'Couldn't be more proud of her': Gene and Shannon Simmons' daughter Sophie marries partner James Henderson at her mother's home in Malibu
MALIBU, CALIFORNIA: Sophie Simmons has tied the knot with her longtime partner James Henderson in an exclusive ceremony. The couple sealed it with a kiss in the presence of not over 50 friends and family members on Wednesday, February 22, at her mother’s Malibu house. The joyful parents' Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed-Simmons confirmed the wedding to a leading celebrity magazine, "We couldn't be prouder of our daughter.”
Before adding, "James is a solid young man, and Sophie can do anything she puts her mind to. We wish them a lifetime of love and happiness. If they are even half as happy as we are, they will last long." On picking Shannon’s home for the venue, Sophie said, "James and I never wanted a big wedding so this is the perfect space for us." The pair chose to have a judge officiate their wedding. "We wanted to be respectful to both of our families. We thought we would just sidestep religion altogether and make it a non-issue. We wanted to do the ceremony somewhere so beautiful that it wouldn't matter if it's not at a church or temple or whatever," elaborated the singer.
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'[We] took out all the language in the vows'
She added, "[We] took out all the language in the vows about the wife obeying and things like that," Simmons says. "We wanted it to be super equal, because our partnership is really equal." Earlier, Sophie had said, "My fiancé and I had been to a couple weddings, and by the time dinner came, we were so starving. I'm vegan, so there's usually no option for me, and there's never enough food for him. I was like, 'The one thing I want to make sure at my wedding is no one should be hungry.'
So at every point of our ceremony, there's snacks, and we wanted it to be stuff we actually liked. We're not a very fancy couple, so it goes with our vibe." They tied up with Haute Chefs LA for their wedding where they served catered meals, reports People. Spilling more beans on her evening plans for the special day, she shared, “We know it's nontraditional, but we just wanted to walk down the aisle, have dinner under the stars with everyone we love, and then get back to it being just us in our honeymoon suite."
'Going on a 'mini-moon'
We didn't want to be too tired to actually enjoy being married that first day.On what she expects her life to be after the wedding, the television personality responded, "Everyone's been telling me that being married is slightly different, but we have dogs together, and we live together."
The couple will go on their proper honeymoon in the summer, but for the time being, they have planned on a ‘mini-moon’ in Maui for three days.