Last year, Brody Jenner married Kaitlynn Carter, and very few of his family members came to his destination wedding. His father Caitlyn Jenner was not there, and neither were his two half-sisters, Kendall and Kylie. The Kardashians skipped the wedding entirely too. At the time, I wondered if Caitlyn’s absence had anything to do with her then-21-year-old girlfriend. But maybe Caitlyn knew something we didn’t: that Brody Jenner’s marriage was fake as hell. Brody and his “wife” Kaitlynn have broken up, and it turns out they were never legally married anyway.
Brody Jenner and Kaitlynn Carter have split just one year after their intimate Indonesian wedding.
“Brody Jenner and Kaitlynn Carter have decided to amicably separate,” the pair’s reps, Scott Newman and Lindsay Maguire, tell PEOPLE. “They love and respect one another, and know that this is the best decision for their relationship moving forward.”
A source tells PEOPLE Brody, 35, and Carter, 30, were not legally married as they never made their union official. “Brody and Kaitlynn have had issues for years. It is no secret amongst those who knew them. And the show was not good for them,” the source says of The Hills: New Beginnings. “It got so bad that Kaitlynn had actually moved out before they started filming, but then moved back in. Doing The Hills magnified a lot of things in their marriage. And it became clear that it wasn’t going to work. They both knew it.”
A second source explains to PEOPLE that a factor in their split was Carter’s desire to have kids.
“They butted heads over that constantly. Kaitlynn really wants to be a mom and never swayed from that. She thought Brody was change his mind, but he didn’t,” the second source adds.
Us Weekly heard the same thing, that Brody’s marriage was never legal and that Brody and Kaitlynn never obtained a marriage license in America. Their source also said that Brody “hesitated” to even go through with the fake wedding. In retrospect, it makes more sense – why so few family members came out for the wedding, and why Brody didn’t seem to mind. He knew it was fake. But did Kaitlynn know it was fake? I don’t know. It sounds like she was desperate to get any kind of commitment from him. Imagine having your life priorities that screwed up. Also, it doesn’t seem like Kaitlynn ever changed her name, but that might be because she didn’t want to become the second “Caitlyn/Kaitlynn Jenner” in the family.
Meanwhile, we still never got a confirmation on Jennifer Aniston & Justin Theroux’s equally fake-ass wedding.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
So, do you bring a gift to a fake wedding or can you just bring an empty box?
Yep,and just a plain old envelope with no card or money inside-
I don’t understand the purpose of these fake weddings. I mean, why bother? It shows a total LACK of commitment to each other.
I know someone who conducted a fake destination wedding. They did finally tie the knot but I don’t get it. And I know someone else who let her parents pay for her big wedding – but they’d eloped a month before. I don’t get it. It perverts the entire point of having people witness it.
There are a lot of restrictions on getting married in some countries, religious aspects, testing or having to be there for a certain amount of time beforehand so a lot of destination weddings are the party/ceremony etc and people just do the paperwork in their home place to make it legal. Mexico is quite popular for destination weddings and also a real pain for the legal requirements so almost all those weddings have the legal marriage part taking place before or after. I don’t see that as a big deal (although I vehemently hate destination weddings that’s not my issue with them!)
I’m no fan of destination wedding ceremonies,unless they are small.I understand different customs in different parts of the world make things difficult ,but one thing I find totally classy is the tradition/?requirement in some countries where they first do a legal ceremony in the courthouse and then comes the more religious and lavish wedding.Something about that just seems practical and very appropriate.
I know a couple who eloped before their big day and never told anyone until years later. They still had the church wedding and reception but decided that they wanted a ceremony/day that just for them. I can see how that would make sense for some couples.
And to back up @pooke, other countries have a stronger separation of church and state so the religious ceremony does not count as the legal ceremony. I went to a wedding in Paris several years ago (the wife was half French and her mom lived in Paris, so it wasn’t a destination wedding). We were at the rehearsal dinner, bride and groom to be are running late and someone asked where they were. Turns out the were at their civil ceremony at the council office (mairie).
But I do get the WTF*ckery about celebs who have these huge destination ceremonies without actually getting married.
Honestly it’s about the legal requirements and costs… and even culture. Me and husband did the legal part and a religious ceremony but typically, in my culture the legal and the religious ceremony is so small and takes place several days to several months before the reception/party (I am Muslim). Usually close family members are there. We are having our reception in Italy (a destination wedding), so we can have it small. Not all cultures/religions are the same.
@pooks – I know. But it begs the question: why do a destination wedding at all? Why force 100% of friends and family to shell out for travel and hotel, only for them to not see someone get married.
@whitecat – yes, I know that different cultures do marriage differently, but none of the people I’m talking about and I don’t believe the Jenner guy and his ex are either. If I were visiting Kuwait or Indonesia, I wouldn’t criticize how they do weddings. I just think inviting guests to a wedding that isn’t really a wedding is deceptive and frankly a little immature.
I think destination weddings are selfish. The bride and groom are not taking into consideration the fact that guests who would love to come can’t because of the cost.
Why call it a wedding if it’s not? I don’t get it. Just call it a party.
Exactly! I will never understand why people fake weddings, relationships etc 🙄
Maybe they considered it a commitment ceremony which is different than just a party.
Right. But they called it a wedding. You’re married (or not, in this case) whenever you are legally married in the eyes of the law, if it’s in judge’s chambers or at a fancy resort. That’s your anniversary. Anything else is a party or reception. These people who think they can have two “weddings” (or more) are really wearing out their family and friends.
My friend above had three; I honor the actual legal one with a card and a call. She calls another one the anniversary and I disagree.
I’m by no means a Caitlyn Jenner fan – in fact I can’t stand her. But – Brodie made SUCH a big deal about his father not attending his wedding. He talked about it publicly and really made Caitlyn out to be a terrible father (which she is but-) . And the entire thing was fake?? The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree and Brodie is just as self-absorbed as the father he rants about.
Yes!
I’m not sure I would classify their wedding as “fake” just because it wasn’t legal. I know, I know, it’s Brody Jenner and the Hills stuff and 99% of everything to do with that show is fake. But the wedding wasn’t for the show, was it? My apologies if I’m getting that wrong.
But many people do it that way- have the ceremony and make it legal either before or after, but absolutely count the ceremony as their “real” wedding and anything else just a formality. Michael Phelps and his wife were legally married for a quite a while before they had their “family and friends” wedding ceremony and they’ve both said they count THAT as their wedding anniversary, not the legal marriage date. Equally many people count their ceremonies as real and binding as any wedding without feeling the need to legalise it. It definitely sounds like they were on completely different pages about taking care of all the formalities (and, uh, everything else) from day 1 though, which is just never going to end well.
“Equally many people count their ceremonies as real and binding as any wedding without feeling the need to legalise it.”
But they’re NOT real and binding. Or legal.
Yes. Then just call it something else, a commitment ceremony or whatever.
@minx and @otherrenee I did this, a private ceremony with just me and my partner, and I defy anyone to say that it’s not real and binding. It’s real to us, and it’s binding to us. It was one of the most beautiful, personally important days of our lives, and just what we wanted. It’s not legal, but we don’t need or care about that. Things don’t need to just be one way, the traditional way. It was a wedding, a ceremony to express our commitment to each other, and he’s my husband. End of. It’s hurtful for people to say that because we didn’t do it their narrow way, it wasn’t real and didn’t matter.
Jensies, you can call yourselves whatever you like, husband, wife, etc. but the fact remains that you are NOT married. Period. I’m sure your ceremony was lovely and meaningful to both of you and that’s great. But you are not married in the eyes of the law. So if anything happens to either of you, I hope you have legal documents in place to legally protect the other partner. Because you have no legal right to call yourselves husband and wife. I have to ask if you are so committed to each other, why would you not actually get legally married? Beyond platitudes. My guess is that one of you is afraid of commitment for whatever reason.
Some people have religious ceremonies (like Jewish people have a ketuba) and that is just as binding to them, if not more, than a piece of paper from court house. I’m not saying that’s the case here, but it is the case for a lot of people who are more religious or spiritual.
I mean, many legal marriages don’t last long anyway, so ultimately, I don’t really see the difference between a fake and a legal one aside from not having to deal with as much paperwork once it ends. And if we want to talk about fake weddings, let’s remember that KK/Kris Humphries debacle of a fake wedding; I highly doubt that the Jenners didn’t come because of the lack of legal status because they never cared about things like that in the past
Agreed. I think people are over applying the world fake here without knowing the details. It’s possible the wedding was “real” to Brody and Kaitlynn, and it was just an issue of red tape. It’s also possible that Brody and Kaitlynn didn’t want to actually commit and knowingly avoided filing the paperwork in America — we just don’t know enough either way.
That being said, a parent not attending their child’s wedding is just awful, especially if Brody approached it as a legally binding ceremony. If I ask my parents to be there for my wedding, they’d better be there, period.
Anyone remember Jerry Hall & Mick Jagger’s wedding in Bali. Jerry thought it was legal, Mick knew wasn’t. Flash forward however many years to the ‘divorce’ when Jerry found out. That was brutal.
How did she not know it wasn’t legal? She would have had to sign a marriage license !
I didn’t know his sisters didn’t attend the “wedding” either.When I read the story week or so ago I thought his father was the only family member who didn’t attend.I had no idea that multiple family members didn’t attend.
So why did he go through all the theatrics dragging his father for not attending?! I guess he has more in common with the Kardashians than he claims. He’s not the chill Malibu dude he portrays. It’s all for show, clearly.
And this lady allowed him to make a fool of her. She played the cool girl, talking about how she loved threesomes, etc., and really all she wanted was a husband and a baby. And she got neither in the end.
Brody’s gf not changing her last name doesn’t mean anything. Many women don’t change their last name when they get married because it’s their CHOICE !
I’m not sure how many of you watch the reboot of “The Hills” but Spencer and Brody had a huge fight because Spencer was hurt he wasn’t invited to the wedding lol I wonder how he feels knowing it was fake. Also, on the show you can tell Brody is miserable being married. She was pressuring him to have kids and you could tell he doesn’t want any (at least not right now). It’s more than obvious Brody likes being a Bachelor.
Brody is a playboy and always has been. This girl dodged a bullet by not legally marrying him. I do think his theatrics about his father and family not attending the party is a bit much though. He’s not close to any of them and it wasn’t a real wedding anyway, so him being upset that they didn’t attend was just for a Hills storyline I guess. Has anyone even watched the reboot? I loved the original with LAUREN, but after it ended, they all confirmed that it was mostly fake. Why would anyone want to watch a fake reboot? They are all in their 30’s and haven’t moved on from anything that happened 10 years ago, how is that interesting?
He just seems like a guy who will always coast on his looks. At least his brother has a music career.
I did watch a few eps just to see what Mischa Barton added to the mix, and my only takeaway was that Brody and his wife were not going to make it very long.
I’m kind of embarrassed to say I watched the first episode of the new Hills and it seems Brody never grew up honestly 🤷♀️
Botox runs in the whole extended family, I guess.
I don’t understand this at all?? Why waste the money of having a “commitment ceremony” and all that? Just have a kick ass vacation, fly some of your friends in, and just party. Stupid.
But Brody is still beautiful.
I don’t understand why some people seem to get so upset over two people having a commitment ceremony and calling it a wedding (or as we had it a couple of weeks ago calling each other husband and wife). The thinking that couples who don’t want to get legally married have some sort of commitment issue is dumb. Some couples want to make it legal. Cool, go ahead. Some only want to exchange vows in front of friends and family. Calling this ceremony a wedding is totally fine as well! This doesn’t take anything away from your weddings/marriages. And if Brody is upset that his father did not attend the wedding, this is totally understandable. Caitlyn Jenner would attend any wedding or commitment ceremony of a Kardashian – I bet you.
I’ve been fake-married and real-married and the fake marriage has been the best by far.
We “eloped” and had a private commitment ceremony in France, then came back and partied with family. I feel a little bad being disingenuous about our legal status (though I’ve told a few folks the truth), but the reason we aren’t married is because I have a PILE of law school loans, and do income-based-repayment. My partner’s income isn’t considered. I’m doing public interest loan forgiveness. This isn’t something I feel like sharing with people, ya know? Maybe when my loans are paid off, we’ll quietly tie the knot legally. Maybe not…I kind of love that I have this awesome relationship where we’re both here because we want to be, not because of the legal chains that bind or the hassle of divorce.
My husband and I file separately so his income doesn’t impact my payments. So my loan payments stay low and I’ve got five years left to pay with the public forgiveness and then we’ll file joint. Just a loophole if you wanted to make it legal.
kaitlynn,,,,,caitlynn ((that** twist on the same name, must really have begun to grate* on this boy’s nerves))
I watched a couple episodes of The Hills reboot and was weirded out by how Kaitlynn dressed and made herself up to look like a little (or **maybe** teenage) girl. The guys that dig that sort of thing are total creeps and I guess that list now includes Brody Jenner.
My husband and I did a little tiny backyard wedding in June last year. My second marriage. We’d been together for several years at that point and just had a baby.
We then had a big celebration in another city in September of last year, complete with band and 150+ guests. Mostly so that our families and friends could celebrate with us. We definitely count the June backyard wedding as the actual anniversary. That’s when we said our vows and signed on the dotted line, and that’s the date on the marriage certificate.
despite the fakeness of the wedding, i think we can still chalk up Caitlyn’s non-attendance to her being a douche. She’s never been there for her kids before so, doesn’t seem out of the pattern for her.
I watched a few episodes, and I’m really not impressed at all. They are all grown up, but you I can totally see how fake the show is. Personally, I don’t think Misha adds anything to the show. I definitely will not be watching any more episodes.
Good to see he was smart enough not to get married, just like Al Pacino and grifter Lucila Sola. Let us hope Bieber was not actually dumb enough to marry dad faced Hailey Baldwin.