{"id":352270,"date":"2011-03-31T09:16:19","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T09:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/31\/comedian-johnny-vegas-marries-girlfriend-maia-dunphy-in-spain\/"},"modified":"2011-03-31T09:16:19","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T09:16:19","slug":"comedian-johnny-vegas-marries-girlfriend-maia-dunphy-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/comedian-johnny-vegas-marries-girlfriend-maia-dunphy-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian Johnny Vegas marries girlfriend Maia Dunphy in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"115.02883435583\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter\" rel=\"nofollow\">Daily Mail Reporter<\/a><br \/>Last updated at 10:16 AM on 31st March 2011<\/p>\n<p>Comedian Johnny Vegas has reportedly married his girlfriend of two years, Maia Dunphy, in a small ceremony in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year-old &#8211; who starred in ITV1&#8217;s hit sitcom Benidorm &#8211; is said to have tied the knot with 34-year-old Maia, a PR consultant, in front of 120 guests at a country estate outside Seville.<\/p>\n<p>And according to the Mirror Maia invited her own priest from her native Dublin to preside over the ceremony.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"9\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3896dc0f391_468x751.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"751\" alt=\"Happy couple: Johnny Vegas and Maia Dunphy, a PR consultant, have been together for two years\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Happy couple: Johnny Vegas and Maia Dunphy, a PR consultant, have been together for two years<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> The couple, who have been dating for two years, have rarely been seen in public together but Johnny has previously said she is his &#8216;soulmate&#8217; and he &#8216;loves her to bits&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A source close to the couple told the paper that the wedding was &#8216;beautiful and very romantic&#8217;, and added that\u00a0 the bride looked &#8216;stunning&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Johnny is clearly besotted with her and they never stop smiling when they&#8217;re together. It was very touching,&#8217; the insider said.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"9\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/a757fec3460_468x337.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"337\" alt=\"Sitcom star: Johnny is well-known for his role as 'The Oracle' in ITV1's Benidorm, whcih he played for two years\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sitcom star: Johnny is well-known for his role as &#8216;The Oracle&#8217; in ITV1&#8217;s Benidorm, whcih he played for two years<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The paper also reported that guests were treated to a traditional Mediterranean menu including gazpacho, cured meats and salad, before dancing to the comedian&#8217;s favourite songs, which were played on his iPod.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the comedian told MailOnline that they had no further comment to make over reports of the wedding.<\/p>\n<p>Johnny, who was born Michael Pennington in St Helens&#8217;, Merseyside, was previously married to Kitty Donnelly, although the union lasted just 13 months.<\/p>\n<p>The couple, who divorced in 2008, have a 7-year-old son, Michael, together.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/5e71298d52_468x309.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"309\" alt=\"Previous wedding: Johnny married his first wife Kitty Donnelly in 2002 but they split up just 13 months later\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Previous wedding: Johnny married his first wife Kitty Donnelly in 2002 but they split up just 13 months later<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The acrimonious split saw divorce papers filed by Johnny claiming<br \/>\nthat Kitty was &#8216;aggressive and abusive&#8217; and that her drinking was<br \/>\nproblematic. <\/p>\n<p>The pair wed in San Francisco in July 2002 after a whirlwind romance, but they separated just 13 months later.<\/p>\n<p>Kitty denied the allegations, saying: &#8216;My behaviour has never been drunken and neither<br \/>\nhas Johnny&#8217;s. The divorce was not my fault. It wasn&#8217;t<br \/>\nanybody&#8217;s fault.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But we hadn&#8217;t known each other very long when we got<br \/>\nmarried and I just think it happened too quickly.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3896dc0f391_468x751.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-1371808\/Comedian-Johnny-Vegas-marries-girlfriend-Maia-Dunphy-Spain.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Comedian Johnny Vegas marries girlfriend Maia Dunphy in Spain\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Comedian Johnny Vegas marries girlfriend Maia Dunphy in Spain<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 10:16 AM on 31st March 2011 Comedian Johnny Vegas has reportedly married his girlfriend of two years, Maia Dunphy, in a small ceremony in Spain. The 39-year-old &#8211; who starred in ITV1&#8217;s hit sitcom Benidorm &#8211; is said to have tied the knot with 34-year-old Maia, a PR consultant, in front of 120 guests at a country estate outside Seville. And according to the Mirror Maia invited her own priest from her native Dublin to preside over the ceremony<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-352270","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Comedian Johnny Vegas marries girlfriend Maia Dunphy in Spain - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/comedian-johnny-vegas-marries-girlfriend-maia-dunphy-in-spain\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Comedian Johnny Vegas marries girlfriend Maia Dunphy in Spain - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 10:16 AM on 31st March 2011 Comedian Johnny Vegas has reportedly married his girlfriend of two years, Maia Dunphy, in a small ceremony in Spain. 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