Danny Cipriani and AnnaLynne McCord bid to crowdfund wedding failed as friends refuse to pay for booze at reception
DANNY Cipriani and AnnaLynne McCord’s bid to crowdfund their wedding failed after friends refused to pay for booze at the reception.
The couple tied the knot on Saturday in Los Angeles in what was described as an “elegant bohemian” ceremony in their back garden.
However, just weeks before they were set to marry, they raised eyebrows when they asked their guests to help them pay for their wedding.
They used US site Honeyfund — a platform specifically designed to help couples pay for things like flowers, catering, music and a cake.
The couple asked for cash donations between £75 ($100) and £450 ($600) to go towards their wedding and honeymoon.
However, the website, which is open to the public to view, still has remaining slots that were not contributed to.
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Among the remaining asks are eight £440 ($600) slots for the wedding venue construction, five remaining slots for reception beverages at £146 ($200) and seven remaining slots for the reception catering at £183 ($250).
Adding to this are five unpaid slots for the wedding photography at £220 ($300) and two remaining slots for the rehearsal dinner at £366 ($500).
Guests did in fact fork out £73 for their marriage licence, £91 for the music at their reception, £440 for the wedding cake and £440 for the floral arrangements.
After their crowdfunding idea was released, the pair were said to have received death threats.
Speaking from a hotel in Hollywood, AnnaLynne told The Sun: “I was told I was despicable — and that I was trying to extort money from my wedding guests.
“People actually donated ten dollars towards the wedding so they could write on the site that Danny and I were disgusting.
“There were even death threats.”
The 90210 actress, 39, stunned a see-through white lace dress and a veil embroidered with flowers on the big day over the weekend.
Meanwhile, rugby ace Danny, 38, looked dapper in all black suit.
Their wedding came 10 years after they first met on dating app Raya which kickstarted a four-year on/off relationship.
They then rekindled things in 2024 after Danny split from his wife Victoria Rose.
Incidentally, it was Danny calling AnnaLynne in 2020 to tell her that he’d got Victoria pregnant that led to their initial time together ending. The following year he married the neuroscience practitioner.
When Danny’s split from Victoria made headlines, AnnaLynne decided to make her feelings known and reached back out to him.
She told us: “He told me he loved me since the day he met me.”
Danny proved his love on Christmas Day when he dropped to one knee in front of the tree in AnnaLynne’s home.