Brittany Hockley and her partner Benjamin Siegrist have proven that absence makes the heart grow fonder.
The couple, who have spent most of their romance in a long-distance relationship, got hitched last week.
Brittany and Ben tied the knot at a gorgeous wedding held at the luxurious Pandawa Cliff Estate in Bali.
She shared snaps from the altar next to her new husband, revealing the pair tied the knot on June 4, 2025.
"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," she wrote.
The post was quickly flooded with comments from friends and other famous faces, sharing their excitement and messages of congratulations to the couple.
"THERE SHE IS!!!!!" wrote Brittany's best friend and podcast co-star Laura Byrne. "The most stunning bride and groom ever. What a day."
Brittany collaborated with renowned designer Steven Khalil for her wedding dress.
She previously shared the journey of finding the perfect dress for her big day, revealing on Instagram, "Ahhhh I SAID YES TO THE DRESS!!"
The podcaster has since shared more photos of the wedding, revealing that she wore two spectacular dresses, one of which was shortened for the reception.
On a new episode of Britt and Laura Byrne's podcast, Life Uncut, Hockley opened up about wanting to keep the details of the wedding on the down-low to avoid paparazzi capturing the nuptials.
"I was alluding to the fact that I was still in Italy when we were in Bali. And that was all very intentional, and I know a lot of people understand… we share a lot. I did want to try to keep the wedding private," she said.
"I don't want anyone to feel like I was trying to lie or lead them down a garden path. It was just to protect one special day, and we successfully did that. It was beautiful. No one was there to interrupt it or ruin it."
Laura added that Britt's concerns did have precedent. "To give people context on that, the paps travelled to Italy for Anna Heinrich's wedding, they came down to Ulladulla for mine," she said.
"At Laura's wedding, Laura's vows were online and published whilst we were at the reception," added Britt.
But the location of the wedding was almost leaked… by one, Matthew Johnson.
"I cannot tell you how many times I said to my husband, 'Britt's wedding: we're not talking about it. We're not going to tell people that we're there'," Laura recalled.
"The morning of Britt's wedding, his podcast episode comes out in which he says, 'We're heading over to Bali for Britt's wedding'… I yelled at him in the café. I was so upset at him, and then he got so upset. Matt was almost in tears."
Thankfully, Matty took down the episode before anyone was the wiser.
In an interview for an episode of The Pick Up, Britt and Ben shared that she surprised Ben by delivering her vows in German.
"My part of the family speaks German predominantly, so one of the highlights of the wedding was obviously the vows," Ben said.
"She started and it was perfect. It was amazing. Everybody from my side of the family understood everything, it made me laugh."
Britt added, "I even put a German joke in there."
However, Britt and Ben went on to admit they are not actually legally married.
"It was just a big show. Just a big song and dance," she admitted. "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."
In May, Brittany celebrated her hens' party with her Life Uncut co-host Laura Byrne and friends, sharing the festivities with her Instagram followers.
Last year in June, Hockley and her Swiss footballer boyfriend announced their engagement.
"In any lifetime it's a YES!" the I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! star captioned a carousel of photos of the couple enjoying a tropical holiday.
"Just two people loving each other for the rest of our lives."
"After 8 months (plenty of time for some peacocking) my big squid is back on Aussie soil and I couldn't be happier," Hockley shared in another post on Instagram, celebrating Siegrist's return.
Siegrist is a goalkeeper for the Celtic Football Club in Scotland, and the pair have been together since January 2023 after meeting on celebrity dating app Raya.
"It's expensive but unavoidable if we want to see each other," Hockley told her followers earlier this year of their long-distance arrangement. "You just have to prioritise it."
Though they've spent a lot of time separated due to Siegrist's job, the couple are already on their journey to start a family, with Life Uncut podcast host Hockley sharing in March that she was undergoing IVF for the fourth time, after her previous attempts had been unsuccessful.
"For six months there, I felt like I wasn’t going to be able to have a child … I did wait six months, until I mentally felt like I could go through it [an egg freezing cycle] again," she told the Something To Talk About podcast.
"I did [IVF] again and my doctor said, 'Let's just go and put you in hypo-ovarian syndrome, just on the cusp.' She's like, 'I'm going to pump you full of so many hormones.' And it was the worst three weeks of my life. It was so horrific."
Siegrist flew to Australia "for three days for the creation of the embryos" and to be there for her, she said.
Listen to Brittany Hockley talk to Clare Stephens about the worst year of her life. Post continues below.
Hockley opened up to Clare Stephens on the But Are You Happy? podcast in September 2023, sharing what it's been like having a public profile since her time on The Bachelor shot her to stardom.
"In my 20s I was a hospital worker and worked as an emergency radiographer for 13 years all around the world," she said. "I was truly happy and I lived a pretty simple life. I didn't have social media."
She also opened up about how she learned to shift her perspective, helping her to move on from painful situations like heartbreak.
"You cannot start a new chapter if one is still open," she said. "Figure out what's toxic for you and what's not adding any value to your life, and let it go.
"Also, love is f**king amazing! When you find it, the feeling — even if it doesn't last — is worth going through heartbreak."
On the latest Life Uncut episode, Britt spoke about what's next for the couple. "We are married and will be long-distance again still because we still both have our lives. Ben's life is still in Europe somewhere. Mine is still here currently," she said.
"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."
Feature image: Instagram/brittany_hockley.
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