{"id":675130,"date":"2026-11-04T23:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T23:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/675130\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T23:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T23:06:12","slug":"west-cork-couple-tie-the-knot-live-on-popular-american-talk-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/675130\/","title":{"rendered":"West Cork couple tie the knot live on popular American talk-show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">A West Cork couple have made American talk-show history as they tied the knot live on air on  The Jennifer Hudson Show earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">After 27 years together, Bantry natives Amanda Murnane and Brendan Hayes finally said &#8216;I do&#8217;, with their nuptials broadcast to a worldwide audience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The couple were wed on the show, with Oscar and Grammy-winning host, Jennifer Hudson, standing in as their official celebrant at Warner Bros Studios in Burbank, California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Prior to the show, Amanda was unaware that Brendan had spent months planning their on-air wedding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The pair had originally planned to travel to Los Angeles for a civil ceremony, with Brendan telling Amanda they had secured VIP tickets to a recording of the talk show while they were there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Ms Murnane said while she initially thought she was walking into a TV studio: &#8220;I was actually walking into one of the most beautiful moments of my life&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;After 27 years together, I thought Brendan had run out of ways to surprise me,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t have been more wrong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;I went to Hollywood expecting memories, but I came home with a husband and a moment I&#8217;ll carry in my heart forever.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A West Cork couple have made American talk-show history as they tied the knot live on air on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[7328,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-675130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-film-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}