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Brayden Bowers and Christina Mandrell Are Married! ‘Bachelor’ Couple Reveals Intimate Wedding in Video
Brayden Bowers and Christina Mandrell are officially husband and wife! The couple got married secretly on December 12, 2024.
The Bachelor and Bachelorette alums confirmed the news of their marriage to Bachelor Nation. The outlet reported that the pair had a “very intimate ceremony with just the two of them and Christina’s daughter in attendance.”
Christina, 30, is a mom to daughter Blakely May from a previous relationship.
In a video posted on Bachelor Nation’s YouTube channel on Monday, January 21, Brayden, 26, and Christina shared a glimpse into their intimate wedding day.
“We just got a marriage license. Nobody knows!” Brayden said in the video. “Nobody knows about this.”
“Except for the people driving by when we get married in the gazebo,” Christina replied.
In the video, Christina was seen wearing a fur coat and carrying a white bouquet of roses from Target as the couple made their way to a gazebo in a park with Blakely. After setting up, the mom of one walked down the path up to the gazebo and exchanged vows with the travel nurse.
“As I place this ring on your finger, I give you my promise. From this day forward, I give you all that I am. You’ll never walk alone. I commit my heart and soul to you for all the days of my life,” they both said in their vows.
After the ceremony, the pair danced next to the gazebo, playfully saying, “This is our first dance.” They posed for photos with Blakely after their nuptials.
“It’s the best wedding ever,” Brayden happily gushed.
Bachelor Nation first learned of Brayden and Christina’s romance in an update shared at the end of season 9 of Bachelor in Paradise in the December 2023 finale. During The Golden Bachelor’s Golden Wedding special, featuring the nuptials of Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist, Brayden proposed to Christina on television.
“From the experiences we both had like we both came into this show just wanting love,” he told People in January 2024 after the proposal. “We both had hard, challenging roads in different ways, and we were both, I feel like, misunderstood. And it’s like two misunderstood people that understand each other.”
Brayden explained that it was love at first sight for him and Christina.
“It’s like they say, when you meet someone, you know, you know. And it’s like I’ve never known before,” he said. “I’ve dated before, but I’ve never known before. And then I meet her, and it’s like there’s no doubt in my mind.”
Brayden moved to Nashville to live with Christina and her daughter after the proposal.
“The thing is with her and her daughter, I wouldn’t make a move out there if I wasn’t sure that she’s the one I want to spend the rest of my life with,” he told the outlet.
“I figured that we should make this proper and set the example too for Blakely and to show her the kind of love that she deserves as well,” Brayden said. “And so, it’s the kind of love I want to give to her mom every single day.”
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