Chris Harrison and Lauren Zima are married.
The former host of The bachelor and its spin-offs, including The Bachelorette And Bachelor in paradise, We married the producer on October 14th in Napa Valley, California and again on November 4th in Austin, Texas, where the couple lives. People reported. They also couple with each other Posted a photo on Instagram. “We are married ❤️ Let the journey begin…” Zima wrote in her post.
They described the Napa Valley wedding as an “emotional” and “jubilant” ceremony that was more intimate and attended only by family and their closest friends, while the Austin celebration was more of an “overwhelming party” where they controlled the guest list expanded to include several guests Bachelor Franchise alumni including Wells Adams and Sarah Hyland, Ben and Jessica Higgins, Arie Luyendyk Jr. and Lauren Burnham, Sean and Catherine Lowe, JoJo Fletcher, Trista Sutter, Colton Underwood and Jordan C. Brown, Bob Guiney and Jessica Canyon.
The group “remembered” and “remembered” the night before the ceremony, Harrison said People. He also joked that at the end of the night he wanted to “tell ten of them that they were going home heartbroken and couldn’t come to the wedding.”
The event’s special cocktails had names with a tongue-in-cheek nod to Harrison’s previous appearance, such as “The Final Rose” and “The Bachelor No More.”
“The common joke was could we find a way for Chris to officiate his own wedding since he has so much experience,” Zima said People by Harrison, who has held several official positions Bachelor Franchise Weddings. “But instead we had Mike Levitt, Chris’s long-time friend.”
Meanwhile, Napa Valley has special meaning for the couple as Harrison Zima proposed there in 2021.
The night before the ceremony on October 14, former Bachelor Andrew Firestone attended a welcome party at a local winery. During the reception the next evening, Harrison’s daughter Taylor serenaded the couple with a cover of Leon Bridges’ “Beyond,” one of her favorite songs.
“When we thought about what we wanted to do, we wanted to make sure we had those emotional, intimate moments with our family and our closest friends,” Zima said People why they decided to hold two ceremonies. “I’ve just heard a lot of people say that you don’t have time for everyone on your wedding day, so we decided to have a really small, intimate ceremony with the people who have really been with us since the start of our relationship.”
The couple first met when Zuma, a former correspondent for entertainment tonight, interviewed him in 2016. She interviewed him several more times before they met.
Harrison “is my teammate and supports me in everything,” Zima said, while Harrison described that Zima “is not only brilliant, but also kind and will love others to the point of exhaustion.”
Harrison was previously married to Gwen Harrison. After 18 years of marriage, they announced their separation in 2012.
