{"id":204,"date":"2019-11-04T10:42:36","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T10:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=64180"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:05:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:05:51","slug":"dont-tell-the-bride-fans-slam-steve-and-leonas-wild-west-nuptials-most-tragic-wedding-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2019\/11\/04\/dont-tell-the-bride-fans-slam-steve-and-leonas-wild-west-nuptials-most-tragic-wedding-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Tell the Bride fans slam Steve and Leona&#8217;s Wild West nuptials &#8211; &#8220;Most tragic wedding ever&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t Tell the Bride has proven itself to be make or break for many participating couples. It&#8217;s understandable that the bride would doubt the relationship if their fianc\u00e9 completely misread what they wanted from a wedding.<\/p>\n<p>But in last night&#8217;s episode of Don&#8217;t Tell the Bride (Sunday, November 3rd), viewers watched in awe &#8211; and horror &#8211; at the groom&#8217;s clueless wedding planning.<\/p>\n<p>Steve and Leona&#8217;s wedding might be one of the worst <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/dont-tell-the-bride\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Don&#8217;t Tell the Bride<\/span><\/a> weddings of all time!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what went down in the episode.<\/p>\n<h3>Meet Steve and Leona&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>Steve (24) and Leona (22) Coates from Leeds were featured in episode 25 of Don&#8217;t Tell the Bride series 14.<\/p>\n<p>The couple met at their call centre job and instantly clicked. They moved in together after just four months of dating!<\/p>\n<p>From the get-go, viewers were aware that Steve and Leona were like chalk and cheese. Even the couple admitted it.<\/p>\n<p>Leona said: &#8220;He&#8217;s your basic transit van, [and] I&#8217;m definitely more of a sports car or Mercedes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Their differences in taste was reflected in what wedding both wanted. Leona&#8217;s dream was to have a classy, sophisticated woodland wedding, filled with fairy lights and flowers. Steve, on the other hand, wanted a Wild West-inspired wedding, completed with a cliffhanger ending. And as the show allows the groom to make all the decisions, what Steve says goes&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/channel-4\/dont-tell-the-bride\/dont-tell-the-bride-are-yanis-and-chanise-still-together\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DONT TELL THE BRIDE SCANDAL<\/a>:<\/strong><\/span> Are Yanis and Chanice still together?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>&#8220;Car crash wedding&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Steve, who had never been to a wedding before, decided the Wild West theme was the way to go. The ceremony was to be held in the Honister Slate Mine, atop the <a href=\"https:\/\/honister.com\/infinity-bridge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">infinity bridge<\/span><\/a>. The reception was then to be held DIY-style in a marquee Steve and his best man Marcus built.<\/p>\n<p>Fans were horrified by Steve&#8217;s wedding planning. He splashed out \u00a32,500 on the bridge walk that they didn&#8217;t end up doing, bought auction house tat to decorate the marquee and even blew \u00a3700 on an Iceland shop he did to cater the wedding.<\/p>\n<p>Steve even decanted all of the Prosecco he bought into Lucozade bottles, as they weren&#8217;t allowed glass on the field where the marquee was. It was a seriously concerning sight.<\/p>\n<p>One viewer Tweeted: &#8220;This wedding is a car crash! I can&#8217;t understand where \u00a313,000 has gone?&#8221; Another chipped in: &#8220;That is the worst wedding I\u2019ve ever seen&#8230; What was that guy saving the money for?&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/channel-4\/dont-tell-the-bride-how-many-divorces-how-many-didnt-get-married-07-09-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MAKE OR BREAK<\/a>:<\/strong><\/span> Don&#8217;t Tell the Bride: How many divorces? How many didn&#8217;t get married?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/anygirlfriday\/status\/1191113202236559360<\/p>\n<h3>Leona goes through with the wedding<\/h3>\n<p>If his impulsive wedding planning wasn&#8217;t bad enough, Steve also angered Leona&#8217;s family causing a rift between the bridal party and his family. It was so serious that Leona&#8217;s dad was the only family member present for the wedding.<\/p>\n<p>But despite all of the drama on the wedding day, Leona still went through with it and married Steve to the shock of viewers.<\/p>\n<p>And the couple are still together! From\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/leona.christina.light.kendrew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Leona&#8217;s Facebook profile<\/span><\/a>, we found that the couple have just been on their honeymoon and are as loved up as ever.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>WATCH DON&#8217;T TELL THE BRIDE SUNDAYS AT 9 PM ON E4<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>SUBSCRIBE AND READ THE NEW REALITY TITBIT MAGAZINE\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/flipboard.com\/@RealityTitibit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t Tell the Bride has proven itself to be make or break for many participating couples. It&#8217;s understandable that the bride would doubt the relationship if their fianc\u00e9 completely misread what they wanted from a wedding. But in last night&#8217;s episode of Don&#8217;t Tell the Bride (Sunday, November 3rd), viewers watched in awe &#8211; and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734242,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[1374],"class_list":["post-204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-channel-4"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2019\/11\/04\/dont-tell-the-bride-fans-slam-steve-and-leonas-wild-west-nuptials-most-tragic-wedding-ever\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Don&#8217;t Tell the Bride fans slam Steve and Leona&#8217;s Wild West nuptials &#8211; &#8220;Most tragic wedding ever&#8221;","url":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2019\/11\/04\/dont-tell-the-bride-fans-slam-steve-and-leonas-wild-west-nuptials-most-tragic-wedding-ever\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2019\/11\/04\/dont-tell-the-bride-fans-slam-steve-and-leonas-wild-west-nuptials-most-tragic-wedding-ever\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eve Edwards"}],"creator":["Eve Edwards"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reality Shrine","logo":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png"},"keywords":["channel 4"],"dateCreated":"2019-11-04T10:42:36Z","datePublished":"2019-11-04T10:42:36Z","dateModified":"2025-02-07T17:05:51Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Don&#8217;t Tell the Bride fans slam Steve and Leona&#8217;s Wild West nuptials &#8211; &#8220;Most tragic wedding ever&#8221;\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thetab.com\\\/realityshrine\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/04\\\/dont-tell-the-bride-fans-slam-steve-and-leonas-wild-west-nuptials-most-tragic-wedding-ever\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thetab.com\\\/realityshrine\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/04\\\/dont-tell-the-bride-fans-slam-steve-and-leonas-wild-west-nuptials-most-tragic-wedding-ever\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"News\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Eve Edwards\"}],\"creator\":[\"Eve Edwards\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Reality Shrine\",\"logo\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realitytvshrine.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png\"},\"keywords\":[\"channel 4\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2019-11-04T10:42:36Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-04T10:42:36Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-07T17:05:51Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/realitytvshrine.com\/p.js"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/249734242"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9040,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions\/9040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}