While Brittany Hockley’s recent wedding was a fairytale, she’s admitted there were a fair few hiccups along the way.
The Life Uncut host and former star of The Bachelor married goalkeeper Benjamin Siegrist on June 4 at the Pandawa Cliff Estate in Bali. As someone in the public eye, she wanted it to be a private affair.
However, one media outlet reported potential dates, including the actual date, and the exact location, which made Brittany panic.
“So, the wedding planners on the Balinese side were like, ‘Okay, we’ve got this. We’re on it. We’ve got security that are going to sit on top of the roof. They’ve got rifles. They’re going to shoot the drone out of the air.’ And I was like, ‘Sorry, what?” she was explaining on the Life Uncut podcast.
“Rewind. Just an air rifle with air, or like a rifle, like a gun? They’re like, ‘No, we’re going to shoot it with bullets out of the sky.’ And I was like, ‘Okay, slow down. I cannot be responsible for accidentally killing someone in Bali with a rifle at my wedding.'”
She explained that there were also people on the roof with laser beams, to target any potential drones the paparazzi might have used.
But that’s not all.
Before the couple’s nuptials, Matty J also revealed that it was in Bali, much to the dismay of his wife and Life Uncut co-host Laura Byrne.
Thankfully, things were kept under wraps. But, as it turns out, the wedding isn’t legally binding.
“Yeah, it was just a big show,” Brittany said. “Just a big song and dance. No, because it’s a bit too complicated to be honest. My husband Ben is fully Swiss, but he lives in Italy. I’m Australian living in Australia and we got married in Bali. There were way too many technicalities going on to make it legal, so we are just going to legally do it back here in Australia.”
Wardrobe faux pas
The errors continued with Ben’s wedding suit, which he decided to wear to a wedding in Europe before his own. It got dirty and then needed to be dry-cleaned, but there was another problem.
Having got it dry cleaned at the last minute, his pants shrank, which meant some drastic alterations were made just before he said I do.
“Twenty minutes before we walked down the aisle, I had the tailor come in, and so it’s all done,” he explained on the podcast, and even had safety pins keeping the alterations together. “We’re all done, had about five centimetres added. And I think the wedding planner came to measure my waist and my jeans with my backup pants.”
As for Brittany, her wedding dress, which was brought over by Life Uncut producer Keisha Pitt, was challenging to get through the airport.
Despite its size, the dress, which was made by Steven Khalil, thankfully made it to Bali from Sydney in one piece. Because of its size, she had to request a four-metre aisle!
Thankfully, she did not have any other issues with her two other dresses, which were made by the designer.
Fireworks that went off with more than a bang
They also had fireworks, and while they were a stunning spectacle, they were also a hazard to the couple’s guests.
“And the first two went off, and I got hit by shrapnel on the arm, and I retreated to the back because I was like, this is deeply unsafe,” Laura said during the podcast.
Baby plans
The newlyweds have been doing long-distance since they got together, and plan to do so for the rest of the year.
“The plan is the same. We are married and will be long-distance again, still, because we still both have our lives,” Brittany explained.
“Ben’s life is still in Europe somewhere. Mine is still here currently. We are making plans for the future to spend more time together. We just don’t know what it looks like yet. But if we have a baby, one hundred percent we’re going to be together. There is no way in hell I’m going to have a baby on my own, and I wouldn’t want to do that to Ben.”
Saying I do
The Dancing with the Stars contestant first shared the exciting news about her wedding on Instagram on June 5th, revealing they got married the day prior.
“From the very first day, it was you. Across any ocean, it is you. For the rest of our lives, it will always be you. Mr and Mrs Siegrist 🤍 4.6.2025 🤍,” she wrote in a joint post.
Brittany last travelled to Bali in September 2024 and told her Instagram followers she was “venue hunting”.
“I love Bali, it’s so beautiful and I can’t wait to get married here,” she gushed in an Instagram post at the time.
The reality star then celebrated her hen’s on May 17.
How did Brittany Hockley meet her husband?
The couple met on the celebrity dating app Raya in 2022 before they went public with their relationship in January 2023.
Because Benjamin plays soccer internationally, the majority of their relationship has been long-distance, and they travel overseas to meet one another.
Fast forward to June 2024, and they announced their engagement.
“In any lifetime, it’s a YES! Just two people loving each other for the rest of their lives. 🤍💍🐙,” they gushed in an Instagram post at the time.
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