Former Married at First Sight (MAFS) bride Olivia Frazer has officially tied the knot in a surprise wedding, and she and her now-husband Greg Rutherford have dished on what happened.
Olivia, who has already changed her last name to Rutherford on Instagram, explained that she and Greg are having a wedding in the UK, but it was easier to do the legal side here in Australia first.
“We decided to just do the legal bits quietly while in Australia as it’s a less complicated legal process than trying to do it in the UK,” she told Chattr.
The couple hosted what their nearest and dearest believed was an engagement party — only for guests to discover upon arrival that it was actually their wedding.
“My friend Amber married us in front of my mum, brother and two more friends before people arrived for what they thought was our engagement party. It was just family and a few close friends.
Olivia also revealed there was a small MAFS connection at the wedding, with former bride Alyssa Barmonde creating the cake.
“Alyssa Barmonde made the cake! We just wanted to keep it super casual since we are having a bigger wedding (with all the bells and whistles) in England with both my family and Greg’s.”
Greg added that he and Olivia are in a “love bubble to the max” since exchanging vows in front of their loved ones.
“Married life just feels like we were always meant to be married,” he added.
Olivia said that while they’re super excited for their big UK wedding, they consider their Australian legal ceremony their official wedding.
“We definitely feel married. We are going to use this date as our anniversary. It just all feels very natural and exciting. But yeah, the celebration on the weekend felt like an engagement party (which it was), and so now we are super pumped for our wedding!”
MAFS’ Olivia and Greg’s relationship timeline
Olivia revealed her engagement to Greg on social media in December, telling Chattr that they met on Hinge when she was in the UK, and they hit it off immediately
“The spark was instantaneous. Within a week, I’d changed my flights so I could spend some time with him before my trip with my mum. When it’s so easy, you know it’s right.”
Four months later the pair got engaged at a private garden in Newton Hall in England.
“We’re both just so in love and so happy about our engagement,” Olivia gushes. “He took me to a private garden in Newton Hall here in the North East of England. Wrapped it up with a lovely pub dinner. Very us coded.”
It’s the happy ending she deserves!
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