Matty & Laura I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH you

THE COUPLE’S LONGAWAITED NUPTIALS WERE JOYOUS, LOVING AND FUN!

- Melissa Field

From the first moment they laid eyes on one another, it was obvious that a big love was about to blossom between Matt ‘Matty J’ Johnson and Laura Byrne. Five years on from the 2017 season of The Bachelor and two adorable daughters later, Matty and Laura have finally tied the knot. “This wedding is just the bow on top of the present for us,” Laura, 36, tells WHO in an exclusive chat. “It’s taken us a long time to get here,” she adds with a laugh.

Matt, 35, proposed during a Fijian holiday in April 2019, then that June their daughter Marlie-Mae was born, followed by Lola in February 2021. The pandemic also put their wedding on hold – until now! And the excited couple say that their fun and family filled wedding day was even better than anything they’d dreamed of. “We’re still buzzing right now,” Laura laughs. “It was the perfect day...”

Firstly, congratulations! Where and when did you get married? 

LAURA: We got married on Friday, November 11 at Cupitts Estate winery just outside Mollymook, NSW. We went down there a few years ago, before the fires went through, and we spent New Year’s Day at Cupitts, and it was honestly just the best, most beautiful day. We looked at one another and went, “Gosh, this would be such a good place to get married.” So we enquired about booking it and that was that, we didn’t look at any other venues. We wanted somewhere that’s big enough for all the kids – our girls, and our nieces and nephews – to have a great day as well. Kids kind of took over our wedding!

Was the wedding delayed by the pandemic?