Andy Lee and Rebecca Harding are married, 12 years after their first meeting at a Melbourne café, where Rebecca was working as a waitress.
The 45-year-old comedian and 36-year-old model exchanged vows in New York City on Tuesday, with several famous friends joining them for the celebration.
Rebecca looked stunning in an elegant white strapless gown, believed to have been created by an Australian designer, as she left The Bowery Hotel in Lower Manhattan. She was accompanied by assistants carrying umbrellas and her stylist, Elliot Garnaut.
Her gown featured a dramatic train and structured bodice, while delicate diamond earrings and her engagement ring completed the look.
The brunette wore her hair in a romantic half-up, half-down style and opted for minimal makeup to highlight her natural features.
Guests included Andy’s best friend and co-star Hamish Blake, Hamish’s wife and beauty entrepreneur Zoë Foster Blake, Nova radio host Lauren Phillips and her fiancé, aviation tycoon Paul O’Brien. Celebrity stylist Garnaut, who is also the new KIIS FM breakfast host, was in attendance as well.
Andy Lee and Rebecca Harding are married, 12 years after first meeting at a Melbourne café where Rebecca was working as a waitress
The 45-year-old comedian and 36-year-old model exchanged vows in New York City on Tuesday after celebrating with friends in Manhattan the night before
Andy was supported by three groomsmen: Lego Masters host Hamish Blake, one of his brothers and his best friend, Michael Horgan.
The couple arrived in the Big Apple over the weekend ahead of their wedding celebrations.
They travelled to the United States in first class, accompanied on the flight by two of Andy’s groomsmen.
On Monday evening, Andy and Rebecca appeared to host a pre-wedding celebration for friends in Manhattan.
The couple were seen walking through New York dressed in outfits inspired by their upcoming wedding.
Rebecca paired a fitted cream coat with a matching mini dress, while Andy looked smart in a beige suit.
Their love story began in 2014, when Andy met Rebecca at a Melbourne café and famously wrote his email address on a napkin for her.
Rebecca eventually contacted him, and they went on their first date the following day.
Rebecca, 36, looked stunning in a white strapless gown, believed to be by an Australian designer, as she left The Bowery Hotel in Lower Manhattan with assistants carrying umbrellas and her stylist, Elliot Garnaut
Although they briefly separated early in their relationship, Andy and Rebecca reunited and have been together ever since.
Andy proposed in 2024, after 10 years of dating. Rebecca later admitted that the proposal genuinely surprised her, despite the length of their relationship.
The comedian announced their engagement during an episode of his Hamish and Andy podcast.
Speaking with his podcast co-host Hamish Blake, Andy shared intimate details of his proposal, before inviting his fiancée on the show.
‘I asked Bec to marry me on Sunday,’ Andy announced.
Hamish said he was overjoyed and that he and his wife Zoë were both ‘crying’ with happiness over the news.
‘Is it a bit quick? That’s all I wanna ask,’ he also joked.
Rebecca also showed off the stunning diamond engagement ring on Instagram.
The dress featured a dramatic long train and a structured bodice, and she accessorised with a pair of dainty diamond earrings and, of course, her engagement ring
‘People keep saying we’ve rushed into this but we don’t care what people say!’ she captioned her post.
Andy and Rebecca, who are currently undertaking a $5 million renovation project after buying a historic mansion in Melbourne’s east, went to their ‘new old house’ under the guise they needed to film videos for social media ahead of starting the build.
Pretending to get something out of the marble fireplace, Andy was on one knee when he produced a napkin – which symbolised how they met.
Rebecca and Andy went public with their relationship at the 2015 Australian Open.
In 2022, the couple confirmed they had briefly split for six months in 2016 after Rebecca felt ‘immense pressure’ dating someone in the public eye.
However, they soon realised they were meant to be during their time apart.
For years, the rumour mill spun with speculation about the pair getting engaged.
In February 2024, Andy was forced to assure The Hundred viewers he hadn’t secretly married his long-time sweetheart.
Andy popped the question after 10 years of dating in 2024, and Rebecca admitted she was genuinely shocked by the proposal, despite how long they had been together
Andy made the announcement as he was responding to a joke from co-star Tom Gleeson, who brought up his well-publicised love life.
‘Andy has got something to announce, he’s just eloped!’ Tom said.
‘Stick around till the end of the show, if that’s the case… It’s not the case,’ Andy hit back.
In 2019, radio host Fifi Box questioned their marital status after the station received an email from a publicist referring to the couple as ‘Andy and his fiancée Bec’.
A month earlier, then-Today show host Georgie Gardner had also tried to get a definitive answer on where the couple were in their personal life.
‘Gosh, Andy. She is wife material. Just saying, she is wife material,’ she told Andy, who was a guest on the program.
He replied: ‘Has my mum been texting you? What the hell is going on?’
Engagement rumours were sparked again in 2020 when Andy posted a photo of Rebecca hiding her left hand while celebrating her 30th birthday.
‘Is there a ring she’s hiding with her left sleeve?’ one eagle-eyed follower wrote, keen to see if the pair were about to share exciting news.
The happy couple plan to split their time between Melbourne and New York, where Andy part-owns an Australian pub called Old Mates.