire ring. She confirmed back then they were planning on an August wedding.
The former Playboy Bunny jokingly said she had no qualms with having a modest wedding, saying "I could get married in Kentucky Fried Chicken." She recounts Donnie's proposal, who asked her son Evan to help him pop the question.
"I knew what was happening and I just started crying. And then he came out with a card that said 'Marry,' but it was spelled 'Mary,' and the last time Donnie came out with Evan and Evan's shirt said 'Me?' and he was holding the ring. He asked, 'Will you marry me?' I of course said yes. And in that moment, Evan yelled, 'I have another dad! I have another dad.' And it was just-it made all of us cry.
I feel like the luckiest girl in the world. He's so wonderful." Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg's wedding last Sunday was preceded with a rehearsal dinner Saturday and a Friday soiree (eonline.com).
