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'Niecy Nash's Wedding Bash': The newly wed star's 5 tips for future brides
"Clean House" and "Reno 911" star, Niecy Nash, learned a lot about weddings her second time around. And she tells us that there's plenty of lessons to be learned for viewers from her two-hour special on TLC, "Niecy Nash's Wedding Bash," premiering Saturday, June 4 at 8 p.m. ET.
"I don't have a bride gene," Nash tells Zap2it. "I was never one of those girls who pretended to get married to my cousin in the backyard. Or, you know, already had the wedding planned and all you had to do was 'insert groom here.' I don't think I made a fantastic bride. I hit my stride when I become a wife. You know, leading up to the wedding, making good choices, I really needed help with that. [You'll see] how the first one looked like. A mess."
So at 41-years-old, with three kids, and a first marriage that lasted 16 years behind her, Nash embarked on not only planning a wedding event, but a second marriage to electrical engineer, Jay Tucker.
Here are five lessons Nash learned from her own wedding do-over:
1.) "You can get a do-over at love. I'm like, 'Ok, wait a minute. I'm divorced, I have some stretch marks, I have three kids... how's this all going to come together?' But, I believed I could do it again. I wanted to do it again. So, I put on some tight spanx, dressed up my kids, and went outside to find them a new daddy."
2.) "[Creating a blended family] is a work in progress... At the time, my fiancé was inheriting three children from me and I was inheriting one from him. So, there is a transition when you're bringing in someone new into your children's lives. So, we have to do the work to get through that."
3.) "'Sex and the City' was the truth. You never want to let the wedding get bigger than the relationship."
4.) "Settle on the fact that you're going to have some in-laws and some outlaws and find a way to make it work."
5.) "Make sure you really enjoy the day. Don't get so stressed out by the joyous moment and not enjoy it."
What do you think of Niecy's five tips for future brides? What would you add?
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So, I put on some tight spanx, dressed up my kids, and went outside to find them a new daddy."
Seriously? a daddy or a Sugar Daddy? Sounds like she was a hooker looking for a Sugar Daddy rather than a single mother trying to find a working relationship. I give it less than a year...that or he will shoot himself after figuring out he is going to have to listen to her voice for the rest of his life.
Oh, lighten up. Niecy is a comedian so of course she is going to throw in a little silliness. I like her advice, especially #3.
I watched the wedding on TV yesterday. I am not in agreement with her for #1. I am single and it is not that easy to get a man. I don't have the money that she has to spend on a man as she did. She was doing all the spending. I also don't know how long this marraige will last. Bringing a man into your established home with your mother and three children and maybe his will cause a lot of problems. They are not going to change their lifestyle for the sake of their mother and these are teens who are at a difficult stage in their life. They will never accept him as a father, they already have one. He demanded the room to be changed, he wanted the carrot cake and nothing else. All she was doing was spending her money to please him. She even bought him a huge car/van and remodelled the bedroom to suit him? I wouldn't be surprised that she bought the suit that he wore for the wedding and she probably paid for the wedding. I will have to do without a man if I have to buy a man. He did not even have a house to put her in and was so demanding.
Has anyone besides me noticed how much weight MRS NIECY HAS LOST SINCE DWTS???? Doesent she look great! I am so proud of her! Congrats on the wedding! MRS NIECY DESERVES ONLY THE BEST THAT LIFE HAS TO OFFER!!BEST WISHES & BEST OF LUCK TO YOU BOTH! A FAN WHO LOVES MRS NIECY! & VOTED FOR HER WHEN SHE WAS ON DWTS!! A FAN!!
I agree with Angie. It was a beautiful wedding, but she was the one spending big bucks & moving a man into her house with her family. No thanks! I'm 35 & own my own home, and would never allow a man to move into my dwelling. He would need to afford to but US a house! So I didn't agree with her choices, but if likes it; I love it :)
Actually we don't know who was doing the spending. As an outsider looking in, people form opinions. For all we know they both may have been splitting the costs, but as with any bride the woman is usually more involved with the details. As for the cake, they made a compromise and got different layers with different flavors. I think the bedroom should have been changed. I think it is fair to want to start fresh and not have baggage from a previous relationship. And again, we don't know who is paying for what as far as the furniture. It is always easy to speculate. We only know what the show presented. He may actually have his own house. Being that she is an entertainer, it is probably better for her career to live where she lives. It is so easy for people to comment on other people's lives but if you don't live there, you really don't know what is truly going on.
does anyone know who the author was of the poem her older daughter read that started out "He calls her beautiful?" My niece is getting married and I'd love to have that read? Please HELP
I believe the show said it was an original poem by her daughter
just say Neicy's wedding bash. At the beginning I was like "I'll watch this foolishness for 10 minutes" then I couldn't turn away. I think it came together nicely. I was thinking she was spending money on him, but in the end it seemed to be mostly about love. She has more money as a celeb so it makes sense that she would have more to spend, but I don't think she 'bought' his love, he seems to be genuine. I just hope they can make it work w/all her kids, because they seemed a little apprehensive. I believe they dated for a good while so I was curious as to why the kids didn't know him a little better...but all in all it was a wonderful wedding...and I wish them the best. Getting remarried is difficult esp. when you have baggage so I'll say a prayer for them tonite. When I got married I already owned my home and since then I have lost my job and had to stay home with 2 babies and my husband has more than financially made up for all I put into the home before he moved in. One time a friend made a comment and I didn't correct him, just because our business is our business, but his facts were all wrong, so let's not judge who's spending what because the truth is WE DON'T KNOW!
Mr. & Mrs. Tucker,
You look beautiful and good luck to you.