{"id":557598,"date":"2026-08-03T12:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T12:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/557598\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T12:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T12:34:12","slug":"actress-annalynne-mccord-and-english-rugby-star-danny-cipriani-set-up-crowd-funded-wedding-despite-11-million-net-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/557598\/","title":{"rendered":"Actress AnnaLynne McCord and English rugby star Danny Cipriani set up crowd-funded wedding despite $11 million net worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/hollywood-26qe\" class=\"sc-eRZcwA dNXoqI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hollywood actress<\/a> AnnaLynne McCord and retired English <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/rugby\" class=\"sc-eRZcwA dNXoqI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rugby union<\/a> player Danny Cipriani are campaigning to the public to crowdfund their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/celebrity-weddings-26p3\" class=\"sc-eRZcwA dNXoqI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">upcoming wedding<\/a>, despite having a combine net worth of $11 million. <\/p>\n<p>McCord, 39, who is best known for her role in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/television-26l9\" class=\"sc-eRZcwA dNXoqI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">90210<\/a>, and Cipriani, launched a Honeyfund website asking for donations to cover their Los Angeles wedding on October 22. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AnnaLynne McCord and Danny Cipriani ask guests to foot bill for wedding\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/65c07b20e6a33934d7f84bdc4dc05ccff9b118984a875217d692e6293adc0058.jpeg\"  width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_0b53bae146db0b62 _7475dd3391ee1518\" style=\"--text-color:var(--color-text-secondary)\">AnnaLynne McCord and Danny Cipriani have launched a wedding website so guests can help foot the bill. \u00a0Instagram\/@theannalynnemccord<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGift any amount, contribute to our journey!\u201d the registry read. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHelp us create our dream <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/entertainment\/celebrity\/eric-roberts-speaks-out-after-skipping-daughter-emma-roberts-cody-john-wedding-20260728-p60j5f.html\" class=\"sc-eRZcwA dNXoqI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wedding<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/entertainment\/celebrity\/robert-irwin-suggests-taylor-and-travis-bring-their-honeymoon-to-australia-20260715-p60fdd.html\" class=\"sc-eRZcwA dNXoqI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">honeymoon<\/a> experience with any amount of donation.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The website invited guests to donate for specific wedding expenses including US$600 for floral arrangements, $500 for the rehearsal dinner, $300 for wedding photography, $250 for catering and $200 for reception beverages. <\/p>\n<p>The registry functioned so that guests could select an item and then add it to their online cart for purchases.  <\/p>\n<p>Guests could also opt to make a general donation to the nuptials, and could gift anywhere between US$10 and $5,0000. <\/p>\n<p>With reports of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/showbiz-6in2\" class=\"sc-eRZcwA dNXoqI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McCord and Cipriani<\/a>\u2019s crowd-funded wedding circulating, internet users expressed their outrage. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe embarrassment and audacity of this,\u201d one wrote. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AnnaLynne McCord and Danny Cipriani ask guests to foot bill for wedding\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/a1eda2204fbb3881c965decfe41ed21265c916a246fe01594e376df67376cba1.png\"  width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_0b53bae146db0b62 _7475dd3391ee1518\" style=\"--text-color:var(--color-text-secondary)\">The website allowed guests to select an item to donate for the celebration. \u00a0Honeyfund<\/p>\n<p>Another agreed it was \u201cwild and tacky\u201d but put the blame on guests who were willing to donate to McCord and Cipriani. <\/p>\n<p>A third couldn\u2019t believe the couple were asking in the first place. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRidiculous. For heaven\u2019s sake, you are adults, pay for your own wedding or tone it down,\u201d they commented.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AnnaLynne McCord and Danny Cipriani ask guests to foot bill for wedding\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0c780cd104e3e0efa5cd687b0068f5a2ed6e932a7ae8840653ed52464fccb512.jpeg\"  width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_0b53bae146db0b62 _7475dd3391ee1518\" style=\"--text-color:var(--color-text-secondary)\">McCord and Cipriani have a reported net worth of $11 million.\u00a0Instagram\/@theannalynnemccord<\/p>\n<p>Some did come to the couple\u2019s defence, noting guests didn\u2019t have to contribute and that it was their wedding day and nobody else\u2019s opinion should matter. <\/p>\n<p>McCord rose to fame as Eden Lord in the hit series Nip\/Tuck in 2007 before taking on the role of Naomi Clark in the Beverly Hills, 90210 reboot from 2008 to 2013. <\/p>\n<p>She joined the cast of beloved soap series Days of Our Lives in 2024 and has an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celebritynetworth.com\/richest-celebrities\/actors\/annalynne-mccord-net-worth\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-eRZcwA dNXoqI\">estimated single net worth<\/a> of US$4 million ($5.7 million).<\/p>\n<p>Alongside her acting career, McCord is also an activist and reiki master. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AnnaLynne McCord and Danny Cipriani ask guests to foot bill for wedding\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2d5854d30a3ff73db057c018aadb7845146c79373a5836bdf077e1831be01858.jpeg\"  width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_0b53bae146db0b62 _7475dd3391ee1518\" style=\"--text-color:var(--color-text-secondary)\">Cipriani proposed in December 2025 with a 15-carat ring.\u00a0Instagram\/@theannalynnemccord<\/p>\n<p>Fianc\u00e9 Cipriani had a 20-year rugby union career playing for Bath, Sale Sharks, Gloucester and Wasps. <\/p>\n<p>He proposed to McCord on Christmas Day 2025 at their Los Angeles home with a 15-carat diamond ring. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hollywood actress AnnaLynne McCord and retired English rugby union player Danny Cipriani are campaigning to the public to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-557598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}