Don’t Tell The Bride fans are going to be unhappy when they hear this…
There's bad news in store for anyone who likes watching Don't Tell The Bride as it's been branded fake… by a couple who appeared on the show.
Yes, really.
Fans of the show will know that the bride is kept in the dark for three weeks before her big day, while the groom gets to spend £12,000 on their wedding (£14,000 during the BBC One series). The husband-to-be organises everything about their big day; the venue, the food, the hen and stag dos... even the wedding dress.
The show first aired on BBC Three but was moved to BBC One, then to Sky 1 and has now returned to our screens on E4.
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Now, according to a couple who previously appeared on the show the wedding ceremony that is shown on television isn't actually legally binding. In fact, in their contracts they're told that they'll have to have another wedding or go to a register office at a later date to officially tie the knot.
A groom who appeared on the show in the past admitted that he and his bride went to a registry office shortly after their televised wedding, before adding: "We had no follow up from anyone from the show after the filming, so we could easily have avoided it and had the party for free.
"It makes a bit of a mockery of the process that the bride and groom go through this huge ordeal for a ceremony which isn’t even legal," he told The Sun.
We're not going to lie we're slightly devastated at the news.
A spokesperson for E4 has admitted that before filming begins the couple declare that they will get married with a member of staff from the production team present at the official ceremony. They told the publication: "All contributors sign notice to marry for their legal ceremony in the presence of a production team member but before filming starts.
"An update or photos from this legal ceremony is shown at the end of each ceremony."
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