Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi Share Dreamy Photos from Wedding Celebration in Italy: 'Forever and Always'

Mar. 15, 2025

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Aftersecretly marryingin May, the couple posted photos on Instagram on Wednesday, Oct. 2, from their celebration at Villa Cetinale in Italy with family and friends.

“Forever and always, your wife,” the actress captionedthe carousel, which features photos from their nuptials and Brown’s two stunning bridal gowns.

Bongiovi also shared his ownset of imageson Instagram from the couple’s special day.

“Forever and always, your husband,” he captioned photos of the newlyweds. In his carousel, the couple can be seen exchanging vows under white floral arch. In other photos, the pair smiles in front of rows of tall trees. Bongiovi also shared a shot with his dad Jon Bon Jovi.

For the ceremony, Brown wore a custom Galia Lahav gown with intricate lace details. She paired the dress with a sheer veil from Monvieve with the same lace detail, and kept her jewelry and makeup minimal. Later in the evening, she changed into a satin off-the-shoulder gown.

Bongiovi, 22, opted for an ivory tuxedo jacket and black pants. He also wore a white shirt and black bow-tie.

Sketch for Brown’s custom Galia Lahav wedding dress.Galia Lahav

Galia Lahav

In a press release, Galia Lahav’s head designer Sharon Sever shares that creating Brown’s custom dress was a “true honor.”

At the time of the pair’s May ceremony,The Sunreported that Bongiovi’s parents,Jon Bon JoviandDorothea Bongiovi, were in attendance at the intimate nuptials, along with Brown’s parents. “It was a very low-key, romantic affair with their closest family with them as they said their vows,” the outlet reported.

Later that month, Bon Jovi, 62,confirmed his son’s marriageduring an appearance on BBC’sThe One Show, saying of the newlyweds, “They’re great. They’re absolutely fantastic. It was a very small family wedding, and the bride looked gorgeous, and Jake is happy as can be.”

Days after their secret wedding, Brown and Jake stepped out together in the Hamptons, bothwearing wedding rings. TheStranger Thingsstar then gave fansan up-close glimpse of her new wedding ringduring abeauty routine videoshe shared on Instagram on May 30.

On June 3, she and Jake proudlydisplayed their newlywed statusduring a celebratory outing to Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. As seen in photos they shared ina joint Instagram post, Brown wore a pair of denim shorts featuring the word “wifey,” and a white hat with the phrase, “wife of the party” as they played some games, went on rides and held hands while strolling the theme park.

The actress and the model firstsparked romance rumorsback in June 2021 after Jake shareda selfiewith Brown on Instagram, pointedly captioning it, “bff <3.” Weeks later, the two werephotographed holding handsin New York City.

TheEnola Holmesactress later toldWiredthat she and Jake first met on Instagram and “were friends for a bit” before they began dating.

As 2023 kicked off, Brown declared Jake her"partner for life"in a New Year’s Day post reflecting on her personal highlights of the past year. Her then-boyfriend returned the compliment on her 19th birthday on Feb. 19, calling Brown “the girl of my dreams” in asweet tributeon Instagram.

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Jake’s musician fatherconfirmed the engagementjust weeks later during an appearance onRadio Andy. “I don’t know if age matters. If you find the right partner and you grow together … my advice really is growing together is wise,” he told hostAndy Cohen. “I think that all of my kids have found people that they think they can grow together with and we like them all.”

TheBon Jovifrontman added of his son: “Jake is very, very happy.”

In a candid interview in August 2023, Brown opened up about the moment when she knewJake was “the one"for her. “After we met, we knew we never wanted to leave each other’s side,” she toldThe Sunday Times. “You can’t pinpoint why [someone is ‘the one’], it’s just the feeling of knowing that that’s the person you want to spend the rest of your time with.”

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“I think so much of life is overthinking,” she continued. “The one thing that made clear sense to me was him. So I didn’t really have to do much thinking.”

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She also shared a sweet detail about Jake’s proposal, revealing that her now-husband proposed with one of her mother’s rings.

“I’ve always loved that ring, it’s always stuck out to me, so she gave it to Jake. They were in cahoots about the whole proposal,” she toldThe Sunday Times. “I love that I can always keep a piece of my mum with me.”

And, as she later shared, Jakepopped the question underwaterwhile the pair was scuba diving on vacation. “We go under, and we’re many meters down. He gives me a shell and I turn it over and it’s a ring,” she recounted to late-night hostJimmy FallononThe Tonight ShowinFebruary 2024.

source: people.com