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Paul Wesley is officially off the market again, and this time it looks like he has found his happy ending for good.
The Vampire Diaries star married longtime girlfriend Natalie Kuckenburg over the weekend in an intimate outdoor ceremony, nearly a year after the couple first announced their engagement during a romantic Italian getaway.
True to their low-key style as a couple, the wedding skipped the usual celebrity spectacle in favor of something smaller and far more personal, right down to the four-legged guest who ended up being the day’s biggest scene stealer.
The pair confirmed the news themselves, sharing wedding day photos on Instagram that gave fans their first real look at the ceremony.
Kuckenburg, 26, wore the Galia Lahav Lilou gown, an ivory satin dress cut on the bias for a soft, body-skimming drape, with spaghetti straps and a crossover back detail that gave the whole look a modern, understated elegance.
Wesley, 43, kept things classic in a tailored navy suit and black tie, striking a contrast with his bride that photos from the day captured beautifully against a backdrop of palm trees.
Their Dog Greg Was Basically the Real Star of the Day
If there was one guest who drew the most attention at the wedding, it was not a member of the wedding party or a surprise celebrity attendee.
It was Greg, the couple’s beloved dog, who showed up dressed for the occasion and ended up serving as the day’s unofficial best boy.
Kuckenburg leaned into the moment herself, captioning her wedding photos “Mr. and Mrs. and the Best Boy Greg,” a caption that made clear exactly where Greg ranks in the couple’s hierarchy of important wedding attendees.
Greg’s starring role was not exactly a surprise to anyone who has followed the couple’s relationship over the past few years.
Wesley has been open in past interviews about how central humor is to his relationship with Kuckenburg, and Greg has always been part of that equation.
Speaking to People back in March 2024, Wesley said there are two people who are the funniest beings in his life, naming his dog first and his girlfriend a close second, a comment that has clearly aged well given Greg’s starring turn on the big day. Judging by the wedding photos, that same playful dynamic carried straight through into married life.
The ceremony itself was kept intimate and private, a choice that lines up with how Wesley and Kuckenburg have handled their relationship since it first became public.
Rather than a splashy destination wedding with a long guest list, the couple opted for something quieter, a decision that let the day feel less like a red-carpet moment and more like an actual wedding between two people who clearly enjoy keeping things simple together.
A Love Story That Started at a Bar and Ended in Italy
Wesley and Kuckenburg’s relationship traces back to a chance meeting at a New York City bar, a fittingly low-key origin story for a couple who have never seemed interested in a flashy public rollout.
Their first official date took them to Italy’s Hotel Caruso, a spot that would go on to carry even more weight in their story than either of them likely expected at the time.
Rumors about the relationship first surfaced in late 2022 after the two were photographed on vacation together in Nerano, Italy, though neither confirmed the romance outright in those early months.
That same Amalfi Coast setting became the backdrop for the next major chapter in their relationship in July 2025, when Wesley got down on one knee at Hotel Caruso and proposed.
Kuckenburg shared the news herself on Instagram with a black-and-white photo of the two holding hands, showing off her new oval-shaped diamond ring, captioned simply, “Yes. Always and forever.”
The proposal came during a broader Italian getaway that also included stops in Tuscany, giving the couple’s engagement its own storybook quality well before the wedding.
Kuckenburg, a German-Brazilian model signed with Iconic Management, has built a career that includes runway appearances for major fashion houses, editorial work, and magazine covers.
She is also the founder of Nareia, her own clothing brand built around handmade crochet pieces, giving her a creative life well beyond the modeling world that first put her in front of cameras.
That combination of a public-facing career and a genuinely private personal life seems to have suited both her and Wesley just fine as their relationship developed away from the spotlight.
A Fresh Start After Two Previous Marriages
For Wesley, this marriage marks a new chapter following two previous trips down the aisle. He was married to fellow actress Torrey DeVitto from 2011 to 2013, a relationship DeVitto has since described publicly as a young and wild pairing between two people who were simply too young at the time to make it last.
He went on to date Vampire Diaries costar Phoebe Tonkin on and off between 2013 and 2017 before eventually marrying jewelry designer Ines de Ramon in a secret 2019 wedding.
Wesley and de Ramon’s marriage ended in 2022, with their divorce finalized in 2024, and de Ramon has since moved on to a high-profile relationship.
Wesley and Kuckenburg’s romance became public shortly after his split from de Ramon, with their nearly 17-year age gap drawing early online attention.
That gap does not appear to have slowed the relationship down in the slightest, and Wesley has spoken candidly about what has made this pairing different from his past relationships, repeatedly pointing back to how much he and Kuckenburg simply make each other laugh.
Reaction to the wedding news rolled in quickly from friends and former costars alike, including Nina Dobrev, who played opposite Wesley for years on The Vampire Diaries and commented her congratulations directly on Kuckenburg’s Instagram post.
With the ceremony now behind them, Wesley and Kuckenburg appear to be settling into married life with the same low-key, humor-forward approach that has defined their relationship from the very beginning.
Between the Italian proposal, the intimate outdoor vows, and Greg’s now-legendary appearance as the day’s best boy, the wedding gave fans exactly the kind of sweet, understated love story that suits a couple who have never seemed interested in doing things the flashy way.
It also caps off a genuinely eventful few years for Wesley, who has spent much of that stretch juggling his personal life alongside a busy on-screen career, including his role on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Fans who grew up watching him as Stefan Salvatore have followed his relationship history closely over the years, and the warmth of the reaction to this wedding, from casual fans to former costars like Dobrev, suggests plenty of people were rooting for this particular chapter to work out.
Given how private the couple has kept most of their relationship, the decision to share these wedding photos at all feels like its own small gesture, a sign that this milestone was one worth letting the public in on, even briefly.
For now, all signs point to a quiet honeymoon phase ahead, with Wesley, Kuckenburg and, of course, Greg settling into their new life as an official family unit.
Given how central humor and simplicity have been to their relationship from that very first meeting at a New York City bar, it is a safe bet that whatever comes next for the newlyweds will look a lot less like a red carpet moment and a lot more like the intimate, palm tree-lined ceremony they just celebrated.
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