The Moment
Call it the year of the chill celebrity wedding. Instead of Versailles-level spectacles and 17 custom gowns, 2026 (and its late-2025 spillover) is giving us something much more human: secret ceremonies, Elvis officiants, and couples who already feel like they’ve been married for a decade… because they basically have.
So far, four very different love stories are stealing the spotlight:
- Joel Kim Booster, the comedian and Fire Island star, married longtime partner John Michael Sudsina in San Francisco on December 30 in front of friends and family. He quietly revealed the news on Instagram on January 8 with a sweet photo and the caption, “My husband and my wife.”
Photo: Getty Images - Rick Harrison, the pawnbroker-turned-reality TV star, said “I do” to Angie Polushkin in Las Vegas on January 3, complete with an Elvis impersonator officiating. The pair plan a more formal celebration in Cancun later in the month.
- Will Reeve, journalist and son of the late Christopher Reeve, married Amanda Dublin in Miami on January 17, after getting engaged in New York City in November 2024.
Photo: WireImage - Vanna White, America’s letter-turning sweetheart, quietly married long-time partner John Donaldson. She announced it herself on January 21 with a surprise Instagram post from their private ceremony.
It’s a rare moment when Hollywood’s love lives feel less like a circus and more like… your cousin’s perfectly lovely, drama-free wedding. And honestly? It’s refreshing.
The Take
What jumps out to me about this crop of weddings is how deliberately low-key they are. These are not people chasing a magazine cover; they’re people soft-launching a whole marriage.
Joel Kim Booster and John Michael Sudsina didn’t sell an exclusive – they just quietly got married, then dropped a single, goofy-romantic photo days later. That “my husband and my wife” caption? That’s the kind of inside joke that tells you this relationship is built on their language, not the internet’s.
Then there’s Rick Harrison, on his fifth trip down the aisle, choosing an Elvis impersonator in Vegas and a follow-up party in Cancun. Is it over the top? Of course. But it’s also very on brand: the man who built a TV empire around haggling over collectibles is not suddenly turning into a minimalist Brooklyn groom. It’s camp, and he knows it.
Will Reeve and Amanda Dublin’s Miami wedding feels almost old-school: engagement in New York, ceremony in the sun, clear family legacy in the background. Given everything Will has carried as Christopher Reeve’s son, the image of him building his own family is quietly powerful. No theatrics, just a milestone.
And Vanna White? That’s the emotional center of this whole wave. After more than a decade with John Donaldson, she didn’t chase a giant televised wedding. She slipped away, got married in private, and only then told the world with a simple post: “Surprise! We got married!” If the 1980s made her a symbol of a certain kind of glamorous TV woman, this move makes her something even more interesting: a 60-something icon modeling that you can take your time, set your own terms, and still get your fairy tale.
Put all of these together and the vibe is clear: big love, smaller stages. Think less royal wedding, more beautifully upgraded backyard party – still special, just not screaming for a drone shot.
Receipts
Here’s what’s confirmed versus what’s just chatter.
Confirmed
- Joel Kim Booster & John Michael Sudsina: Married in San Francisco on December 30 in front of loved ones, engagement in August 2024. The marriage and date were referenced in a major entertainment report, and Booster confirmed the wedding himself with an Instagram post on January 8, including a wedding photo and the caption “My husband and my wife.”
- Rick Harrison & Angie Polushkin: Married in Las Vegas on January 3 by an Elvis impersonator. Harrison has publicly described the ceremony and said they plan a second celebration in Cancun later in the month, and that he’s “happy we’ve made it official” and feels lucky to call Angie his wife. Their engagement was previously announced publicly in March 2025.
- Will Reeve & Amanda Dublin: Married in Miami on January 17 after getting engaged in New York City in November 2024. The timeline and locations have been reported in national entertainment coverage and acknowledged in on-record reporting about the couple.
- Vanna White & John Donaldson: Married in a private ceremony, revealed by White herself in a January 21 Instagram post. She shared a wedding photo and wrote, “Surprise! We got married!” adding that they’ve been in love for more than a decade and chose to make it official in a private ceremony.
Vanna White marries longtime partner John Donaldson in private wedding ceremony https://t.co/xp5kU9zuzm pic.twitter.com/B72r6HPhgB
— Page Six (@PageSix) January 21, 2026
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- Details like guest lists, exact venues, honeymoon plans, and prenup terms for any of these couples have not been publicly confirmed.
- Any rumors about relationship drama, family feuds, or pregnancy related to these weddings are, at this point, just that – rumors, not backed by on-the-record statements.
Backstory (For Casual Readers)
If you’re not living on social media, here’s a quick cheat sheet. Vanna White has been the beloved co-host of Wheel of Fortune since the early 1980s, becoming a weeknight fixture in American living rooms. She’s been with contractor John Donaldson for more than a decade, often describing him in interviews as a steady, private partner.
Will Reeve is a TV journalist and the youngest son of actor Christopher Reeve, who played Superman and died in 2004. Will has been very open about honoring his parents’ legacy while building his own life and career.
Rick Harrison is best known for his long-running reality show about a Las Vegas pawn shop, where his gruff negotiating style turned into a pop culture meme factory. His personal life has included several previous marriages, making this his fifth time going down the aisle.
Joel Kim Booster is a stand-up comic and writer who broke out with a sharp, very online sense of humor and his queer rom-com Fire Island. He’s been open about his love life on stage and in interviews, which makes his relatively quiet wedding announcement feel like a sign he’s choosing intimacy over performance – at least for this chapter.
What’s Next
In the near term, expect what I like to call the soft wave of wedding content. That means more photos trickling out on Instagram, maybe a few behind-the-scenes details in talk show interviews, and the inevitable “what married life is really like” quotes.
For Vanna White fans, this marriage also marks a new personal chapter for a woman whose public identity has been linked to the same TV show – and the same carefully controlled image – for decades. Don’t be surprised if we see her leaning even more into that “I’m doing things my way now” energy, both on-camera and off.
Joel Kim Booster feels like the most likely to turn his wedding into material – not in an overshare way, but in the “here’s what it’s like to be married and still extremely weird on the internet” way that his fans love. Keep an eye on future specials and stand-up sets.
Rick Harrison and Angie Polushkin’s Cancun celebration will almost certainly generate more snapshots and stories – maybe not full coverage, but enough to keep the fanbase talking. And with Will Reeve and Amanda Dublin, expect a slower burn: the occasional event photo, a ring shot during a work segment, the kind of visibility that says, “We’re solid, not thirsty.”
Overall, these weddings suggest that 2026 might be the year celebrity couples finally stop trying to out-princess each other and instead lean into something far more radical for Hollywood: being happily, boringly married.
Sources: Public Instagram posts from Joel Kim Booster and Vanna White (January 2026); widely reported entertainment coverage and on-record comments from Rick Harrison regarding his January 2026 wedding; national news and entertainment reporting on Will Reeve and Amanda Dublin’s January 2026 wedding and late-2024 engagement.
Your turn: Do you prefer these quieter, more personal celebrity weddings, or do you still love an over-the-top, royal-level spectacle?
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