Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' secret second wedding after controversial first nuptials

msn.com:

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have been happily married since 2012 – but their controversial first wedding led them to tie the knot for a second time after they received criticism for their chosen venue.

The couple exchanged vows at Boone Hall Plantation in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, on September 9, which Ryan later called "a giant mistake" after he and Blake came under scrutiny for glamourizing a site where violence against Black slaves once took place. "It's something we'll always be deeply and unreservedly sorry for," Ryan said in Fast Company's September 2020 issue.  "It's impossible to reconcile.

What we saw at the time was a wedding venue on Pinterest. What we saw after was a place built upon devastating tragedy. " Pinterest even responded to the controversy by banning pictures of all plantation weddings on its platform, including Ryan's and Blake's.  "Weddings should be a symbol of love and unity.

Plantations represent none of those things," a spokesperson for Pinterest said at the time. "We are working to limit the distribution of this content and accounts across our platform and continue to not accept advertisements for them. "In the same interview, Ryan shared that he and Blake held a secret second wedding at their home years later, although he did not divulge any specific details about their special day.  "Years ago, we got married again at home — but shame works in weird ways.